This year's Election Day won't just be about candidates fighting; voters will decide whether to amend the Minnesota Constitution. The proposed change, dubbed the transportation amendment, would require...

Meteorologist and climatologist Mark Seeley has been a mainstay in what is now the University's soil, water and climate department since 1978. Seeley, a weekly commentator on Minnesota Public Radio, has...

Incidents of reported criminal sexual conduct in the University area have increased this year while those on campus have dropped. Compared with the same month last year, rape cases in August increased...

Education, business development, immigration and health care were all discussed at a minority political summit Monday. The Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs had a meeting for local minority community...

Ten years from now, everyone in Hennepin County might have a place to call home. Hennepin County and Minneapolis officials have a plan they say will end homelessness by 2016. The plan, "Heading Home Hennepin,"...

Despite resources on campus for studying abroad, many students look elsewhere.Hundreds of travel organizations vie for student participation in study-abroad programs and many are supported by the University's...

The Republican National Committee announced Wednesday that the Minneapolis-St. Paul tandem will be host cities for its 2008 presidential nominating convention. While the University will be near the convention,...