Two years after the Board of Regents unanimously approved a revamp of the University, students and faculty say they are skeptical of the progress made. The University administration's goal to be one of...

The Board of Regents tends to vote "yes" - overwhelmingly. In recent history, they've approved everything the administration has put before them. Tuition hikes, a new stadium bearing a corporate name,...

University President Bob Bruininks purchased a condominium in downtown Minneapolis worth more than $1 million last week, but said he doesn't plan to retire anytime soon. According to his contract with...

University Learning Abroad Center officials said they followed their sexual harassment policy when a student studying in Tanzania complained about sexual assaults earlier this semester. University student...

The University closed at 2:30 p.m. Thursday due to near-whiteout conditions. As of press time, the University hadn't announced Friday class cancellations. Minneapolis and St. Paul also declared snow emergencies...

When Rachel Jamison received a full scholarship to study in Tanzania for a year, she said University officials told her to expect intense sexual harassment. An experienced world traveler, Jamison said...

Chase Korte, a University theater alumnus, died Saturday night in a car accident on his way to his Los Angeles home after a film shoot in Sedona, Ariz. He was 24. Korte graduated from the University in...

More than 90 years after the Armenian genocide, University professor Taner Akçam is in the middle of a controversial debate that recently turned deadly. The murder of Hrant Dink, a prominent Armenian...

Libby Smith has long attended her professors' and teaching assistants' office hours. "I feel like office hours are a much better way to get to know them," she said. Smith, an English and political science...

Mark Aronson didn't buy Internet porn or withdraw hundreds of dollars from his Wells Fargo account, but his bank statements said otherwise. Aronson, like many students, was a victim of identity theft,...

As Anne Simon left work one Wednesday in September, her manager handed her a note. "I thought I had done something right, a little thank you note or something," Simon said. But when she got to her car...

Much of the news coming out of Baghdad is focused on current events, but little is widely known about the history of its people. Maisie J. Meyer, a professor at the University of London, is attempting...

Identifying flu viruses is now quick and inexpensive, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which announced the development of a new test Nov. 14. The test, called the MChip, provides...

More than one million Armenians died from 1915 to 1923 during a devastating genocide. Today, the demise of a people is debated throughout Turkey, the epicenter of the once-powerful Ottoman Empire. University...

The risk of an influenza pandemic is not likely to decrease in the future, according to a report released Thursday by the World Health Organization. Currently, the greatest threat for a possible pandemic...

A virus is creeping across the world, infecting millions from Seattle to Johannesburg, from Tokyo to Mexico City. Store shelves are barren, the University is closed, 30 percent of the Minnesota workforce...

The use of diet pills by teenage girls has almost doubled in five years, according to University researchers. The study, released Monday by the University's Project EAT (Eating Among Teens), said the use...

Thanks to an anonymous donor, the University's Institute of Technology is $10 million richer. The bequest - the college's second-largest gift ever - will fund an estimated 15 to 25 graduate fellowships...

Five years after the largest terrorist attack on U.S. soil, Congress granted President George W. Bush more power than ever before. The new role of the executive branch has arguably shifted the balance...

A woman in her 20s suffered "grave injuries" after jumping off the driving level of the Washington Avenue Bridge into the Mississippi River on Tuesday, said University Police Chief Greg Hestness. About...