After seeing what they say is a community in need of improvements, two Minnesota Student Association candidates have several ideas to get the ball rolling to make campus a warmer place. MSA presidential...

After three years of experiencing what they say is ineffectual student leadership, Minnesota Student Association presidential and vice presidential candidates Jared Christiansen and Mike Franklin are running...

Five banner-wielding protesters descended upon Vice President Al Gore's presidential campaign state headquarters above Chipotle Mexican Grill on Thursday to protest his involvement with an oil company...

While bringing dinner to University art student Kate Vogel at the Art Building on Saturday night, Brian Mattson smelled smoke and went to pull a fire alarm. Nothing happened. "I pulled the alarm, and nothing....

When Democratic presidential hopeful Heather Harder stopped at Ford Hall on Thursday, only three students were there to hear her plan for the future of the country. Harder, a former professor from Indiana,...

After moving from Coffman Union last year, student groups on campus have had an "out of sight, out of mind" experience. Since relocating to the basement of 720 Washington Ave., underneath McDonald's and...

The fire that consumed the University's Centennial Showboat last month was an accident started by errant sparks from a welder's torch, St. Paul Fire Department officials said. Because the fire was accidental,...

Walking through the east entrance of the brand-new McNamara Alumni Center University of Minnesota Gateway into Memorial Hall, visitors will be greeted by a six-story, geode-shaped atrium with fissure-like...

The University Board of Regents approved a $1 million amendment to the capital budget Thursday morning to pay for a Morrill Hall renovation. University officials have already requested $134 million from...

Students have found themselves waiting too long for books because the Science and Engineering Library has continually experienced delays getting information to its patrons. University officials set up...

For almost 30 years, Guy Baldwin, a University metal sculpture professor, has worked in a building that was never designed for his craft. He remembers the fresh coat of paint on the walls and the cleanliness...

In support of one of the final pieces to the University arts community puzzle, more than 600 people hailed College of Liberal Arts Dean Steve Rosenstone's rallying cry for a new art building. Addressing...

It was all coming together. After seven years of delays and budget problems, the University Department of Theatre Arts and Dance had finally started renovating its century-old Mississippi River theater....

The College of Human Ecology on the St. