Historical and contemporary issues of race, ethnicity and migration are the topics of a three-day University conference that kicked off Thursday. Hosted by the University's Immigration History Research...

The College of Human Ecology is wrapping up its year of centennial celebrations with a look into the future. As part of a daylong celebration the college will highlight past and current research by its...

Earlier this month Dennis Jones was greeted with congratulations from his co-workers in the American Indian studies department. "Is my wife pregnant?" Jones recalled asking after so many congratulations....

Although female student athletes have played for the University for 100 years, the Department of Women's Intercollegiate Athletics is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The first recorded women's...

Facing statistics that show domestic violence as the number one cause of women's visits to emergency rooms, communities across the nation are fighting to lower the numbers this month. Organizations at...

The media portrayal of women athletes in the Olympics will be the topic of a panel tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Cowles Auditorium in the Humphrey Center. The University's Tucker Center for Research...

The University's Youth and AIDS Projects have received $220,000 from the Minnesota Department of Health for a tobacco prevention program geared toward gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students. "I'm...

After 24 years filling vending machines on campus, George Brady is now filling job openings. Brady, a former University vending employee and University graduate, single-handedly started an employment agency...

In a small and bold drawing entitled, "The Three Bears," an elder American Indian is portrayed in the late 1800s imprisoned in black and white. Behind him, a colorful and vibrant painting by American Indian...

Two years ago, six-year-old Tony Gonzalez found a barn swallow in his backyard. The bird was small and sick. Gonzalez kept it in a sock inside a shoe box for a few days before his parents brought the ill...

University animal science professor Richard Epley died last week of a brain tumor. He was 58. Epley came to the University 30 years ago after receiving a doctoral degree from the University of Missouri...

A single candle burns in the middle of a dark room surrounded by mirrors; thousands of candles are reflected. A woman's voice is heard listing names and ages of people who died in the holocaust. This image...

Standing across from campus, the Dinkydome is synonymous with its neighborhood -- known for student roamers and a small-town atmosphere. From Falafel King to the Loring Pasta Bar, Dinkytown appeals to...

For the past two years, the University has undergone tremendous construction and renovation work. From road work to new building constructions, the three-year plan will cost the University nearly $760...

Parents of children attending a farm camp at the St. Paul campus did not seem concerned about an outbreak of a parasitic infection there. At least three children got sick and 40 others are reported ill...

The University received nearly $8 million in controversial academic funding this year from Congress, according to a Chronicle of Higher Education report issued Monday. The controversy associated with the...

Despite an increased police presence with nearly $200,000 in new riot gear, the University-sponsored animal genetics conference in downtown Minneapolis kicked off with the silence of a lab mouse this week. Barricades...

Standing across from campus, the Dinkydome is synonymous with its neighborhood -- known for student roamers and a small-town atmosphere. From Falafel King to the Loring Pasta Bar, Dinkytown appeals to...

For two years, Jane Potterfield's 10th-grade science class has taken a close look at the biological importance of water. The 30 students in Potterfield's Apple Valley East Ville High School science class...

Given a bag of materials -- including fabric, foam, stockings and bubble wrap -- five high school student teams designed launchers to throw two weighted air balloons into a bed of nails. The students also...

To all full-time students using the I-can't-afford-to-join-a-health-club excuse: You're already paying for a gym membership. All full-time students pay for a membership to the University's recreational...

It is hard to decide which library to go to on campus when faced with a list of more than 40 facilities. But most students will only use a few during their tenure at the University. The University Libraries...

Serving an average of nearly 80,000 people daily, University Parking and Transportation Services offer students a number of options to ease their commute to campus. Although providing nearly 18,500 parking...

Former president of the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy Alumni Society James Remes died Saturday, May 20. He was 67. For the last nine years, Remes lived in almost total paralysis, a result...

In one short film, the actors communicate entirely in body language, with no spoken word. In another, a Brazilian gay pride carnival splashes across the screen, spoken in Portuguese with English subtitles. The...

