Bob Elde, College of Biological Sciences dean, took a slight detour Tuesday in Hibbing, Minn., for a glimpse of Bob Dylan's boyhood home. Despite the slight diversion, Elde wasn't distracted from the...

Dr. Catherine Verfaillie, a University associate professor of medicine, had originally gone to a sports university in Belgium to become a trainer or a physical therapist, but a knee injury during her...

During almost every practice earlier this year, Jaime Ellis could be seen pedalling away fervently on an exercise bike and shouting words of encouragement to her teammates from the sidelines. But for...

Through ongoing studies, two University researchers found a way to cleanse a potentially harmful herbicide from water supplies. Banned in seven European countries, atrazine is the number-one herbicide...

In the war against smoking, tobacco control advocates won another major battle this week in California. That state enacted a new law, which took effect on Jan. 1, prohibiting most bars and casinos from...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The state and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota on Tuesday amended their complaint against the tobacco industry after receiving a judge's permission to include unspecified punitive...

Dear Dr. Date,I understand that there are sexual connotations to body piercing. What are the so-called pleasure advantages to ornamenting different portions of the anatomy?-- Out-of-touch There are two...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Answering a call to help their country, tens of thousands of South Koreans swarmed into banks Tuesday to sell or donate gold in a nationwide campaign to raise badly needed dollars. The...

Fueled by rumors of a merger between the schools of journalism and speech communication, more than 50 students of the respective schools confronted a task force in November with their concerns. But when...

The first step came in late 1996, while the last one came in late 1997. Between the hiring of Gophers football coach Glen Mason and his eventual contract signing, there was a lot of fine print and speculation....