At least three people involved in the hiring process for incoming University of Minnesota Provost Rachel Croson have expressed concern about her involvement with an ongoing employee conduct investigation...
A fire occurred on the roof of TCF Bank Stadium Saturday evening, according to officials.
A call was made to the Minneapolis Fire Department at about 6 p.m., Acting Chief 5 Matt Keith from the Minneapolis...
In a Student Unions and Activities tweet sent out Friday, rapper Megan Thee Stallion was announced as the 2019 University of Minnesota homecoming concert's headliner.
Megan Thee Stallion will perform at...
Minnesota winters are tough. We not only encountered a polar vortex last year, but freezing temperatures and snow can last from the fall through the spring. If you are not familiar with Minnesota winters,...
With a new president and four new regents on the board, the University of Minnesota’s campus administration has had a busy summer; more developments are sure to come this school year. Here is what you...
The University of Minnesota is taking part in a NASA-funded project to prepare for the next moon landing in 2024.
The project will place the first radio telescope on the moon, which will allow researchers...
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to advance kidney health in America — endorsing work being carried out at the University of Minnesota.
The University is known...
A University of Minnesota researcher is trying to make streets safer for the visually impaired.
Chen-Fu Liao, a researcher at the Center for Transportation Studies, is working to create an app that uses...
With the Supreme Court’s announcement late last month to review the decision to terminate DACA, recipients remain in limbo as they await the program's fate.
In light of this decision, the general...
Nigeria will soon have it’s first interior design program, due to a partnership between the University of Minnesota and a Nigerian university.
The University has partnered with Obafemi Awolowo University...
The University of Minnesota recently received a grant from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community to aid the school’s diabetes research.
The tribe gave $100,000 to a diabetes researcher at the University...
Joan Gabel has her snow boots lined up in her closet, ready to take on her first Minnesota winter. She's also ready to take over as University of Minnesota president.
Gabel officially stepped into her...
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents approved a 3 percent tuition increase for most graduate and professional student programs Wednesday.
The increase was part of President Eric Kaler’s 2019-20...
New student representatives to the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents will begin their terms this fall.
Student representatives to the board are responsible for attending regent meetings, where...
The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents selected new leadership Friday.
Regent Ken Powell will be chair of the University’s governing board and Regent Steve Sviggum will be vice chair for the...
A tenured neuroscience professor at the University of Minnesota faces disciplinary action for mistreatment of researchers after the University found "grave misconduct" in his lab.
The University’s Medical...
Richard Liu, a Chinese billionaire accused of sexually assaulting a University of Minnesota student in August, will not face charges.
The office of Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman released...
The University of Minnesota's Board of Regents voted Joan Gabel as the sole finalist for the next University president.
Gabel is the current executive vice president for academic affairs and provost...
A vast majority of candidates considered for the University of Minnesota presidential position listed higher education experiences, according to recently obtained candidate information.
The Minnesota Daily...
Minneapolis Fire Department responded to a structural fire Wednesday night around 8:10 p.m. at 501 29th Ave. SE.
MFD reported on Twitter at 8:26 p.m. that the fire, which was at a commercial building,...
The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents decided to discontinue its partnership with the search firm Storbeck/Pimentel and Associates for its role in the search to find the next University president,...
Chinese e-commerce billionaire Richard Liu, who was arrested in Minneapolis late last month for a rape allegation, is said to have forced himself upon a 21-year-old female Chinese student attending the...
The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents held a special meeting Thursday to discuss the search for the next University president.
Last month, University President Eric Kaler announced he will step...
University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler has one more year to meet his goal of cutting administrative spending by millions.
Kaler will step down as president in July 2019, a decision he announced...
After University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler’s announced his decision to resign next year, student leaders want to be involved in the search for the next president.
Kaler announced earlier...
The search for the next University of Minnesota president is underway.
University President Eric Kaler announced last week that he would resign next summer, a year before his eight-year contract...
University of Minnesota administrators are working to finalize the school's first system-wide strategic plan, a multi-year process that is nearing completion after the final presentation was made to the...
Heavy rainfall caused a mudslide Thursday night along West River Parkway near the University of Minnesota’s West Bank campus.
The stretch of West River Parkway was closed from late Thursday night to...
The University of Minnesota's Board of Regents discussed a systemwide strategic plan, approved a new position to continue restructuring the academic health sciences network and reviewed an annual report...
The Minnesota Daily sat down with University president Eric Kaler earlier this week to talk about tuition, increases in enrollment and security on campus, among other topics.
The University of Minnesota...
The University of Minnesota is considering how to fight an enrollment trend and bolster admissions to its system campuses.
At the June Board of Regents Meeting, the University's Systemwide Enrollment Planning...
Thousands gathered in downtown Minneapolis on Saturday afternoon to protest a Trump administration policy that separated families at the southern U.S. border who had entered the country illegally.
The...
The Clinics and Surgery Center at the University of Minnesota will receive a third magnetic resonance imaging machine to meet high demands and alleviate wait times.
The Board of Regents approved the additional...
The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents approved a letter of intent on Monday to renew a relationship between the University, University of Minnesota Physicians and Fairview Health Services this...
