With most attention on the University of Minnesota area’s recent increase in violent crime focused on Minneapolis neighborhoods, students on the St. Paul campus are looking to get more involved in...
In nearly four years at the University of Minnesota, neuroscience senior Eza Kadir has never traveled home over winter break.
Instead of spending thousands of dollars on a plane ticket and at least a day...
Millions of South Africans gathered Sunday at churches, mosques, synagogues and community centers around the country to celebrate Nelson Mandela's life, news sources reported.
“That...
International voices spoke of Ukraine's situation as thousands continued to rally Wednesday against the Ukrainian government's decision to reject connections with the European Union and get...
University of Minnesota students are turning to their student groups to start discussions about safety after the recent bout of campus crime.
Students are tackling these discussions in ways that fit their...
Freshman Thuylinh Vuong spends an hour on the bus to get to the University of Minnesota every day. Then she spends an hour getting back.
Vuong, who’s studying nursing, said commuting has improved...
University of Minnesota students and alumni joined eight other Minnesota colleges and more than 75 schools nationwide Friday in a day of fasting to raise awareness about climate change in the wake of Typhoon...
The United States and five other world powers announced an agreement Sunday morning that would temporarily halt Iran's nuclear program and could eventually come to a more permanent agreement, news...
China announced Saturday that noncommercial aircraft coming into a large area over the East China Sea must identify themselves to Beijing, news sources reported.
The air defense identification zone...
A University of Minnesota student was assaulted and robbed Wednesday night while walking home in Stadium Village, according to a Minneapolis police report.
University Police Chief Greg Hestness sent a...
After losing office space in Coffman Union’s second floor redesign earlier this year, 17 student groups have settled into new meeting spots and routines.
For some groups, losing space has caused...
After Typhoon Haiyan killed and displaced thousands when it struck the Philippines on Nov. 8, some student groups are jumping to help by raising money for relief.
The University of Minnesota’s Philippine...
Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms tore through several Midwest cities Sunday afternoon, damaging multiple central Illinois communities and killing at least five people, news sources reported.
Dozens...
Aid from multiple countries began to trickle into the hardest-hit areas of the Philippines, which was struck on November 8 by Typhoon Haiyan, killing thousands of people on the islands, news sources reported.
The...
Despite a recent push from scientists to create safer nuclear power, some University of Minnesota students, alumni and environmental groups don’t think it’s worth the time and money.
Four top...
The University of Minnesota owns a mansion on the shore of Lake Superior, apartments in Birmingham, UK, and forests on a Chippewa reservation.
Across the state, country and world, the University owns more...
Jean Chapdelaine left college in the late 1990s because she had to work.
She’s been working constantly since, even after re-enrolling at the University of Minnesota 16 years later so she could move...
An earthquake with an initial magnitude reading of 5.5 hit eastern Japan, including the Tokyo area, on Sunday morning, news sources reported.
There were no immediate reports of damage or abnormalities...
After years of miscommunication born from land ownership issues, a University of Minnesota research center and neighboring Native American tribe are working to find common ground.
The University’s...
Coming to the University of Minnesota as a Post Secondary Enrollment Options student, Muhammad Islam joined the PSEO Student Association to meet other high school students attending the University and...
Some of the world's top environmental scientists are calling for safer nuclear power as a way to minimize fossil fuel use, news sources reported.
Climate and energy experts James Hansen, Ken...
Even as Nice Ride closes on a record season, the company plans for 2014, news sources reported.
“We’re looking forward to 2014," Nice Ride spokesman Anthony Ongaro said, adding...
The remains of 24-year-old Mandy Matula of Eden Prairie, who disappeared in May, were found in Stearns County on Saturday, news sources reported.
Eden Prairie Police said a hiker discovered her...
Charlie Weierke transferred to the University of Minnesota in hopes of building his broadcast journalism portfolio — but that proved to be harder than anticipated.
The journalism sophomore said when...
