Alexandra Johnson spent four days alone on an island in Canada last year, unable to eat food, drink water or even kill the mosquitoes that landed on her.
Johnson was raised as a Christian, but during...
Between singing along with Betty Who and taking a spin on a Ferris wheel, students at last weekend’s Spring Jam had the option to sample four different food truck vendors.
But only one food...
Almost 2,000 people toted trash bags around Minneapolis on Saturday to clean up various neighborhoods, parks and bodies of water for Earth Day.
A few of the volunteers were members of...
Heating an outdoor pool can be quite costly.
But a student at the University of Minnesota-Morris is working to see if alternative energy could help ease the financial stress.
Environmental...
Agricultural education senior Jared Luhman uses a number of different methods to control the amount of nutrients in his organic farm’s soil.
Efforts to manage nutrients in farms’ soil...
Dozens of students and community members gathered with shovels, rakes and hoes on Saturday to convert an unused lawn on the West Bank into a new community garden.
Located between the University...
From an Instagram photo of an awe-inspiring hike through the Rocky Mountains to a tweet recommending a peaceful camping spot by the Boundary Waters, social media outlets have become popular ways for many...
University of Minnesota Athletics paid $20,000 earlier this month to repair a leaky pipe in the cooling system beneath Mariucci Arena’s ice. But if the same leak happened in the 1990s, officials...
When it comes to climate change research, even in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, researchers still know more about how oceans respond to air temperature changes than freshwater lakes.
But a new global...
University of Minnesota alumnus Kevin Lines made the decision to work in conservation during a seventh grade field trip to help declining deer populations in his hometown of Milaca, Minn.
But hunting made...
For some St. Paul residents, a grocery store visit can mean a long trip through snow and wind. And the closest stores may not have affordable, healthy options.
One Metro Transit bus wrapped in bright green...
When it comes to global warming discussion, many people think the climate will exclusively rise in temperature and at a consistent rate.
And any time it doesn’t, some want an explanation.
The speed...
When most people think of hazelnut farms, they don’t picture the Midwest. But hazelnut growers in the state say they are rising in numbers and their hazelnuts are just as delicious as western varieties.
The...
Wild rice is a delicate plant, valuable to those who harvest it, and a habitat for much wildlife, but Minnesota’s state grain is stirring up debate at the state Capitol.
Though water quality standards...
The world’s second-most invasive fish, the common carp, has been the source of complaints about shallow lakes in southern Minnesota and the metro area since the species first came to the state about...
Snowmobiles aren’t green vehicles. They emit the same amount of carbon as 250 to 500 passenger cars and produce over 700,000 tons of air pollutants annually.
A new University of Minnesota student...
Jonee Brigham, an associate fellow of the Institute on the Environment, has a hard time explaining things without a visual representation.
While discussing one of her art education projects, she stopped...
In the winter, the College of Biological Sciences Conservatory on the St. Paul campus is an oasis for some students. It houses over 600 rare plant species from rainforests to deserts.
But the building,...
Rep. Tony Cornish, R-Vernon Center, was met with blank stares, gaping mouths and a heap of concerned mail earlier this month after he proposed walkers and bikers pay to use state trails.
Though the idea...
People too young to vote, have their own insurance or order something from an infomercial are proving they aren’t too young to have a voice in climate change efforts — even legal ones.
Akilah...
John Tuma can see and decipher things in ways others cannot.
While bird watching with his daughter, he spots wildlife others might not see.
He can disassemble parts of legal documents in ways others...
Professors and researchers within the University of Minnesota’s Center for Sustainable Building Research have been meeting within the center’s naturally lit rooms for the past six years, determining...
From minor adjustments — like fixing leaks to save water — to redesigning their production lines, businesses are seeking ways to cut costs by using more environmentally-friendly techniques.
And...
After facing a nearly $2 million fine and filing for bankruptcy earlier this month, a collection of wind farms the University of Minnesota once used for research may close.
The University and the National...
Her first time in a solar car, Stephanie Wilson anxiously climbed into the tiny driver’s seat and closed the cover.
During her first loop around the track, the car malfunctioned and the accelerator...