The Minnesota Daily sat down with University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler to discuss tuition increases, the delay of a controversial fellowship and an increase in police presence around campus.
Do...
University of Minnesota students said they will remember Pioneer Hall's quirks. It had a tub, rooms that were only accessible by multiple staircases and misshapen dorm rooms. Some students saw bats, cockroaches...
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents approved a resident tuition increase as part of University President Eric Kaler's fiscal year 2019 operational budget, despite objections from several regents.
At...
A new federal policy will reduce visa lengths for some Chinese international graduate students studying in STEM fields, and many at the University of Minnesota say it will have a negative impact on graduate...
The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents passed the fiscal year 2019 budget, discussed ways to increase enrollment and reviewed a drafted plan for a system-wide task force at their June meeting....
A program created by the University of Minnesota and partners is working to help leaders develop cultural awareness within their industries.
The Change Network Minnesota leadership program was designed...
Elected to the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents in May, Randy Simonson hopes his science background helps him focus on certain areas of the University, including the medical school and agriculture...
The University of Minnesota is offering two new scholarships in fall 2019 to attract first-year international students.
The University is one of nine colleges around the country that have agreed...
The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents discussed new mental health training programs, the fiscal year 2019 budget proposal and a system-wide strategic plan, among other things at its May meetings...
The University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project will partner with Ramsey County and Scott County next year, which will mark the first time the project has selected two partners in its six-year...
The organic farm on the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus is raising money to create an outdoor gathering space and expand its crop plantings this spring and summer.
Members of Cornercopia —...
The University of Minnesota’s College of Biological Sciences will offer a new major for students this fall, adding new classes and faculty to the college.
The new major, Cellular and Organismal Physiology,...
After nearly 20 years of researching the Ramón nut, Dave Wilsey and Dean Current had an idea: use the protein-rich Central American seed to brew beer.
He contacted Urban Growler Brewing Co. in St. Paul...
The University of Minnesota and the National Loon Center Foundation are working to build a center for loon education and conservation near Brainerd.
The first-ever National Loon Center is expected to be...
In line with national trends, farmers’ incomes in Minnesota dropped for the fifth straight year in 2017, according to recently released data from the University of Minnesota Extension and Minnesota State.
The...
University of Minnesota researchers are using intense pulsed light to kill bacteria in powdered foods and prevent the potentially deadly risks of consuming them.
The federally-funded project has created...
A University of Minnesota graduate program that aims to promote diversity in careers like historic preservation will use a $350,000 grant to support its students with paid internships and scholarships.
The...
Declining access to maternity care in rural areas has led to worse health outcomes for babies nationwide, according to a new study from the University of Minnesota.
The study is the first to confirm that...
A new technology from the University of Minnesota could help both farmers and the environment by making fertilizer application more efficient.
The University recently agreed to license their drone technology...
Researchers from the U.S., Indonesia and Bangladesh are embracing genetic engineering in hopes of increasing food security.
The team is creating a genetically-engineered potato to fight the late...
Grazing lands for livestock are experiencing increased climate variability, according to new research on 113 years of climate data from the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment.
These...
Researchers from the University of Minnesota’s College of Design want to make clothing better suited for female firefighters.
As part of the five-year study, the team is working to improve women's...
For the next five years, the University of Minnesota will continue to host a regional agricultural sustainability research and education program, the University announced earlier this month.
The North...
Some University of Minnesota graduate students, frustrated by what they call outdated regulations on genetically modified organisms, are asking their congressional representatives for help.
After...
Leggings with sensors and thermal clothing are among the ongoing projects at the University of Minnesota’s Wearable Technology Lab, which seeks to combine clothing with technology.
While some clothing...
A new University of Minnesota study will aim to understand what habitats are best for bees by leasing and planting land plots this summer.
Researchers are now reviewing landowner applications as...
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture last week launched a six-week workshop series aimed at educating farmers’ families and friends, as well as law enforcement, about farmers and mental health.
The...
A University of Minnesota research team will travel internationally to study the impact of government programs.
With a $721,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural...
Museum curators hope a new exhibit on the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus will inspire attendees to think about their own wardrobes in new ways.
Women and Their Wardrobes: Storied Lives, now...
Researchers hope a new University of Minnesota study will create better brain cancer treatment for both dogs and humans.
The five-year project, funded by a $2.7 million National Institutes of Health...
A new art exhibition by a former University of Minnesota faculty member opened Tuesday at the University’s Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library gallery in Rapson Hall.
“Mysterious Beauty,”...
Staff at the University of Minnesota’s Bell Museum of Natural History are busy installing new exhibits and dioramas ahead of the new facility’s anticipated summer 2018 opening on the St. Paul campus.
Employees...
University of Minnesota researchers created the world’s first global vegetation map based on data from 45,000 plants belonging to more than 3,600 species.
More than 50 researchers worked on the project...
New technology developed by University of Minnesota researchers will make it easier to detect the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
Researchers and advocates hope the study, which just entered clinical...
The University of Minnesota Alumni Association launched the first online store to sell only products made by alumni-owned businesses this month.
The market features goods from 14 alumni-owned businesses,...
A new device developed by University of Minnesota researchers will make it easier for experts to identify a deadly tree disease.
Researchers are working on a handheld device that uses nanotechnology to...