With new office spaces after this summer’s redesign, student groups and cultural centers housed on Coffman Union’s second floor often use the building as an accessible space for events.
But...
Banking giant JPMorgan Chase is moving closer to a $13 billion settlement with the Justice Department over its mortgage practices, news sources reported.
The tentative agreement comes after weeks...
Pressing a small white flag into the ground outside of Coffman Union on Monday, urban studies senior Stephanie Zadora claimed the land for herself.
She was one of several University of Minnesota students...
The Nobel Peace Prize has put the Syria conflict back in the global eye, news sources reported.
The prize was awarded Friday in Oslo, Norway, to to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical...
Congress members' third consecutive working Saturday of the government shutdown ended in foul moods as negotiations continued with no end in sight, news sources reported.
Senators Harry Reid and...
Growing up near Plymouth, Minn., Luke Midura watched as developers turned the farmland and woods near his home into suburban dwellings.
The University of Minnesota senior chose to major in forest and natural...
An investigation has revealed that pesticides killed thousands of bees across Minneapolis last month.
Now, the University of Minnesota Bee Squad and the community that housed the bees are looking to spread...
At least 28 people have been killed and dozens have been injured in Egypt Sunday after clashes between security forces and supporters of the ousted President Mohamed Morsi, news sources reported.
More...
Nearly 2,000 people representing Minnesota's business, labor, faith, education and immigrant communities came together Saturday to call on Congress to pass immigration reform, news sources reported.
Rally...
University of Minnesota student Carl Johnson joined the national bone marrow donor registry in 2008 when he was serving in the U.S. Navy.
Three years later, he learned he was a perfect match for a 50-year-old...
After years of hiatus, a group for African-American faculty and staff members re-formed in May and is now examining the black employee experience at the University of Minnesota.
The Black Faculty and Staff...
Minnesota Orchestra musicians unanimously rejected the latest contract offering from their managers Saturday, saying the proposal is "artistically unsustainable" and will do long-term...
Iranian President Hassan Rowhani returned to Tehran from New York Saturday after a United Nations trip that culminated in a historic phone conversation with Barack Obama to a mixture of cheers and...
The University of Minnesota’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Ally Programs Office is nearing the end of its search for a new director.
Three finalists for the position recently gave public...
The University of Minnesota recently teamed up with 20 other schools to promote the state as a destination for international students.
Study Minnesota, a volunteer-run nonprofit, was established earlier...
The House passed a spending bill Friday to keep the government funded past Sept. 30 that also slashes funding from President Barack Obama's health care law, news sources reported.
The...
While studying law at the University of MedellÃn in Antioquia, Colombia, Juliana Velez worked on a human rights case about a flooding river — called La Picacha — that displaced...
Thousands of Minneapolis honey bees began dying off late last week due to apparent pesticide poisoning.
The University of Minnesota Bee Lab and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture are conducting tests...
The United States and Russia made a deal Saturday to destroy Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons by mid-2014, news sources reported.
Syria must give up information about its weapons arsenal within...
Until last spring, one wall of the Black Student Union’s corner office in the University of Minnesota’s Coffman Union displayed a vivid depiction of the 1969 Morrill Hall takeover — a...
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he asked Congress to postpone a vote on legislation that would allow the use of U.S. military force in Syria, news sources reported.
He said he would look...
High school senior Sydney Tran has never been part of a student group at her school.
Now, she’s in charge of business relations for the University of Minnesota’s Asian-American Student Union.
Tran...
University of Minnesota junior Nailah Taman hoped to study abroad in Cairo this spring, but recent national travel warnings could prevent her from going.
In response to ongoing conflict in Egypt and Syria,...
When he came to the University of Minnesota from Egypt in 2009 to get his Ph.D., computer science student Abdeltawab Hendawi had no idea that many of his good friends would be killed before he got back.
“They...
After a summer-long remodeling project, 12 selected student groups and cultural centers moved back into Coffman Union’s second floor last week.
The remodel began in 2010 to address the long-term...
