Last Friday the Board of Regents reluctantly passed the 2004-05 budget, executing cuts and a tuition increase, noting that these solutions to shortfalls cannot continue. Though the deficits are largely...

Gender differences play a major role in smoking cessation and vulnerability to relapse, according to recent research conducted by the University of Minnesota-Duluth Behavioral Medicine Laboratories. While...

Beginning Nov. 24, consumers will have the choice of switching cell phone companies while keeping their current phone numbers. The Federal Communications Commission decided Nov. 10 to allow consumers to...

The debate over a University-sponsored telescope on land some consider sacred reignited at the University's Senate meeting Thursday. Although the Board of Regents voted in October 2002 to purchase a 5...

After 23 years at the University, economics professor Edward Prescott is leaving for Arizona State University, and the economics department faculty are smarting from the loss. "It's a big loss to the department,"...

The University's School of Social Work is holding free information sessions throughout Minnesota this fall to recruit diverse candidates for professional studies in social work. Eighty-two percent of students...

The University will review a report issued Wednesday that recommends changing its reciprocity agreement between Minnesota and Wisconsin, an official said. University Vice Provost Craig Swan said the reciprocity...

A National Science Foundation study suggests approximately half of women who major in engineering subjects go to work in their fields, leaving University officials wondering why the discrepancy exists. Nineteen...

Weekend and evening parking policy changes could inconvenience some students. Last year, six University parking ramps offered free parking between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. Monday through Saturday and all day...