Lecture Room

Room 275, 216 Pillsbury Drive Southeast.

Accommodation

Halls of Residence Location - Pioneer Hall

Conference participants will be lodging at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities East Bank Campus Pioneer Hall of Residence. See the University's Guest Housing site for more information about your stay.

Tate Hall - The home of the IRM

The conference workshop on June 23th will take place in room 401-20.

Getting To/From the Airport

There are several relatively easy options for getting to the city from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Public Transportation: The Metro Transit light rail connects the IRM to downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul (Green line) and to the airport from downtown Minneapolis (Blue line) ($2.50). From the airport you will have to make a transfer in downtown Minneapolis to get to the IRM, so make sure to keep your ticket. If you are arriving late in Minneapolis, you may want to look at the train schedule ahead of time to see how frequent they will be running when you arrive. 

Taxis: ~$30-$40 

Shared-Ride Shuttle Vans: ~$17 for one person ($9 for additional person). See Ground Transportation link at left.

Getting to the lecture rooms and Tate Hall

It is around a 10 minute walk from the Halls of Residence to where the lectures will be held.

Parking

It may be possible to reserve parking on campus at Frontier Hall (speak to Frontier Hall in advance of arriving). In the summer time, campus parking is not too bad and there are ramps on campus near to Nicholson and Tate Halls. The two closest ramps are Church Street and Washington Avenue.

For information on parking at the University of Minnesota, please visit the U of M Parking & Transportation page. 

Maps

The University provides a variety of maps for visitors to navigate campus.

Food & Coffee

There are a lot of options around the campus.

Washington Avenue Area (central campus)

Some favorites:

The Afro Deli - serves dishes, sandwiches and wraps.

Tea House - extensive Chinese menu. 

Test Kitchen - serves a variety of Americana with revolving menu.

Stub and Herbs - old school bar and grill. Nice beer menu.

Kimchi Tofu House - Korean restaurant

There are also many other choices:

Dinkytown (north of campus) 

Some Highlights. 

Wally's - Middle Eastern restaurant (has vegetarian options).

Tacos Locos - Taqueria with Mexican style plates. 

Al's Breakfast - a Dinkytown landmark, traditional American breakfast. 

Annie's Parlor - upstairs old school burger and malts. Nice outdoor seating looking over downtown Minneapolis.

Bordertown Coffee - cozy coffee shop.

There are also many other choices:

On Campus

Cafe Bistro inside Northrop auditorium, serving sandwiches, pastries and coffee. Across the Mall from Tate Hall's main entrance, on the lower level of the Walter Library is the Wise Owl Cafe, serving Starbucks coffee, pastries and sandwiches. Several other fast-food options, including a Chick Fil'A, Panda Express, Jamba Juice, Einstein Bros. Bagels and Starbucks, are located in the Coffman Memorial Union. There is another Starbucks in Lind Hall on Church Street near to the IRM.

More

For some information about what to do in Minneapolis, please visit our Getting Here and Around webpage.