Research aided by the University of Minnesota published last Wednesday found that meltwater on the surface of Greenland’s glaciers moves through cracks, gets trapped beneath the ice and creates lakes...
Agriculture education senior Jared Luhman’s organic family farm in Goodhue, Minn., ships soil samples off to a lab once every few years to determine how much fertilizer is appropriate for the 200-acre...
Greenland is composed of about 80 percent ice, but atmospheric warming is causing it to melt. And, according to research published Wednesday in Nature, it’s melting from the bottom and the top.
The...
The West River Parkway will likely reopen to the public in September.A mudslide that occurred on the West Bank last June has kept a 1-mile portion of the road closed. Construction is set to begin in June,...
A report released Thursday highlights the need to improve the campus climate and increase diversity at the University of Minnesota.
President Eric Kaler released a campus climate...
All Jessica Ulrich could think about that day was her Medical College Admission Test scores.
She pinched her nose and forced the large cup of glue-thick, reeking, yellowy liquid past her gag reflex. Her...
As an athlete, Jasmine Hardin knows how important it is to monitor a healthy diet. But the University of Minnesota political science and African American studies senior admits that it can be tough as a...
A new law passed in Minnesota will reduce the amount of time those suffering from mental illness spend in local jails.
The law, Senate File 685, will go into effect on Aug. 1, according to a press release.
“Time...
When Chilly Billy’s owner Bill Marker looks around his frozen yogurt shop, he said he rarely sees people throw away containers that aren’t empty. That could be because customers can choose...
For the first time in years, University of Minnesota students seeking mental health services won’t need to worry about being waitlisted this spring.
Boynton Health Service has added staff, opened...
At least 23,000 Americans die every year from antibiotic-resistant infections, some of which may come from exposure to livestock antibiotics that end up in food.
To prevent these deaths, researchers and...
In the U.S., people of color live, on average, in more polluted neighborhoods than whites, according to new University of Minnesota research.
Researchers say thousands of deaths could be prevented each...
Behind Minneapolis Health Commissioner Gretchen Musicant’s unassuming, just-over 5-foot presence is a restless go-getter who has been a driving force behind Minnesota health for decades.
Musicant,...
Nearly half of the nation’s nursing home occupants are living with Alzheimer’s or other degenerative brain diseases — something young people may be able to avoid.
Researchers from the...
University of Minnesota researchers found that using lead ammunition in hunting could endanger the health of bald eagles in 2008, but they now warn that it could have health risks for humans, too.
University...
Kim Erickson, 59, had to retire early from his job as an airline pilot after he learned that he had Parkinson’s disease. Since then, he’s participated in several clinical trials that he says...
Andrea Sandeen buys whole-grain foods like oatmeal and brown rice for their health benefits, but the math and philosophy junior said labels sometimes make it hard to distinguish which foods actually provide...
The Affordable Care Act’s March 31 midnight deadline will mark the end of national and state health care exchanges’ push to recruit more uninsured people — especially young, healthy ones.
MNsure,...
With more than 100,000 new patients added to the Minnesota health care system this year because of the Affordable Care Act, doctors could use some help.
A bill moving through the Minnesota Legislature...
Marshall Dalziel stripped down to his boxers, took a pull of Captain Morgan, pretended to swim through a snow bank and crossed a finish line, where his friend tossed him a beer.
The University of Minnesota...
Researchers may have developed the first blood test that can predict Alzheimer’s before symptoms of memory loss occur, according to news sources. The research, published in Nature Medicine earlier...
After the American Society for Reproductive Medicine declared in 2012 that freezing eggs was no longer an experimental procedure, more women began considering it as a liberating option.
June Carbone, a...
Maxx Kirley, 12, gets so exhausted walking across his school that he can’t participate in gym class once he gets there. He has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a disease that weakens his muscles.
But...
During one of the coldest winters in Minnesota’s history, students, faculty and staff braved the trek to the Rec for a physical activity challenge last month.
The Let’s Go! Physical Activity...
Rare diseases can help illuminate treatment opportunities in more prevalent diseases but often lack the financial support and public awareness to do so.
The National Institutes of Health defines a rare...
The University of Minnesota was among the first in the country to educate dental therapists, and it continues to graduate more of the new professionals every year.
