University Police enjoyed something of a break after classes let out in December. "It's been very, very quiet," said Detective Larry Anderson regarding campus crime over the past month. University Police...

Tycoon balloonist launches globe-circling endeavor LONDON (AP) -- A British tycoon's try at the first nonstop balloon flight around the world got off to a perfect start Tuesday, lifting off from a North...

The Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers are making a killer contribution to the Gulf of Mexico, say University researchers. C. Ford Runge said the rivers are the source of 70 percent of the pollutants contributing...

Controversy can cast a long shadow -- a lesson that Ron Hustvedt, editor of the Duluth campus newspaper, is learning the hard way. Nine months ago, the UMD Statesman published a satirical April Fool's...

It's exactly halfway through the WCHA season, and unlike recent years, there hasn't been a small pack of teams that's raced away from the rest of the field. Although that may still happen, it appears...

About 35 campus organizations and services will begin on Friday their annual campaign to secure a slice of University students' tuition dollars. Nonacademic organizations both big and small must submit...

More than a year of negotiations between the University and Fairview Health System culminated Monday in the signing of two documents at a ceremony. In front of representatives from both institutions,...

Ever since Gophers sophomore Courtney James sat through a one-game suspension Dec. 15 against St. John's for violating a team rule, the forward has looked like a different player. Especially in Minnesota's...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The death of a 16-year-old girl in a high-speed car crash involving an official from the Republic of Georgia is stirring anger diplomatic immunity may protect the driver from possible...

I've attended three universities in my lengthy undergraduate career. The University of Minnesota is the most recent and the largest. As I walked through the campus this past fall, I enjoyed the change...