Several years ago, dentists at the Family Dentistry Clinic, with the assistance of the University's Program Against Sexual Violence, managed a patient's escape from her abusive partner. Now, such piece-meal...

Patty B., a former Twin Cities nurse, has to take 32 pills daily to hold back the HIV virus and the accompanied inflammation that have invaded her body. Although AIDS still eludes a cure, Patty and many...

A cure for AIDS might be on the horizon, according to a group of international researchers who found that a combination of anti-HIV drugs can dramaticallly reduce the amount of HIV virus in infected human...

Though the percentage of women participating in the labor force in the Twin Cities is about 20 percent above the national average, there are still gender disparities in employment patterns, according...

A survey by the University's Institute on Race and Poverty paints a mixed picture of racial attitudes in the Twin Cities area. Results of the survey, released last weekend and discussed at a national...

About four years into her dissertation research, University neuroscience student Lois Kehl's investigation into pain-transmitting neurons took a surprising turn. In the study published in today's Science...

Regular exercise reduces mortality rates in postmenopausal women, according to a study published today by University researchers. The study, published in The Journal of the American Medical Association,...

From radical draft-card burners in the 1960s to conservative military officers and religious believers, the members of the advisory board of the University's Program in Human Rights and Medicine is a...

The University's Institute on Race and Poverty aspires to expand its research and influence with new grant money. The institute recently received $240,000 from the Otto Bremer Foundation. The grant, spread...

J. Herman Blake, vice chancellor for Undergraduate Education at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, could not speak enough of the benefits of education, which helped him escape "an environment...

The world's largest geoscience organization will honor a University alumnus at its 1997 meeting. Robert D. Gunn, a 1949 University graduate, will receive the Sidney Powers Memorial Medal on Sunday from...

As new research facilities emerge on campus, it remains uncertain how much of the development can be attributed to University President Nils Hasselmo's U2000 plan. Although the plan pledges to improve...

In an age when geneticists are struggling to find the causes of newly emerged diseases, mystery continues to cloud the genetic roots of asthma. Over the past two decades, scientists have identified the...

Appetite suppressants might take away more than just late afternoon hunger pangs. A current University study is exploring whether or not they can effectively treat type II diabetes. University researchers...

Imo Powell, a registered nurse from Cushing, Minn., drives for more than two hours to her nurse practitioner class in Moorhead every week. Her travel time back home almost doubled Wednesday because of...

A memorial service in Coffman Memorial Union's Campus Club this Saturday will honor W. Dixon Ward, professor emeritus of communication disorders and otolaryngology at the University. Ward died of heart...

More than a year of negotiations between the University and Fairview Health System culminated Monday in the signing of two documents at a ceremony. In front of representatives from both institutions,...

A new University policy that begins Jan. 1 will set limits on free Internet access through off-campus phone lines. The new fee plan aims at easing pressure on the University Networking Services' modem...

Josh Evans, a fourth-year University math major, draped himself over a sofa in a Pioneer Hall lounge. It was the day after Thanksgiving, and the only activity in the room was the ice hockey game on the...

The issue of physician-assisted suicide confronts more than the question of who should determine when life should end. It also brings ideological and practical considerations into play. David Mayo, a...

Although animals die in some laboratory experiments, University officials said scientists conduct their research for the good of humanity -- not to torture the helpless. "People who do animal research...

While many of his Harvard Law School peers were making six-figure incomes and working in corporate legal firms in 1971, John Herman was working out of a shabby office and taking home considerably less...

This past summer, Apple Valley resident Phyllis Nickels watched as her two daughters walked down the aisle at their double wedding. One of them married a man. The other tied the knot with another woman. Nickels...

Minneapolis residents approved a referendum Tuesday that will allow their school district to retain several hundred teachers who were hired to improve student's performance by reducing class sizes. With...

Contrary to popular belief, a victim of sexual assault who wore a short skirt and plunging neckline on a date should not be blamed for instigating the attack, said University professor Kim Johnson. Many...

resh out of college in 1948, Erwin Marquit lost his first job one day after he got it, when his employer found his name on a government blacklist as an active member of the Communist Party. It took Marquit...

When Sadie Sachs, recovering from an almost fatal self-induced abortion, asked a doctor how she could prevent another pregnancy, she was told, "Tell Jake (her husband) to sleep on the roof." The 28-year-old...

A new bike path along the University transitway is one of the first steps toward a more cyclist-friendly campus. The 1.5-mile-long, 8-foot-wide thoroughfare will officially open with a ribbon-cutting...

Students who feel overwhelmed at the University can find plenty of people who share the frustration. A 1996 campus survey reported that only 22 percent of the students thought that the University placed...

The University's plan to renovate its Southeast Steam Plant moved a step ahead Tuesday at a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's citizens board meeting, when members voted six to one in favor of an air...

