A man jumped off the 10th Avenue Bridge to his death Thursday morning.
At least three witnesses on the bridge said they saw the man sitting on the edge of the railing, push his body off the ledge and fall...
Here is your Daily Digest for Thursday, April 4:
- Road construction season is upon us, as the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced 316 new road projects around the state, according to...
Srilata Zaheer was named the 12th dean of the Carlson School of Management Thursday.
She will begin work at her new post immediately, pending approval from the University of Minnesota Board of Regents,...
Timothy Bakdash had to be in control of his car when he drove onto and down a sidewalk along narrow Fifth Street Southeast, according to witness testimony during his murder trial Thursday.
Minneapolis...
The author of the world-renowned children's series is switching to an older audience.
Almost five years after publishing the last book in the Harry Potter series J.K. Rowling is writing an adult novel,...
A University of Minnesota student was stabbed with a knife during an attempted robbery Wednesday night.
Minneapolis police responded to a call around 7:30 p.m. The incident occurred near 611 Huron Blvd.,...
A bill that would eliminate the so-called "last in, first out" philosophy when it comes to teacher layoffs passed the Minnesota House of Representatives Thursday. The bill will next go to the...
A deal for the new Vikings stadium could be reached within several days, according to Minnesota Public Radio. Vikings Vice President of Public Affairs and Stadium Development Lester Bagley says "negotiations...
Here's your Daily Digest for Thursday, Feb. 16:
A Nigerian man who admitted to the attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight has been sentenced to life in prison, according to the Associated...
A federal appeals court heard a case Tuesday against the University of Minnesota’s labeling of certain websites as unreliable for academic use.
The Turkish Coalition of America filed...
A federal appeals court heard a case against the University of Minnesota’s right to label certain websites as unreliable for academic use Tuesday.
The Turkish Coalition of America filed the appeal...
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that CaliforniaâÄôs controversial Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in the state, was unconstitutional.
Although the case may wind up in...
Doris Taylor, the researcher who rose to prominence by creating a functioning rat heart in a laboratory, is leaving the University of Minnesota.
On March 1, Taylor will begin work at the Texas Heart Institute...
Doris Taylor, the researcher who rose to prominence by growing a rat heart in a laboratory, is leaving the University of Minnesota.
Starting March 1, Taylor will begin work at the Texas Heart Institute...
Here is your Daily Digest for Tuesday, February 7th:
The Anoka-Hennepin school district teachers are speaking out against the district's controversial approach to addressing sexuality. On Monday, the district's...
Tuition and fees at most higher education institutions in Minnesota are higher than national averages, according to a report released Thursday by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education.
Minnesota's two-year...
Here's your Daily Digest for Thursday, Jan. 26th:
Today is the one-year anniversary of the 18-day revolt known as the Egyptian Uprising which led the end of President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.
The...
Apologies. The Thursday Jan. 9th Daily Digest is slightly late due a mandatory two-hour Wikipedia browsing catch-up:
Today is cold.
The national job market might be showing signs of improvement, the Associated...
The leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-il, died at the age of 69.
North Korea’s state-run television made the announcement Monday, saying Kim died of physical and mental over-work, according to BBC. He...
Penn State’s former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will face some of his alleged victims at a preliminary hearing Tuesday. As many as 10 men could testify publicly for the first time during...
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a top-ranking Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, demanded salary information from chief executives of 13 for-profit college companies Monday. According...
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, projected that the 7 billionth person will be born sometime during October 31, 2011.
Over the last sixty years, life expectancy has risen from 48 to 68 while...
The first day on the job, University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler began to tackle a budget crisis amid a state shutdown.
Last week he sat down with the Minnesota Daily to talk about his progress and...
A decade of debilitating cuts in state support has left the University of Minnesota to deal with late-1990s funding levels while paying for 21st century costs.
With two dissenters, the Board of Regents...
Monday at the University of Minnesota was business as usual. TCF Bank Stadium was quiet, save for the stage cleanup. But Sarah Rosenthal was still giddy with excitement.
On Saturday, she, along...
MinnesotaâÄôs government shutdown ended Wednesday morning.
Gov. Mark Dayton at 9 a.m. signed the budget bills necessary to restart the state government and formally end the 20-day shutdown âÄî...
A collective sigh of relief at the Capitol Thursday evening could mean cheers at the University of Minnesota.
The deal, hashed out between Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders to end a two-week...
The Phillips Wangensteen Building is always bustling with activity. Built almost 40 years ago, it houses about 20 clinics and is packed with patients, students and physicians âÄî so much...
In December 2009, Amanda Tatro, then a mortuary science student, wrote on Facebook that she wanted to use a trocar âÄî an embalming tool used to let fluids and gas out of a dead body âÄî...
On his first day as president, Eric KalerâÄôs office walls were blank âÄî the only space devoid of move-in clutter. The artwork he and his wife Karen handpicked from the Weisman Art MuseumâÄôs...
