Masami Suga refused to clean out her desk Sunday. Suga, one of the two remaining staff of the Refugee Studies Center, worked her last paid day Sunday. With Suga out of a job and University administrators...

A graduation ceremony accompanied a speech Sunday by the nation's chief foreign policy maker. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright encouraged College of Liberal Arts graduates to act as a society with...

In the wee hours of Sunday morning, Adam Olson vowed never to drink again -- and he actually meant it. It was after 4 a.m. and nine Guinnesses when Olson, a junior in kinesiology and first-time drinker,...

Eighty days of trial, 39 million documents and eight University professors later, the state, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and the tobacco companies inked a $7 billion settlement Friday. Each...

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the nation's top foreign policymaker, will deliver the keynote address at the College of Liberal Arts spring commencement, administrators announced Tuesday. Albright...

Editor's note: About 50,000 students, staff, faculty members and visitors converge on the University's Twin Cities campus every day. In the midst of this sea of people, it's easy to think of the strangers...

Cindy, whose last name is withheld for anonymity, said she hates walking alone on campus at night. She doesn't trust those "Boy Scout Nazis" from escort services and she "definitely" doesn't like to walk...

In St. Paul, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Minnesota state attorneys are waging a courtroom battle with Big Tobacco over $1.77 billion in smoking-related medical costs. A recent salvo targeted the tobacco...

Editor's note: This article is the second in a two-part series about the University's School of Journalism and Mass Communication and plans for its future. As the School of Journalism and Mass Communication...

Editor's note: This article is the first in a two-part series about the University's School of Journalism and Mass Communication and plans for its future. The School of Journalism and Mass Communication...

and Nancy Ngo On the eve of a proposed marriage between the speech and journalism departments, the minister called off the wedding -- asking the bride and groom to part as just friends. In a report to...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Last year, while investigating his future post, University President Mark Yudof took the school's pulse, and then quickly laid it on the operating table. The prognosis -- multiple transplants...

Editor's note: This is the second of a three-part weekly series that examines University President Mark Yudof's record at the University of Texas-Austin and his plans for the University. AUSTIN, Texas...

As part of the more than $1 billion needed to repair and renew University facilities state-wide, officials are moving ahead with plans to spend $840,000 to repair Eastcliff mansion. The work underway...

Recent graduates and their families and friends sipped lemonade and munched on mini-muffins Saturday while checking out the outdoor sculptures and gardens lining Eastcliff, the University's presidential...

For some, the creator of a University yearbook has made the University a smaller place -- like high school. Almost completely on his own, Community Advisor Tosin Arasi, a senior in international relations,...

A group of students spent the afternoon diligently drawing a scrolling picture show dotted with stick-figure children chained to machinery. One of the characters held a sign stating "Nike is Bad." This...

Twenty-two percent of all college graduates now going into the work force will be unemployed or working in jobs that do not require a college degree, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Office...