With the 30th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death just around the corner, the University is in the midst of its own celebration honoring the legacy of the civil rights leader. In reverence of...

One word reverberated through a higher education press conference Thursday: streamline. University President Mark Yudof and Morris Anderson, chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities...

A few weeks ago, members of the University's Ecology Club visited a section of the Superior National Forest called Little Alfie, which is home to century-old red and white pines. On Wednesday, some of...

The Minnesota Student Association will present their own agenda of things to do when the legislative session begins Tuesday. MSA has made a list of more than 15 issues and initiatives they would like...

Net: As we compose this letter, we are, as usual, plowed under. Mother Nature's conspiracy against MWF classes continues. When you read this, you will undoubtedly be experiencing the calm before yet another...

ST. PAUL (AP)-Agencies charged with protecting the state's children from abuse and neglect need someone to watch them more closely, according to a legislative audit. "There has been very limited accountability...

America traditionally welcomes refugees, but a roundtable discussion Wednesday night at Coffman Memorial Union focused on the adverse effects of new welfare laws on certain newcomers. Fifty-six people...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- The Honduran army has revived an infamous death squad, and summary killings by police and soldiers are much more common now than in the war-torn 1980s, a human rights group...

Handling the emotional moguls of what can seem like endless weeks and years of graduate school is becoming easier for students thanks to a series of workshops being run by University Counseling and Consulting...

University students take home more than the stale smell of cigarettes from a visit to their favorite crowded smoky bar or coffee shop. According to a study published Wednesday, secondhand smoke greatly...