After multiple failed attempts to build, the University of Minnesota has put an ambulatory care center on its capital funding request in hopes of getting state money. On Wednesday regents approved the...
Amid unpacked boxes and personal trinkets, Eric Kaler seems at ease even after a long day of interviews and meetings in his Morrill Hall office.
After officially taking over as the University of MinnesotaâÄôs...
University police have been stationed outside of Eastcliff mansion âÄî the home of the University of MinnesotaâÄôs president âÄî due to a recent termination of an employee.
Police...
From lasers and sensors to film batteries, the University of MinnesotaâÄôs Nanofabrication Center is all about making tiny things. But its costs are enormous compared to its creations.
Equipment...
At three-and-a-half stories high, Eddy Hall lacks the grandeur of some of the more prominent buildings on campus, and most students hurrying by daily wouldn’t recognize the modest red brick structure...
Eric Kaler will officially become the 16th president of the University of Minnesota when he takes office Friday.
HeâÄôll replace President Bob Bruininks, who will conclude his nine-year tenure...
The University of Minnesota, including its medical and dental clinics, will remain open in an event of government shutdown July 1, University News Services announced today.
Every month the University receives...
A year of bleak financial forecasts culminated in the University of Minnesota regentsâÄô approval of a 2012 budget that includes tuition hikes, program cuts and a wage freeze for University employees.
The...
The University of Minnesota may look less attractive to prospective faculty in 2012 should a proposal to slash University contributions to retirement get approval.
In an attempt to generate long-term savings,...
General Mills made the top three on the 100 Best Places to Work in IT in a list posted by Computerworld magazine this week.
The Minnesota-based food giant was rated as the best in benefits and seventh...
A year of bleak financial forecasts culminated in the University of Minnesota regents' approval of a 2012 provisional budget that includes tuition hikes, program cuts and a wage freeze for University employees.
The...
The University of Minnesota is one step closer to a year of higher tuition, wage freezes and unfilled faculty positions.
In a Friday meeting, the Board of Regents all but finalized the 2012 operating budget,...
The University of Minnesota is one step closer to a year of harsh financial realities.
The Board of Regents formally reviewed the 2012 operating budget, which saves more than $80 million through wage freezes...
Administrators have prescribed cuts and tuition increases to make up the loss of state funding, according to the budget proposal the University of Minnesota Board of Regents will preview at their meeting...
The University of Minnesota is getting a new voice.
Less than a month before the UniversityâÄôs president and a slew of vice presidents step down, Dan Wolter is also leaving after more than six...
The University of Minnesota Board Of Regents will preview a budget heavy in cuts and a tuition increase to make up for loss of state funding at their meeting Friday.
The University plans to raise...
Student athletes may find extra money in their bank accounts as Big Ten officials discuss increasing scholarships to cover living costs.
During a spring meeting earlier this month, conference officials...
Unless state legislators take action during a special session, five building projects at the University of Minnesota will have to try again next year for funding.
Each year the University plans a separate...
University of Minnesota-bound Wisconsin students may see a tuition hike due to a change in the tuition reciprocity agreement.
The agreement allows Wisconsin students to attend Minnesota higher education...
Almost eight months since the âÄúTroubled WatersâÄù controversy, the once-censored documentary is bringing possible reform within the University of Minnesota community.
A University committee...
Approximately 7000 University of Minnesota students, staff and alumni have been unable to access their accounts since Friday night. The problem first occurred around 10 p.m. and persisted throughout the...
Omar Osman carries his title as president of the Multicultural Greek Council humbly.
As the head of the new governing board, Osman sees MGC as a team effort.
âÄúIâÄôm just the president,âÄù...
A semitrailer split in half Monday after the driver failed to make the turn off Washington Avenue onto Pleasant Avenue Southeast in front of the Weisman Art Museum. The driver was not injured, and no University...
Michael Trittipo has spent roughly a quarter of a century in his home in Southeast Como.
The house on 19th Avenue Southeast does not stand out among other buildings, and from the outside, it looks like...
Drink, drank, drunk, dead. DonâÄôt let your friend drown in his own puke.
Starting Tuesday, thatâÄôs one of the messages that will be displayed on posters around the University of Minnesota...
A rough year of negative exposure and policy changes may have put some stress on greek leadership, but the community itself is growing larger.
Enrollment at the University of MinnesotaâÄôs fraternities...
The empty house on 14th Avenue Southeast in the Como neighborhood looks like any other vacant building in Minneapolis.
Previously rented out, the property was boarded up in 2006 after the city of Minneapolis...
An academic year of alleged sexual assaults and anonymous reports culminated in a cautionary letter sent to the greek community last week âÄî a symbol of the hands-off relationship between the...
An anonymous phone call to the University of Minnesota greek life director last week adds to the large number of sexual assaults that regularly go unreported to police.
Chad Ellsworth, program director...
For more than seven years the small building with green awnings on the corner of 15th and Rollins Avenues Southeast has been a symbol of a strong community presence in an eclectic neighborhood.