University sociology professor William Brustein remembers how his aunt burst into tears when he bought a Volkswagen -- a German-manufactured car -- at age 16. His aunt, one of nine children born to a...

A University program is bringing research results into classrooms and combating child abuse. The Child Abuse Prevention Studies program is "the only program that we know of in the country that's using...

The image of the University as a commuter school will soon change if Clinton Hewitt, associate vice president for master planning, has his way. Hewitt and his staff recently won the Board of Regents'...

Three of Leanne Sorteberg's six children had either birth defects or childhood cancer because of the long-term side-effects of an anti-acne medication she had taken. One of her children, an 8-year-old...

University graduate student Michael Schommer moved from downtown St. Paul to downtown Minneapolis in June, at about the same time University officials began phasing out the Route 52 commuter bus system...

Amid the din of construction along University Avenue, this afternoon University students can participate in the third annual Dinkytown Passport Stroll. The stroll is sponsored by the Dinkytown Business...

After 30 years of waiting for a new home, officials from the University Alumni Association are finally making their wish come true. The officials from the association and two fund-raising organizations...

At a Tuesday animal rights rally, about 20 members of the Student Organization for Animal Rights debuted their new strategy to single out University researchers for their experiments on live animals. "We...

A federal agency granted the University an exemption from federal laws that could have significantly delayed University efforts to refurbish the Southeast Steam Plant on the Mississippi River. The Federal...

The chance that University officials will jump-start renovation on the Southeast Steam Plant by the end of this year grew less likely when the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Citizens Board convened...

University Hospital officials reported a significant staffing reduction as more than one 10th of its employees have left. As officials continue to plan a merger with Fairview Health System that would...

A.R. "Tony" Potami, whose name is almost synonymous with research administration, will leave the University on Aug. 15 to head the William C. Norris Institute. "It's an opportune time for me to try something...

University graduate student Christopher Chiappari is concerned about another graduate assistant who will return from his trip abroad to find his health insurance gone. Chiappari, like other University...

University Hospital would share the effects of a decline in inpatient admissions at Fairview Riverside Medical Center if a merger between the two hospitals is finalized as planned. HealthPartners, one...

Milt Schoen, a Hennepin County Veterans Service Officer, remembers a homeless veteran who found a job using the employment service at Minnesota StandDown in 1993. A year later, the man was able to give...

University officials hope a proposed meeting between Board of Regents Chairman Thomas Reagan and Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton will reconcile differences about the future of an outdated steam...

In hopes of talking further with the University about its steam plant plans, the Minneapolis City Council decided Friday to postpone voting on a proposed zoning code amendment until September. If passed,...

A draft permit that would allow the University to proceed with its steam plant renovation plan drew opposition during its 30-day public notice period. Seven responses were received from groups and individuals...

Boynton Health Service sold more birth control pills and antidepressants than any other prescription drugs in recent years. "For college populations, you should expect birth control pills to be on top,"...

Opponents of the proposed merger between the University Hospital and Fairview Health Systems were denied a time slot at the regents' July meeting. But they had a chance to express their opinions Thursday...

University President Nils Hasselmo named on Friday a retired Twin Cities executive as the University's acting vice president for Institutional Relations. The Board of Regents is expected to confirm the...

The University will receive nearly $2 million in grants from the Bush Foundation to fund projects to train elementary and secondary school educators and strengthen academic programs at the University. The...

More than 60 canoeists paddled down the Mississippi River on Saturday to protest increased use of motorized vehicles in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Voyageurs National Park. Jennifer...

University Parking and Transportation Services announced this week that, as a result of budget cuts, some campus parking ramps will no longer have booth attendants during late night and early morning...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is accepting public feedback on a proposed permit to allow the University to renovate one of its steam plants, which it uses for heating and cooling buildings. A...

Some University students and staff members recently found their classes canceled as summer session administrators implemented a new policy allowing them to ax courses with low enrollment. This policy...

University Hospital and Clinic employees have been assured at recent staff forums that, contrary to widespread rumors, life will not be much different for most of them on the first day of the hospital's...

Shocked that someone fired a gun in University President Nils Hasselmo's office Tuesday morning, University students and staff have mixed feelings about how the campus community should respond to the...

Supporters and opponents of University Hospital's proposed merger with Fairview Health System aired their views at the Academic Health Center-Fairview Public Forum on June 3, just weeks before the fate...

After 100 years of active duty, the castle-like Armory Building at 15 Church St. S.E. stands as a reminder of the University's commitment to military training. "It is symbolic of the land-grant university...

To people who attended the Art, Culture and Pedagogy Mini-conference at the University's General College on Wednesday, education means much more than learning to spell and count. General College was the...

In the eyes of Robert Erickson, professor emeritus at the College of Natural Resources, conservation isn't just a good idea for the environment; it can make money, too. Erickson retired from his position...