ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Don Shiffler didn't think much about it when his 3-year-old son insisted that the thin, green rock he unearthed with his toy backhoe was a dinosaur egg. Think again, Dad. Researchers...

Like a bad case of the flu, situations like this may seem to cloud around Pat Forciea. Professional sports teams uprooting their history and bolting for beaucoup bucks in unforgiving cities, craving the...

The Board of Regents retreated from Morrill Hall Wednesday morning to the plush confines of the St. Paul College Club to discuss the proper role of the University's governing body and its relationship...

In the movie "Speed," a bus hot-wired by a terrorist would blow up if the vehicle's speed dipped below 50 mph. In the driving simulator at the University's Human Factors Research Laboratory, scientists...

In Britain last week, the House of Commons approved a total ban on the possession of handguns, which is expected to be signed into law soon. Here at home, President Clinton recently announced that the...

Several University constituent groups spent Wednesday afternoon lobbying the Board of Regents for more money from the school's 1997-98 operating budget. Representatives from several committees voiced...

Every student looks forward to handing in that last paper, giving that last speech or taking that last final. But filling out that first job application can be a whole different story, especially for...

Chris Tierney, president of the College Reform Party at the University, saw a childhood hero announce his interest in running for Minnesota governor in 1998 at the Reform Party convention Saturday. Jesse...

A projected student housing shortage could land some University freshmen on the Twin Cities campus in area hotels this fall, administrators told the Board of Regents last week. Since 1995, the University's...

A University professor who spends much of his time being wrong was recently honored for his research accomplishments by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. "(Performing research) is a creative...