Portraits
Nursing student and pianist Allie Gilbert plays the piano at Coffman Memorial Union at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minn. on Feb. 26, 2026. Gilbert said the first instrument she learned was the cello, but she prefers the piano because it's easier to compose songs on than other instruments.
Allie Gilbert plays the piano in Coffman Memorial Union in Minneapolis, Minn. on Feb. 26, 2026.
Nursing student and pianist Allie Gilbert plays the piano in Coffman Memorial Union at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities in Minneapolis, Minn. on Feb. 26, 2026. Gilbert also enjoys taking long walks and striking up conversations with the strangers she meets along the way.
Theater arts and history double major Marsh Kelly and his cat in Kelly's home in Minneapolis, Minn. on Feb. 18, 2026.
Marsh Kelly sits below an array of posters on the wall of his bedroom in his home in Minneapolis, Minn. on Feb. 18, 2026. Kelly's wall includes the posters of some of the productions he's participated in.
Marsh Kelly and his cat in Kelly's home in Minneapolis, Minn. on Feb. 18, 2026.
Fisheries, wildlife, and conservation biology student Hawke O'Leary waits at the bus stop outside Coffman Memorial Union in Minneapolis, Minn. on Feb. 17, 2026. O'Leary spends most of her time on the St. Paul campus, but often visits Coffman Memorial Union on the East Bank campus in Minneapolis where she helps organize activities for the Queer Student Cultural Center.
Fisheries, wildlife, and conservation biology student Hawke O'Leary sits in the St Paul Student Center in St Paul, Minn. on Feb. 17, 2026.