Student leaders used every minute Friday of the carefully budgeted hour that University President-elect Mark Yudof spent with them. Although he was in town primarily to meet with University officials...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists have located a gene that may increase the risk of inheriting schizophrenia -- a finding that, in an unusual twist, could also explain why many schizophrenics chain smoke. Essentially,...

After its opener this weekend, it appears Minnesota's men's gymnastics team will need to work out a few kinks before its next meet. Typically, the Gophers do start slow. But Gophers coach Fred Roethlisberger...

Team captains are supposed to lead by example, but Gophers men's tennis players might have wanted to avert their eyes Sunday afternoon from senior captain Ben Gabler. Gabler is one of the Gophers' top...

Increased collaboration among schools, social workers and families might help failing or mistreated K-12 students, said Cynthia Bailey-Dempsey, an assistant professor of social work at Columbia University. Bailey-Dempsey...

Ten years ago, seven strangers gathered in a San Francisco storefront to commemorate lives of loved ones lost to AIDS. This informal meeting laid the foundation for the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt,...

It was close, but the No. 23-ranked Gophers women's gymnastics team fell short Saturday at Ann Arbor, Mich., to defending Big Ten champion Michigan, 193.525 to 192.1. The scores were almost identical...

A new power plant, developed by the U.S. Department of Energy, Northern States Power and the University, will be powered by plants. The University's Center for Alternative Plant and Animal Products is...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat struck a number of important compromises last week that signal a committed determination to restart...

Teams that live and die by the 3-point shot tend to salivate at the sight of a zone defense. Spread the floor here, set a pick there, and an open shot from behind the arc is sure to follow. Because of...