In his commencement speech at the University of California- San Diego last Saturday, President Clinton revealed his plan to improve race relations in the United States. He professed his continued support...

Gophers swimmer Gretchen Hegener and Wisconsin track and field athlete Kathy Butler on Tuesday were named Big Ten-Suzy Favor Women's Athletes of the Year in one of the closest votes in the history of...

Mankato State athletics director Don Amiot said he knew the school's hockey program was moving closer to its goal of gaining membership in the WCHA when he received a letter from league commissioner Bruce...

Once upon a time, in pop culture if not in real operating rooms, "surgical" meant bloody, messy work with metal tools cutting through skin and bone. The television show "M*A*S*H" depicted that kind of...

When two college students from Kennewick, Wash., stumbled over a skull on the Columbia River bank last summer, they ignited a bitter controversy. Thinking they had found a missing murder victim, they...

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...

Julia Mickenberg feels like she should have been working on her dissertation. "Progress," she said. "That's what counts. Progress." She thought she would be making progress as an instructor today, greeting...

Matt Schlessman, a senior swimmer from Avon, Ohio, on Thursday received Minnesota's Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor. Each Big Ten school presents this award annually to a student-athlete who excels...

After five long years of grueling training, frustrating corrections and continued progress, Gophers thrower Jason Schlueter finally realized his dream of becoming an All-American. "It's been my goal for...