The University Police Department will get its first horse-mounted patrol and could have officers riding this spring, according to the Minneapolis Park Police Department. Two University officers are being...

Campus police are investigating the Feb. 16 robbery of a 25-year-old female University student, said Chuck Miner, a University police lieutenant. The robbery took place on Cleveland Avenue North, in Falcon...

University officials said they are taking measures to combat crime on campus, while a national report urges the nation's colleges to do more to confront the issue. The report, "Campus Violence White Paper,"...

A female University student was charged in Hennepin County on Feb. 11 with drug possession and selling drugs after University police executed a search warrant at her Centennial Hall room. Katherine Ann...

Minneapolis authorities notified Como and Marcy-Holmes neighborhood residents Thursday that a sex offender has moved into their community. The offender, Wil Isaiah Killian, was recently released from state...

University police are investigating the attempted rape of a 24-year-old woman that occurred Sunday. It is not known if the woman is a University student, police said. Police could not comment on additional...

Members of the Coalition for A Respectful U met Monday to discuss recent racist and anti-gay incidents on campus. Coalition members said a priority of the group is educating the community on what constitutes...

On Monday, anti-gay comments were found on the second floor of Frontier Hall, according to a police report. The damage was cleaned up before officers' arrival. But police were provided with photographs...

As University students prepare for tax season, government officials are urging them to be savvy about scams designed to fleece them of their returns. While college students have not been specifically targeted...

Minneapolis police are investigating the robbery of two female University students near campus Saturday, according to a police report. The women were walking with friends in the area of 17th Street Southeast...

Female University students might add sexual assault to the list of dangers associated with drinking, according to a recent study. The Research Institute on Addictions, at the University at Buffalo, showed...

University police are investigating a phone scam on campus that was reported by one student Jan. 20. The student told police a caller phoned his residence hall room and told him he had won a $25,000 government...

Though violence can never be completely eradicated from campus life, University students and University police have said the campus remains safe despite recent robberies and October's shooting. During...

The Minnesota Student Association along with University police is exploring options to prevent bike theft on campus and to increase bike registration numbers, an MSA official said. The dialogue was prompted...

The University Police Department is investigating the Sunday robbery of three female University students. Two men, who implied they had a gun, approached the three women, who were near Delaware Street...

New dispatching equipment now allows the University Police Department to receive all 911 calls made from campus, the department announced Jan. 6. The new system lets University police dispatchers answer...

A 49-year-old man was arrested Thursday after he was found rummaging through graduate student rooms and laboratories in an art department building. The man took music concert tickets, a portable stereo...

For sociology graduate student Melissa Weiner, hate crimes became real in November when she received anti-Semitic literature at her University office. "When something like this happens, it's jarring,"...

A car hit a female bike rider Wednesday in front of the Subway restaurant on Washington Avenue Southeast. Michael Evans, a Subway employee who witnessed the accident, said that when the owner of a Chevy...

F or Sharon Dzik, her job will always be more about a passion for students than discipline - a mixture of education and sanction, she said. But, she said, the University population does not notice this...

On Sunday, University police responded to a complaint of the smell of marijuana coming from a room in Comstock Hall. An 18-year-old male student was cited for possession of 2.5 grams of marijuana, according...

The fragrance of Peter's profession permeates from the long dark curls of his hair. The scent of the marijuana he sells to help pay for his University classes wafts from his loose clothing like cologne. He...

Five people were cited for skating Monday at Northrop Mall, which skaters have damaged in the past, officials said. Two males were also cited for giving false names to police in the incident, according...

A group of demonstrators gathered Friday at Coffman Union to protest what it believes is The Coca-Cola Company's harmful foreign water practices. The event launched a nationwide call-in campaign by Corporate...

An officer ticketed a man for illegal use of a handicap permit last week after he noticed the man hang a handicap permit from his rearview mirror and possibly fake a limp at 601 Delaware St. S.E., according...

Hennepin County officials on Wednesday filed four felony charges against a Minneapolis man for the attempted kidnapping of an 18-year-old female University student Nov. 3. Joseph Leon Holman, 37, is being...

Minneapolis police have arrested a man in connection with the attempted kidnapping of an 18-year-old University student last week, Minneapolis Police Department spokesman Ron Reier said Tuesday. No additional...

Medical examiners said they believe a heart ailment caused the death of a 19-year-old Andover, Minn., man who died Sept. 26 in Riverbend Commons. According to a Hennepin County Medical Examiner report...

Medical examiners believe a heart ailment likely caused the death of a 19-year-old Andover, Minn., man who died in Riverbend Commons on Sept. 26. According to a Hennepin County medical examiner report...

Minneapolis police are investigating the attempted kidnapping of an 18-year-old female University student that happened Wednesday. The student was riding her bike in the 1000 block of University Avenue...

The Minnesota International Student Association hopes to relaunch a free magazine next month offering news, issues and politics for foreign students. The magazine, "The International Student," stopped...

Stem cell research is a major issue in the presidential election, but politics have muddled the public's understanding of the issue, a stem cell expert said Thursday at the Mayo Building. Bruce Conklin,...

A first-time candidate, Becki Smith is running as the Green Party's candidate for the State House seat in District 59B. Smith has worked for campaigns in the past and feels her career as an activist has...

Nearly halfway through the first semester, University housing officials said they plan to have the last 30 students left at the Days Inn moved to residence halls by the month's end. The University started...

University Muslim students celebrated Ramadan - a monthlong Islamic holiday - Monday at Coffman Union. The holiday began Friday, starting a period of fasting and prayer. Every weekday at sunset, Muslims...

Though they can't vote in the United States, many international students said they have picked their presidential choice and are closely watching the campaigns. Repairing frayed U.S. relations with the...

The Interfraternity Council, which governs fraternities on campus, has suspended the University's Chi Psi chapter from the council for "several violations of (its) alcohol and risk-management policy,"...

Medical School budget-cut threats are one reason officials suspended the University's occupational therapy program in the last week of September. By cutting recruitment efforts immediately, the move could...

The number of international graduate students attending the University has increased, despite worries of officials preparing for an enrollment slump. The Graduate School enrolled 473 new foreign students...

As they step on U.S. soil for the first time, the experiences of international students on campus are as diverse as their cultures. At the Small World Coffee Hour in Heller Hall on Friday, the University's...

It is now easier for one more government agency to monitor foreign students in the United States. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced last week that it will give the FBI direct access to...

Prompted by decreasing rates of international students entering the United States, Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., has authored a bill to reverse the trend by easing the government's entry procedures. Introduced...

University officials have proposed a new policy that aims to discourage students from studying abroad in dangerous countries. Yet, if a student chooses to study in a country declared too dangerous, the...

The University will host a free lecture series on the future of U.S.-Muslim relations in a townhall meeting at Coffman Union today. Now in its second year, "Hope, Not Hate" aims to open a dialogue between...

Now in its second year, government officials claim the federal electronic tracking system for international students is improving. Yet some at the University said they believe the program makes foreign...

In honor of their service, about 1,000 Minnesota National Guard and Reserve troops and their family members have received tickets to Saturday's Gophers football game. Looking to reward the troops in some...