GENEVA (AP) -- Overuse of medicine, human settlement of uninhabited areas, international travel and poverty have combined to produce a devastating spread of infectious diseases, a new report says. The...

Conductor James Riccardo guides the Health Sciences Orchestra through rehearsal, drilling its members. While the woodwinds and brass are heading for the door, the string section is kept late to work out...

On his approach to the final hole at the NCAA Central Regional tournament in Ann Arbor, Mich., Rob Kerr's thoughts were on his teammates, not himself. It was an unselfish gesture by the sophomore from...

University sophomore Shannon Daniels used to consider herself a Republican. Although pro-life and fiscally conservative, she disagreed with the Republican stance on gay rights and bolted from the GOP's...

Despite worries about bad weather, the Dinkytown Spring Festival and the SpringJam had a sunny day to pack in sun-loving college students Saturday. "They couldn't have picked a more gorgeous day," said...

Captain Neuron and his friend Glia, super heroes of the brain and nervous system, spent the past week parading around the stage of the Great Hall in Coffman Memorial Union in tights and colorful plastic...

Balanced scoring, an Olympian effort in the javelin and a few school record performances propelled the Gophers women's track and field team to a fifth-place finish at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships...

Local news coverage doesn't accurately reflect what's going on in the community and doesn't dig into the root causes of society's problems, a group of community members said Friday. About 100 journalists...

The University's Program in Human Sexuality sponsored a two-day seminar Thursday and Friday as part of a new program aimed at educating communities about healthy sexual relationships. Project WISH --...

Buses weren't running on the University's Transitway Saturday morning. More than 50 University students, staff and local community members were instead. Racers were up and running by 8:30 a.m. Saturday,...