Professor Eden Torres doesn't just teach her students, they teach her as well. "We're all teaching and learning in the classroom," said Torres, a women's studies professor. In spring 2003, Torres was awarded...

While the total number of doctorates awarded nationwide is falling, the proportion awarded to women is increasing, according to a recent report. The Survey of Earned Doctorates, an annually released survey...

While some lick stamps and envelopes to send their holiday greetings, the University Alumni Association Web site allows people to send e-postcards featuring campus scenes, sporting events and Minnesota-themed...

More than two weeks after the end of the first labor strike at the University in almost 60 years, union members have mixed opinions about whether the two weeks of lost pay was worth the union's contract...

When planning her latest research on child welfare, Susan Wells decided reading academic journals and books in a library would not help her understand the problem accurately. So the School of Social Work...

The University and leaders from its largest union met for contract negotiations Sunday at the Bureau of Mediation Services in St. Paul. At 11 p.m. Sunday, the two had not reached an agreement but were...

Striking members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3800 can apply for financial assistance from the union's mutual support fund, receive financial counseling and...

If union employees and the University do not reach an agreement by midnight Monday, union leaders say, the University will see its first strike in more than 50 years. The American Federation of State,...

University researchers are working to help Minneapolis restaurant managers enforce drinking laws. Epidemiology professors Alexander Wagenaar and Traci Toomey at the School of Public Health are teaching...

If the University's largest employee union goes on strike, it could impact students, professors and police. On Friday, officials from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local...

The University's largest employee union will announce strike-vote results today. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3800, the union of 1,800 University clerical workers,...

Students, faculty, staff and other community members rallied Tuesday to support the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3800 outside Coffman Union. AFSCME Local 3800 represents...

The world is professor Gerald Fry's classroom, and now he's trying to bring that experience to his students. Twelve years of world travels inspired Fry to teach a course on Southeast Asia at the University....

Students were evacuated from Territorial Hall early Thursday morning, after someone set fire to a community adviser's door. Fire alarms woke students at approximately 3 a.m. The community adviser was not...

A new consumer-driven health-care plan gives University employees more choices in physicians and hospitals, but few are using the plan, researchers said. The University has offered employees a plan from...

University students who participated in the International Youth Exchange in Cuba this summer talked about their experiences Friday night at an event sponsored by the Minnesota Cuba Committee. About 20...

University professor August Nimtz and local union member Steff Yorek taught students and staff about contract negotiations and a possible union strike at a teach-in Thursday. "This is not just an issue...

University faculty who have participated in the Fulbright program said they are excited about University President Bob Bruininks' nomination to its board. President George W. Bush nominated Bruininks to...