After a summer-long remodeling project, 12 selected student groups and cultural centers are moving back into Coffman Union’s second floor this week.
The remodel, which began in 2010 as an effort...
With health care costs set to rise as the University of Minnesota prepares to comply with the Affordable Care Act, employees are looking for ways to reduce their health care premiums.
One way to reduce...
For years, Steff Yorek has had to pay extra taxes for her partner, Jess Sundin, to be covered by the University of Minnesota’s employee health care plan.
But soon, that may change.
The University...
The University of Minnesota announced Wednesday that it will extend benefits coverage to employees’ same-sex spouses and their children starting today, Aug. 1.
Previously, this coverage was offered...
The University of Minnesota’s College of Liberal Arts and College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences are currently undergoing dean transitions, which means saying goodbye to long-term...
As the University of Minnesota adjusts its employee health care plan to comply with the Affordable Care Act, some faculty and staff members are concerned about how increased costs could affect them.
Because...
In the last five years, the University of Minnesota Archives has digitized about 1 million pages of records.
But that’s only 1 percent of its total content.
Despite technology hikes, the University’s...
University of Minnesota custodian Michael Revier has brought a paper paycheck to the bank for the last 37 years.
“I like handling it,” he said. “I like going to the bank and depositing...
When new University of Minnesota courses are approved, it’s expected they’ll be taught for many years to come.
But some University of Minnesota professors say the process is too long and labor-intensive,...
Tim Lodge and Steve Polasky hold rare positions at the University of Minnesota — they’re both tenured in two departments.
And now, they share another uncommon experience — last month,...
In an unstable job market, some college students are turning to majors that assure job security after college.
But it’s still important for colleges to make the case for a liberal arts education,...
In the University of Minnesota dairy barns on the St. Paul campus, it’s almost as hot inside as it is outside.
With 106 cows and a few calves to milk, feed and clean up after every day,...
The Minneapolis City council voted Friday to hold public hearings on forming a municipal utility — which would mean cutting the city’s ties with Xcel Energy Inc. and CenterPoint Energy.
These...
While some faculty members at the University of Minnesota get federally-funded research grants, others turn to the community when looking for research opportunities.
But some faculty members have said...
While some students think graduating from the University of Minnesota with Latin honors should be a special achievement, others think the program has become too exclusive.
Only 10 to 15 percent of each...
Students at the University of Minnesota have majored in forest resources for the past 100 years, but they will be able to major in food systems for the first time next year.
Though these two programs are...
Junior Jane Sitter wants to teach English abroad, but there’s no one major at the University of Minnesota that can let her do that.
Sitter is one of a small group of students pursuing an individualized...
Before the Board of Regents meets Friday morning to vote on the University of Minnesota’s 2014 operating budget, representatives from the University’s clerical and technical workers’...
Tom Stinson has worked two jobs for the past 26 years.
As a University of Minnesota applied economics professor, he can write an article for a journal, but he said “it’s not clear that anybody...
Union leaders are fighting the layoffs of 25 University of Minnesota Office of Information Technology employees, citing problems with understaffing and the way the layoffs occurred.
Representatives from...
In preparation for the changes the Affordable Care Act could make to employee health benefits, the University of Minnesota is calculating which lecturers will be eligible for coverage.
Because the IRS...
When Bob Baker came to the University of Minnesota as a residence hall director in 1974, Territorial Hall housed only men.
He recalled the testosterone-filled dorm being “kind of crazy” and...
After seven years as dean of the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, Allen Levine announced Tuesday that he plans to step down at the end of August.
Levine...
Danita Brown is busy.
She’s planning a June wedding, moving to a new state and prepping to be the University of Minnesota’s new vice provost for student affairs and dean of students.
After...
In the midst of a job reclassification haul meant to better define job duties and pay ranges, some employees in the University of Minnesota’s Office of Information Technology are questioning whether...
After 39 years at the University of Minnesota, Executive Director of Parking and Transportation Services Bob W. Baker announced he will retire in early June.