But now...
With the new semester well underway, University of Minnesota fraternities are still working on ridding themselves of the stigma of sexual assault allegations from fall. But instead of returning to the...
Lou Bellamy, founder and artistic director of the Penumbra Theatre and honored University of Minnesota faculty member, will retire from the University this spring.
Penumbra is MinnesotaâÄôs only...
When most University of Minnesota students hear "Dinkytown Library," they think of a bar rather than an actual library.
But the Southeast Library, housed on the corner of Fourth Street and 13th Avenue...
Two University of Minnesota students studying abroad in Cairo will evacuate Egypt on Tuesday, joining thousands of foreigners who are leaving the country as tensions within that country continue to escalate.
Massive...
Only months after the University of Minnesota chose its next president, MnSCU âÄî the stateâÄôs largest college system âÄî announced a high-ranking University official as one of...
Steven Rosenstone, vice president for scholarly and cultural affairs at the University of Minnesota has been named one of two finalists for chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.
Rosenstone...
Though the new year has barely begun, landlords in the University of Minnesota area are already hard at work advertising for fall housing, and potential tenants could be paying more.
Recent property tax...
ItâÄôd be hard to tell thereâÄôs anything amiss at the Brian Coyle Center in MinneapolisâÄô Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, if not for two police cars parked nearby.
Children played...
Out-of-the-way errands and lack of transportation are common problems for urban residents, but a new ridesharing program coming to the Southeast Como neighborhood could become a solution.
Southeast Como...
Though University of Minnesota President Bob BruininksâÄô presentation to the Senate Higher Education Committee at the State Capitol on Wednesday afternoon was meant as a general overview of the...
The potluck in a small room at a Van Cleve Park building looked more like a gathering of friends than a meeting of the Southeast Como Improvement AssociationâÄôs board of directors. But the issues...
A request sent to the Board of Regents Monday by eight professors from the University of Minnesota’s Center of Bioethics asking for further investigation into the suicide of a former clinical trial patient...
Eight professors from the University of MinnesotaâÄôs Center of Bioethics sent a letter to the Board of Regents on Monday requesting an investigation into the suicide of a former clinical trial...
Grammy Award-winning rapper and actor Lonnie Rashid Lynn, known as âÄúCommon,âÄù will give a lecture in the Great Hall of Coffman Union Friday evening.
The event was organized by the Student...
World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick covered everything from WikiLeaks to endangered tigers at a Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs forum Wednesday.
An audience of more than 250 people crowded...
A new borrowing option for a low-interest, state-run loan program might change the way Minnesota students borrow money.
Student Education Loan Fund program, or SELF Loan, has opened a new fixed-interest...
Members of Students Organizing for America, a group of students aligned with the Democratic Party, may face a criminal investigation and possible felony charges after confrontations with an election judge...
In order to gain access to restricted U.S. Census Bureau data, Carolyn Liebler had to go through a grueling year-long process of forms, interviews and training.
The assistant professor of sociology at...
What is the most important issue facing your district and how would you address it?
The most important issue facing the state is the issue of financing, and the issue of cutting down budget for thing[s]...
What is the most important issue facing your district and how would you address it?
IâÄôm going to say that the price of education is [the] most important issue facing our district. We canâÄôt...
What is the most important issue facing your district and how would you address it?
I think the most important issue in this district is the cost of higher education âĦ I would address it...
What is the most important issue facing your district and how would you address it?
IâÄôve actually identified four issues for the district. The four issues are âĦ high tuition cost,...
As the University of Minnesota is making its biennium budget request to the state, some faculty are critical of how the school allocates its funds.
Gary Rhoades, the general secretary of the American Association...
After he got a beehive as a Christmas present 18 years ago, Jim Kloek started a hobby that became a business âÄî beekeeping.
Kloek demonstrated beekeeping equipment from his Stillwater business,...
A recent study by researchers at the University of Minnesota looks at state and national level variations in childrenâÄôs health coverage.
Although the insurance rates have been increasing,...
Vice President Joe Biden rallied for gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton at Macalester College on Tuesday, urging students and supporters to âÄúgo out and tell the people of Minnesota the truth.âÄù
Calling...
On Thursday evening, two events held hours apart on the University of Minnesota West Bank campus offered different perspectives on the state of higher education and proposed solutions for the problems...
As student loan default rates climb nationwide, in Minnesota those numbers are dropping âÄî despite studentsâÄô high borrowing habits.
In 2008, 3.7 percent of Minnesota students defaulted,...
University of Minnesota faculty and students gathered in a lecture classroom on the West Bank Thursday night for an event meant to counter President BruininksâÄô discussion on future of higher...
During his second year of college, Ben Yela, 21, began to doubt his place at the University of Minnesota.
Yela, a theater major, left the University in fall 2009 as he said he was ready to get out and...
As this year’s first-year students are settling into their first college classes, the University of Minnesota is already predicting how many students will enroll for next year.
Last week, the University...
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