Recognizing a globalized political and economic world, the University expanded student resources in July with the Institute for Global Studies, replacing the University's 16-year-old Institute of International...

The Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, once dubbed by the New York Times as one of the most beautiful art galleries in the world, received a more tangible form of recognition last week. U.S. Rep. Martin...

Gunmen held a University employee and his roommate at gunpoint while robbing their house Aug. 30 just outside of Dinkytown. Minneapolis police say two men entered the house on the 1200 block of Fourth...

He said he didn't want any publicity from it, but a million dollars is hard to keep quiet. "I'm a shy fellow," Irving Shapiro said. After a distinguished career as a lawyer with the U.S. Justice Department...

Incoming freshman Reed Bisson didn't carry his stuff to the third-floor room in the Day's Inn on Saturday. University President Mark Yudof and company took care of that. Bisson and more than a thousand...

Although University administrators said they didn't want to spend more than $2 million on a new women's soccer stadium, they might have to do just that to be "good neighbors" with Falcon Heights. A plan...

The Minnesota men's golf team captured a resounding 16-stroke victory in the Northern Intercollegiate tournament at Les Bolstad Golf Course in St. Paul, thanks in large part to junior Bill Thompson's medalist...

It's become a common occurrence for the Gophers men's tennis team -- starting the season slow before rebounding to pull off a string of late season upsets that lead the way to the NCAA tournament. Minnesota...

NASA signaled lift-off to the University on Sept. 11 for a five-year, $13 million space mission to study the earth's magnetosphere. Called the Inner Magnetosphere Explorer, the project entails building...

Aaron Kirscht After getting flagged for a delay of game call on 2nd-and-6 from the Memphis 16-yard line -- a penalty which stalled a potential touchdown drive -- and being forced to burn three timeouts...