The Minnesota Daily recently appointed Kevin Nicholson, a political science junior from Milwaukee, as its 2000-01 Board of Directors president. Nicholson, who currently lives in Washington, D.C., will...

In a period when the world's powers are advocating nuclear disarmament, India and Pakistan have been embroiled in their own nuclear race, using funds critics say could instead go to sorely needed social...

Sunbathing and frisbee-tossing students in the Superblock courtyard, where Territorial, Centennial, Pioneer and Frontier residence halls converge, participated in the launching of an anti-sexual violence...

When she started on the University's sailing team, Lyndsie Hakala, a clothing design senior, realized she could not find many places selling women's sailing clothes. She merged her major with her hobby,...

One of Minnesota's most abundant resources is the topic of a two-day conference, bringing national and local speakers and organizations to the University. Water resources, in the land of 11,842 lakes,...

Two young University students will lead The Minnesota Daily next year, as the paper enters its second century of campus coverage. Twenty-year-old Julia Grant will be the youngest editor in chief in the...

The man who now holds Ralph G. Ross' former post as head of the Humanities Program remembers Ross as an eloquent speaker and an effective lecturer. "He was very active in promoting the Humanities Program,"...

University officials will announce today the approval of two bus programs intended to give students, faculty and staff members unlimited rides on city buses for a discounted user fee. The Metropolitan...

By making paper from old clothes and camping out on the St. Paul campus, University students will usher in the 30th annual worldwide Earth Day celebrations this week, the first with a global theme focusing...

A rash of "arrests" might sweep campus today as students and instructors in class are whisked away by members of the Minneapolis Police Department to a tent-jail in front of Willey Hall. Once in custody,...

After a 45-year absence, trolleys, forerunners to today's campus connectors, returned to the St. Paul campus. Instead of carrying University students around campus, the trolleys took about 100 alumni on...

Brent Huberty started his microbiology career with an internship he found at the College of Biological Sciences' annual career fair in the mid-1990s. He returned to the fair Thursday, but this time, he...

The U-Pass proposal, intended to give students unlimited rides on city buses for a discounted user fee, is in its final steps. The pass program, which the University's Executive Committee will review today,...

Wearing a white polo shirt and squeezing one of the "stress balls" that were passed around before the meeting, University President Mark Yudof praised the caliber of graduate students on campus Monday...

Presenting cutting-edge information on insects, a branch of the world's largest entomology organization had its annual meeting at the University during spring break. "This is an opportunity for people...

Although they are running for president and vice-president of the Minnesota Student Association, Laura Taken and Aaron Street plan on becoming MSA co-presidents. "We each have a lot of experience and strength,"...

Focusing their campaign on transportation and on-campus dining, Minnesota Student Association presidential candidate Matt Clark and his partner for vice president Rachel Boeke intend to carry the momentum...

Editor's note: This is the fourth in a 10-part series of stories highlighting each decade of the 20th century and how The Minnesota Daily covered them. The series will appear on Wednesdays leading up to...

More than 500 University freshmen received almost $600,000 last year in scholarships from University-owned land in northern Minnesota. The Iron Range Merit Scholarship Program is the state's largest and...

Leaving home, family and the desert Southwest is the topic of creative writing assistant professor Ray Gonzalez's newest book, "Cabato Sentora." Gonzalez is one of 12 University faculty, affiliated faculty...

A European-like version of a deadly virus affecting pigs might lead to increased production costs for American swine producers. The virus has no affect on consumers, however. University researchers identified,...

In an attempt to change 100 years of unhealthy eating habits among Native Americans, a confederation of six tribal colleges are working to research and teach Native American communities about the impact...

Wearing large, round hats covering their faces and long, black dresses with colorful trim, a group of Thai dancers performed slow and perfectly synchronized choreography. Set against the backdrop of the...

A University researcher might have found a key element to quicker and cheaper production of antibiotics and other drugs. Microbiology associate professor David Sherman and graduate student Yongquan Xue...

Without affirmative action in school admissions policies, minority students will be denied opportunities to higher education, said two defendants Thursday in the University of Michigan anti-affirmative...