When winter arrives on the University of Minnesota campus, so do a few people who scope out campus evergreens, looking for a free Christmas tree.
But University Facilities Management is prepared. Employees...
Though the state’s medical amnesty law has offered legal protections to underage drinkers for months, University of Minnesota students aren’t using it widely.
The law gives legal immunity to...
The University of Minnesota’s Raptor Center is a destination for visitors from around the state, but that wasn’t always the case.
When its current facility was built in 1988, leaders didn’t...
Facilities Management employees prepare University of Minnesota buildings for winter every year, but they are limited by funding.
University officials say some buildings need improvements to withstand...
As fall draws to a close, so does the apple harvesting season at Pepin Heights Orchards.
In early November, Dennis Courtier can be found packing up apples at his Lake City, Minn., orchard and getting them...
This month, colleges and universities across the state have been offering incentives like waived application fees to recruit more students.
The University of Minnesota is part of a statewide push, called...
The Minneapolis Police Department has introduced two new systems allowing people to send in tips through texting or through an app, news sources reported.
The program allows the tipster and MPD to...
University of Minnesota researchers have developed a new energy technology that removes carbon dioxide from the air while generating electricity.
Energy firm Heat Mining Company recently bought the rights...
Students from around the country gathered at TCF Bank Stadium this weekend to share ideas about food sustainability.
The students are continuing to push their schools to improve food sustainability by...
In a journey across the Mississippi River, nearly a dozen canoeists floated into Minneapolis’ Boom Island Park for a quick lunch break last Friday afternoon.
Despite dreary weather and exhaustion,...
The Sierra Club is demanding that Xcel Energy retire part of a power plant on the Mississippi River.
Some environmentalists say the two coal-burning generators at Xcel’s Sherburne County power plant,...
A University of Minnesota student group pushing for fossil fuel divestment is attempting to win administrative support, like many of its peer groups across the nation.
Fossil Free Minnesota members are...
A 3,600 square-foot house typically has around $2,800 in energy bills each year — but five University of Minnesota faculty members helped build one that could cut those costs by more than 80 percent.
A...
An Xcel Energy power plant was named Minnesota's top contributor to global warming pollution, according to a Sept. 10 report by the Environment Minnesota Research and Policy Center.
The report, called...
University of Minnesota students and faculty members are partnering with North St. Paul for a variety of sustainability projects this year.
Hundreds of graduate and professional students are expected to...
This summer, University of Minnesota officials experimented with a new tactic to cut energy demand on campus.
University Services sent mass emails encouraging students, faculty and staff to conserve energy...
