MORRIS -- In west central Minnesota, an island of academic pursuit floats amid a sea of agriculture. The University of Minnesota --Morris exists in a rural, Midwestern town, a setting that is much different...

Just as there is never a bad time to win, there is also never a particularly good time to lose. No matter when losses come, they count equally on a team's record. At the end of a season, few people remember...

Minnesota's women's swimming program is no stranger to success. The Gophers have posted winning records in dual meets every season for the past 15 years. During that same span the team has finished lower...

A memorial service in Coffman Memorial Union's Campus Club this Saturday will honor W. Dixon Ward, professor emeritus of communication disorders and otolaryngology at the University. Ward died of heart...

"Take your time, and answer the question," the quiz-master said in his plastic voice. A TV camera zoomed tightly on Elmo's face. The popular theme music started playing. Elmo could feel sweat on his cheek,...

A giant comet with enormous destructive potential is rapidly approaching the earth -- but it won't be coming any closer than 122 million miles. Comet Hale-Bopp, already hyped in astronomy circles as "the...

The governor took the first step in the state's welfare reform process Thursday. Gov. Carlson's office released its plans for welfare reform in Minnesota to the public during a press conference at the...

A package of a red jelly-like substance, resembling something like the inside of a Fig Newton lied on a desk next to Gophers gymnast Judith Cavazos. It's called Tamarindo and though it sounds like a strange...

The Board of Regents on Thursday empowered University administrators to draft a policy that would change tuition rates and make assessing extraneous course fees more difficult. The University currently...

Starting this summer, all University departments will see a change in the way they pay their research and teaching assistants' tuition benefits. Persistent deficit in the graduate tuition benefits pool...