Stuart Sumida (biology), president of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, commented on the scheduled auction of a ceratosaur fossil, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) was interviewed about the assassination and attempted assassination of two Minnesota state legislators.
The new siren, installed in one of the department’s vehicles, sounds a distinctive alert, plus a spoken warning in English and Spanish, to differentiate it from other emergency vehicles responding to an incident. It will be only used in the event of a major event requiring immediate attention and response from the university community.