Multiple University departments contribute to the Department of Conservation Biology. About 60 graduate students in the program study social, political, economic and biological aspects of conservation....

Selection Sunday officially kicks off the NCAA men's basketball tournament, otherwise known as March Madness, in four days. The Gophers, however, who hope to get a No. 1 seed and reach the Final Four,...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army said Tuesday it began accepting more recruits who have not finished high school, a concession to an enlistment market that has tightened even as the number of inductees the...

GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) -- With its designer clothiers, gourmet food shops and antique stores, the main shopping street in this wealthy town doesn't look like a place in need of a federal handout. That's...

When a Vietnamese student just learning to speak English asked second-year student Jayme Tichauer what a word meant, Tichauer wondered how she could possibly explain it. "How do you explain the word 'word'...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Declaring the creation of life "a miracle that reaches beyond laboratory science," President Clinton on Tuesday barred spending federal money on human cloning. He also urged a halt in...

Coaching changes are nothing new, of course, in any sport at nearly every level. But in the ranks of Big Ten women's basketball, turnover has become the name of the game. So if Gophers women's basketball...

Editor's note: This is the third in an eight-part series examining the University 2000 plan. Tom Lopez and Joel SawyerMany perceive University graduate and professional programs as slipping in quality,...

It's on to the House for University administrators traveling the legislative budget circuit in search of increased funding. University officials wrapped up their biennial budget presentation to the Senate...

Vernal equinox is rapidly approaching, and my general level of uneasiness is increasing. No, I'm not worried about final exams or finding a summer job. Similarly, my anxiety isn't attributable to the University's...