University of Minnesota researchers are working to bring foreign language classes to more local K-12 students with a program they hope will eventually reach the entire nation. The University’s College...

The U.S. Supreme Court made two landmark decisions affecting marriage equality in California and the nation on Wednesday.  In United States v. Winsor, the Supreme Court declared the federal Defense...

As a result of the U.S. Supreme Court sending a significant affirmative action case back to the lower courts Monday, the University of Minnesota will re-evaluate its own admissions policies. The 7-1 decision...

Traditionally, the University of Minnesota hasn’t incorporated diversity topics into its science courses. Now, some faculty members and administrators want to change that. Faculty members from the...

Sousada Chidthachack grew up as part of an immigrant family and went to college to live out her mother’s dream of having her own career. Chidthachack’s mother ran away from her childhood home...

A new University of Minnesota STEM Education Center has received funds to start a program focusing on local underrepresented students this fall. The Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation gave...

As a new group of freshmen gears up to enter the University of Minnesota this fall, the Office for Equity and Diversity  is trying to make their first time on campus a more welcoming experience. After...

This year’s fourth annual Out Twin Cities Film Festival, which celebrates lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities through film and art, kicked off Wednesday at the St. Anthony Main Theatre. Thursday...

  As the number of poor Twin Cities residents has climbed over the past decade, the suburban area has more than doubled  its poor population to about 200,000 people. The Twin Cities metro area...

The Minneapolis City Council passed a new resolution Friday declaring June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender pride month for Minneapolis, according to city council meeting agenda.  "Minneapolis...

The FBI announced Monday that they, along with local authorities, prevented a suspected terror attack by a Monevideo, Minn. Man, according to a press release.  Buford Rogers, 24, was arrested Friday...

A bill that would expand alcohol sales at the University of Minnesota’s Mariucci and Williams arenas was withdrawn Wednesday by Minnesota Rep. Dan Schoen, DFL-St. Paul Park. The bill would’ve...

Three more suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing case have been taken into custody, police and a defense attorney told the Associated Press.  Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick told reporters from his briefing...

  During Welcome Week, Rawnaq Al-Gheithy was shocked to watch students putting on a sex education skit. Sex was a taboo subject for the human resources development major, who grew up in Oman and Jordan. “A...

A new survey showed University of Minnesota students living in residence halls want more inexpensive and healthy food options on campus. Three undergraduate interns from the University’s Obesity...

Gwen Carlson found support when she came out as trans last year, but she said challenges the community faces are still unacknowledged. “… If we are not given a face, then we tend to disappear,”...

Administrators, students and state legislators are looking to the future of Fairview Health Services and the University of Minnesota Medical Center after two merger proposals fell through last week. The...

Taconite industry workers in the Iron Range have an increased risk of contracting rare lung cancer mesothelioma, according to a University news release.  The $4.9 million Minnesota Taconite Workers...

The number of sexually transmitted disease cases increased by 10 percent in 2012, according to new data released by the Minnesota Department of Health.  Cases of chlamydia rose by 7 percent, while...

Today’s college students went through their teen years watching advertisements for the newly recommended Human Papillomavirus vaccine, but vaccination rates still aren’t as high as doctors...

State legislators proposed bills Monday to intervene in the Fairview Health Services merger talks. Two proposals would outlaw South Dakota-based Sanford Health from taking over Fairview, which includes...

President Eric Kaler has proposed that the University of Minnesota take control of Fairview Health Services, according to a January letter obtained by the Minnesota Daily. Meanwhile, South Dakota-based...

Labor unions and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-equality groups are pushing transgender-inclusive health care as part of the first-of-its-kind national Transgender Month of Action. Proponents are...

  University of Minnesota alumna Breanna Kelly’s car was broken into over spring break. As a former Marcy-Holmes resident, she said it wasn’t unexpected “I was thinking, you know,...

  Sally Christopher has volunteered as a research patient in three studies since she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease more than a decade ago. “I really enjoy them because I’m...

  University of Minnesota researchers are one step closer to potential treatments for muscular dystrophy. According to an online study published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications, researchers...

The man was older, and she had a crush on him. They were grabbing movie rentals at Blockbuster before going to a party at his house. But before they got to the party, the man pulled the minivan off the...

  University of Minnesota student groups recently voiced concerns about men seeking mental health guidance. Often ignored because of the taboo associated with it, men’s mental health is the...

  After three years as vice president for health sciences and dean of the University of Minnesota’s Medical School, Aaron Friedman said in a statement Monday that he felt the time was right...

A deal at the grocery store might seem too good to be true, and experts from the University of Minnesota say it probably is. The University’s National Center for Food Protection and Defense is launching...

Looking to add more free condoms to your personal stash? Well you're in luck.  Boynton's Sexual Health Awareness and Disease Education peer education group, known as SHADE begins...

For students with stomach pains, vomiting and diarrhea, University of Minnesota experts want to remind them the flu isn’t the culprit. A new strain of the norovirus  — typically misnamed...

A University of Minnesota discovery could lead to industrial innovations and a deeper understanding of how life developed. University assistant professor Burckhard Seelig and other collaborators spent...