The American Cancer Society released data Thursday indicating that for the first time the overall number of cancer-related deaths in the United States is on a steady decline. The study determined that...

University researchers are taking a closer look at teenage sexual behavior in hopes of lowering the pregnancy rate among adolescents. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently awarded the...

Prior to practice Wednesday, one day after Gophers football coach Jim Wacker announced his resignation, freshman running back Byron Evans was pulled aside to discuss the prospects of playing for a new...

More than three weeks after Gophers hockey coach Doug Woog was suspended for two games because he gave former player Chris McAlpine $500, the issue is still alive. Media reports -- particularly an investigative...

Wendell Anderson announced this week that he will not seek a third term on the Board of Regents, ensuring that at least a quarter of the board will be composed of new members next year. Earlier this month,...

Gophers women's basketball coach Linda Hill-MacDonald says a turning point for the upcoming season, which begins today, actually occurred in the final game of the 1995-96 season. Minnesota was matched...

Is it just me, or does it seem like every time you pick up a newspaper there's another story about a guy from University athletics who's in trouble? Most recently, of course, we had the covert antics of...

Across the street from the University's planned Gateway Center -- which will use the arch from old Memorial Stadium as its symbolic cornerstone -- plans have been made to erect another kind of landmark....

If fans think tonight's Gophers men's basketball game against the Converse All-Stars at Williams Arena will be a walk- away laugher, they should see what one Converse player did to an opponent last week. All-Stars...

When kinesiology junior Janelle Jacques registered for classes this fall, she decided to take a learning skills class. Like other University classes, it offered several sections at different times. Unlike...