The 1980s were a decade of big science and political upheaval. The combination of free-flowing funds for scientific research and the collapse of the Cold War political order led to the establishment of...

Finalists for five open seats on the Board of Regents were announced Tuesday. Among the finalists are current regents Michael O'Keefe and H. Bryan Neel, and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland. In...

Elmo stood before his master. "Think of Wednesday," he was instructed. Elmo tried, he lost his concentration and the temperature, which had been hovering around a high of 8, plunged to a low of -7. Snow...

Something was familiar to Gophers hockey players Mike Anderson, Mike Crowley and Nick Checco Saturday morning as they sat around the breakfast table. Following Minnesota's 5-2 win over Michigan Tech on...

Students might not find Abercrombie & Fitch or Gap clothing stores in a newly renovated Coffman Memorial Union, but they will likely find other retail businesses in the union to make their lives a...

Thieves kept University Police busy last week as more than 20 people reported items stolen. Most of the stealing occurred when students left jackets or other valuable goods unattended for short periods...

Although philosophy Professor Geoffrey Hellman has been working to clarify the concepts that underlie modern physics and mathematics, he knows that gaining any public recognition will be an uphill struggle. "People...

Gophers football recruits from outside Minnesota, who have the misfortune of visiting the school during the winter, tend to have one reaction when they first step off the plane: brrr. Elk River native...

Students often complain that professors don't do a good enough job in the classroom because they are too concerned with their research. But a conference of graduate and professional students this spring...

The year Tom Jones retired will be remembered for more than the change in chairmanship in the Department of Astronomy. This year marks the department's centennial. The department broke away in 1897 from...