Similar to nurse practitioners in hospitals,...
Health care at the University of Minnesota has a new name.
The school, University of Minnesota Physicians and Fairview Health Services launched a new brand of health care, called University of Minnesota...
The Minnesota Grape Growers Association is hosting an annual conference at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in St. Paul, where leaders of The Northern Grapes Project will speak, on Feb. 20 and 21, according to a...
The Aurora Center opened a location on the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus in partnership with Boynton Health Service on Tuesday.
For the first time, the Aurora Center can provide direct,...
When Dr. Elizabeth Seaquist begins her research with a question, she knows her team may be working for decades to answer it.
The American Diabetes Association recognized the University of Minnesota professor...
Most adults confide in family and friends when they have relationship problems, but that isn’t always the best choice.
University of Minnesota research found that respondents mainly had only one...
Jimmy Gjere, an offensive lineman for the Gophers football team from 2010-12, quit after three diagnosed concussions and side effects like increased moodiness and memory problems.
Since his first diagnosed...
Rick Weinmeyer came out as gay when he was a 19-year-old University of Minnesota student, and he had depression on and off for years afterward.
Having supportive friends and a strong interest in public...
Rowdy, fighting crowds cut short a neighborhood precinct caucus Tuesday in Cedar-Riverside, where Mohamud Noor is challenging longstanding state Rep. Phyllis Kahn.
Nearly 300 people crowded into the gymnasium...
Minnesotans are used to the cold, but this year’s unusually frigid winter has presented more health risks than usual.
Health experts said they’ve treated more frostbite cases this year than...
Researchers in Japan have discovered how to make embryonic stem cells from one blood cell in mice by adding a slightly acidic solution to the cell, according to news sources.
Biologist Haruko Obokata and...
University of Minnesota Medical School professor Dr. Macaran Baird’s experience with leukemia has changed the way he looks at life, teaches and practices medicine.
Baird, or Mac, as his friends call...
Minnesota destroyed more than 1 million blood spots from the Newborn Screening Program earlier this month, after the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled on a more than four-year lawsuit between families and...
The University of Minnesota and Fairview Health Services began construction last week on their first joint investment, a $160.5 million, 330,000-square-foot Ambulatory Care Center.
The Board of Regents...
The Surgeon General released his latest report on Jan. 14, 50 years after the first report on tobacco in 1964, which linked smoking to lung cancer in men, according to news sources.
The report...
University of Minnesota Extension laid off about 44 percent of its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education employees on Jan. 14 in response to diminishing funding.
Until now, University Extension...
University of Minnesota Extension eliminated about 44 percent of its Supplemental Nutrition Education Program employees on Tuesday, Jan. 14.
Until now, University Extension has avoided cutting employees...
The University of Minnesota Medical School Department of Pharmacology celebrates 100 successful years with the end of 2013, a University Medical School news release stated.
To honor the 100th year...
University of Minnesota computer science senior Timothy O’Brien has converted large sums of money into Bitcoin, a controversial and volatile digital currency. He says he worries about the instability...
On Tuesday, David Barnhart demolished the remains of his building, which caught fire and burned to the ground Aug. 1. But he had only good things to say about the firefighters who fought the eight-hour...
A typical workplace requires employees to work at a set time and place, but University of Minnesota research found that practice isn’t ideal for health.
Sociology professor Phyllis Moen and associate...
Johanna Lucht was born deaf and didn’t know a true language until she was 9 years old.
But after those early years of frustration, the University of Minnesota computer science and engineering senior...
Officials have abandoned a proposal to move the K-8, 715-student Marcy Open School to another building after a heated and emotional emergency meeting last Tuesday.
Now, staff and parents are considering...
Minnesota could start treating e-cigarettes just like regular cigarettes.
Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis, proposed a bill Friday to include e-cigarettes in the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act, which...
Morrow Accident Rehabilitation Center employees rushed in to salvage equipment from their flooding building. After an employee unplugged a computer, electricity shot through the water, and employees had...
The speed limit will change from 55 to 60 miles per hour on 730 miles of Minnesota highways on Monday.
The highways affected include the entire length of Highway 75, the majority of Highway...
