Gophers hockey defenseman Mike Crowley said he will make a decision this weekend about whether he is returning for his senior season or leaving Minnesota to sign a pro contract with the NHL's Anaheim...

Alfalfa may be the answer farmers everywhere are looking for to clean up the pollution in their soil and water supply. An innovative alfalfa variety developed in the Agricultural Research Service within...

When history professor Allen Isaacman studied at a Harlem college in the 1960s, he was told that there was no room for African-American studies in American universities. Today, Isaacman teaches African...

For some, the creator of a University yearbook has made the University a smaller place -- like high school. Almost completely on his own, Community Advisor Tosin Arasi, a senior in international relations,...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Trade Commission moved to ban suave Joe Camel Wednesday, charging R.J. Reynolds with using the popular cartoon advertising campaign to target children. RJR, the nation's...

Weight-loss hysteria has infected the nation like a bad disease. Americans have spent millions of dollars on Thighmasters, Buttmasters, Legmasters, Chestmasters -- lots of masters -- Power Riders, Health...

University first lady Pat Hasselmo was honored by the University Women's Club Wednesday, of which she has been honorary president since 1989. The declaration of May 28, 1997, as Patricia Hasselmo Day...

Steve DeBus picked up his telephone after just one ring Wednesday afternoon. Unfortunately for him, it wasn't a scout from an NHL team calling -- it was just a reporter. DeBus, the starting goaltender...

Territorial Hall officials have begun investigating the theft of about $1,500 of internal computer parts stolen from a computer's processor, motherboard and hard drive. "We are definitely investigating...

University lab rats helped researchers find new evidence on the source of pain -- literally by the skin of their teeth. The research, to be published today in the British scientific journal Nature, suggests...