The financial hot water Bruce McLeod bathed in as athletics director of Minnesota-Duluth may be spilling over to the WCHA. The WCHA's executive council, headed this year by interim Duluth athletics director...

The gala opening of the $62.7 million Basic Sciences and Biomedical Engineering Building on October 11 could usher in a new era of interdisciplinary scientific research at the University. Gov. Carlson,...

Coming out of Burnsville High School, Adam Bailey wanted to be a place-kicker for a college football team. Unfortunately, not too many schools thought he could kick. OK, minor setback. But he wasn't going...

A former assistant professor who won a 1994 case against the University in the Minnesota Court of Appeals has filed a second claim with the appeals court claiming she was wrongfully denied tenure. She...

The days of students sawing and hammering lumber to build lofts in University dorm rooms are over. Beginning this fall, students in the residence halls may no longer construct their own lofts. But the...

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) -- A surgical implant soon may offer some people with partial paralysis the chance to restore their ability to grasp a fork or a pen, even to paint. Scientific advisers recommended...

University librarians and their staff plan to shatter all stereotypes about libraries tonight between 4 and 7 p.m. as they entertain students at an "Unconventional Library Welcomes U" party. Walter, Wilson...

The Gophers football team is off to its best start in nearly a decade. It just knocked off a Top 25 team and picked up some votes in the national polls. Public interest and player confidence are peaking. Yet...

Elmo rearranged his bouquet nervously, tucked the chocolates under his arm and adjusted his clip-on tie. One big sigh, then ring the doorbell, he thought. Ding dong! To his surprise, Elma's mother answered....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An attempt to reopen three truck portages in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area was all but dead for this year after managers of a public lands bill dropped the proposal from their legislation. The...