The absence of December snow has not discouraged students and Twin Cities residents from getting into the holiday spirit. The University Forestry Club's annual Christmas tree sale is in full swing, and...

Wolves - long on the federal endangered species list - might soon lose that protection if a University professor has his way. Professor David Mech recently became the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service chief...

From creating new paper products to fighting forest fires, College of Natural Resources students have access to unique courses that make them fierce job competitors. Although some students said they are...

Architecture faculty will use a federal government grant they received this week to design more affordable housing for a low-income St. Paul neighborhood. The College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture...

Signs for deep-fried cheese curds and ice-cold soda still hang at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, but none of these delicacies can be found there this time of year. Although the fairgrounds appear deserted,...

A new lab in St. Paul will revolutionize biology research, University students and professors said. Plant genetics, AIDS and cancer research are just a few of the projects that will transpire in the Supercomputing...

University student Laura Peterson got her first hands-on anatomy lesson cutting out deer lymph nodes in the flat-bed of a pickup truck for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' chronic wasting...

A new, high-tech genetics research lab opened on the St. Paul campus Thursday. The lab is equipped with the most recent genetics software programs and will allow University researchers to produce three-dimensional,...

The St. Paul City Council approved a resolution Wednesday that allows the city to revoke landlords' rental licenses or criminally charge landlords for receiving four or more housing violations. Council...

The food science and nutrition department now has its own small-scale cheese-making machine. The unique machine allows students to create new recipes and creates a more efficient cheese production. It...

Sarah Olson said she knows many might think her hobby is old-fashioned, but she still has pride in it. Olson is one of four agriculture students on a team that will represent the University at a national...

St. Paul might soon make landlords more accountable for poor housing conditions and rowdy tenants. At the St. Paul City Council meeting Wednesday, St. Paul's Neighborhood Housing and Property Improvement...

Small insects no larger than a pinhead create an enormous predicament for Minnesota farmers: whether to use insecticides. Because soy aphids - miniature fly-like insects that eat soy plants - arrived in...

Like doctors who can examine a beating heart without making a single incision, biosystems and agricultural engineering professor Roger Ruan can virtually dissect a bean, layer by layer, while it is safely...

Some students take a year off school to travel the world, and others to work. But Beth Lauwagie is hoping she will spend the next year leading FFA - an organization formerly called Future Farmers of America. This...

University medical school professors and students - some on the cutting edge of cardiovascular research - displayed their work at the Basic Sciences and Biomedical Engineering Facility on Wednesday. Kicking...

Education student Jeremy Heyer wheeled his wheelchair into a closet-sized computer room, tugged on the keyboard's extendable arm to lower it to his lap and began typing his homework into a machine that...

Sounding a chimpanzee call before a packed auditorium, world-renowned chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall began a reunion of researchers Saturday at the University's Molecular and Cellular Biology Building. As...

Students raised campus safety and housing concerns with police, violence counselors and student government leaders at a roundtable discussion Thursday night. The sparsely attended meeting was the first...

Hundreds flocked to the St. Paul campus Monday to hear geological expert Henry Pollack discuss the key points of his recent book, "Uncertain Science ... Uncertain World." His message to students was the...

Education and foreign language students have mixed feelings about a bill that would require all future Minnesota K-12 foreign language teachers to study abroad for one year. The bill's author, Rep. Mike...

DFL representatives joined students at Coffman Union on Thursday to watch a live debate of Democratic presidential hopefuls, telecasted from Phoenix. The Minnesota Young DFL - an unofficial branch of the...

Campus political organizations can be major players in national politics, according to a recent report on nonprofit fund raising. Derek Willis, co-author of the Center for Public Integrity's yearly report...

Minnesota DFL leaders met at the State Capitol on Thursday to personally endorse former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean to be the Democratic candidate for the 2004 presidential race. Dean supporters, including...

With a more holistic admissions review process, undergraduate applicants to the University could benefit from a diverse student body, law professor Carol Chomsky said Monday at a forum on affirmative action...

Ushers hurriedly set up extra chairs as Elizabeth Wencl's friends and family filed into Trinity Lutheran Church in Owatonna, Minn., on Wednesday afternoon. A snapshot of "Liz," arm-in-arm with friends,...

A star baseball player and enthusiastic Gophers fan, 19-year-old Brian Heiden was "an all-around good guy," friend Luke Estanbock said. On Sunday afternoon, Brian's father Richard took a moment from planning...

Students are increasingly dependent on student loans to attend college, according to a nationwide survey released Wednesday. The Coalition for Better Student Loans said the results show two-thirds of students...

Noodles without butter and salt-not the type of food that one might imagine a wealthy man in 1950's France to insist on eating day after day. By consuming such oodles of noodles, Messerschmann, a supporting...