During his 23-year tenure as...
University of Minnesota alumna Siri Simons used to daydream in class about biking the Mississippi River Trail to gather stories from farmers about the future of farming in the Midwest.
This summer,...
A group of University of Minnesota students, staff and faculty members stood under an oak tree on the St. Paul campus Tuesday watching their guide wield a Nut Wizard — a scepter-shaped tool...
On Friday, Minnesotans will attempt to break the world’s tree-hugging record — and on University of Minnesota soil.
To celebrate National Public Gardens Day, an annual celebration of...
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar led a panel discussion Tuesday about increasing research for curing brain diseases like Alzheimer’s, autism, epilepsy and Parkinson’s.
The panel spoke to a full...
With more than 300 colleges and universities pushing for their schools’ administrations to divest in the fossil fuel industry, the “Fossil Free” movement has gained momentum in...
Dozens of students elbowed their way into the packed state Capitol rotunda Monday to rally for green jobs and bolster Earth Day spirit.
The students joined citizens and policymakers to hear Gov. Mark Dayton,...
After more than 15 years without a full-service grocery store in Dinkytown, one may open at the University Technology Enterprise Center site in August 2014.
The 21,000-square-foot store would be...
Growing up on a dairy farm in southeast Minnesota, agricultural education sophomore Lauren Servick would get up at 4 a.m. to milk cows.
But some University of Minnesota students don’t even know where...
Some University of Minnesota students are switching from disposable sanitary products to more sustainable ones during their menstrual cycles.
Junior Maitreyi Ray was frustrated with the high cost and waste...
University of Minnesota associate professor Aaron Doering has spent the past decade exploring the Arctic and four other continents — all in the name of sustainability and storytelling.
With a team...
Last year, freshman Olive Martin worked with children in Congo to make their school’s farm profitable so they could buy uniforms.
It inspired her to learn about agricultural policy so she could improve...
With brushes made of animal hair and paints made from minerals, watercolor is a “natural medium” to architecture senior Alice Yonke.
She shared her natural art Friday at the 2013 Sustainability...
To make long-term plans for the smaller, quieter and more agricultural part of the Twin Cities campus, the University of Minnesota’s Office of Institutional Research may create a survey to...
To architecture senior Alice Yonke, watercolor paint is a “natural medium.”
“You have brushes that are made from animal hair and paints that are made from minerals,” she said.
This...
Growing up, Champlin Park High School freshman Mela Nguyen said her community wasn’t exposed to much healthy food.
“I grew up in north Minneapolis,” Nguyen said, “and...
To commemorate their work in the dairy industry, the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine will grant Dairy Appreciation Awards to Paul and Barb Liebenstein at the Minnesota Dairy Health...
Although Minneapolis Public Interest Research Group members no longer carry around “vote no” stickers on their clipboards, they can still be found on the Washington Avenue Bridge asking students...
A year-long process to inform Gov. Mark Dayton on Minnesota environmental policies culminated in a set of guidelines for the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board.
Hundreds of students and conservationists...
The most exciting part of Peter Leonard’s job is slaughtering dozens of animals and vacuum sealing them in packages.
The fisheries junior, who works in the University of Minnesota Meat Science Laboratory,...
Winter ice is a constant threat to students’ balance on campus, but minimizing slips can also threaten the environment.
For years, the University of Minnesota has turned to anti-icing products like...
In an effort to formulate state environmental goals, the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board’s March 15 Environmental Congress will bring together citizens and government officials to discuss...
In an effort to fill the lack of affordable produce around the University of Minnesota, students want to open a campus grocery cooperative.
Last week, a group of about 20 students began planning to approach...
Students are pressuring the Board of Regents to get rid of the University of Minnesota’s investments in the fossil fuel industry.
Two University student groups — Fossil Free Minnesota...
A program that has funded more than 200 renewable energy research projects at the University of Minnesota over the past decade will come to a close after this year.
In 2012, the state Legislature passed...
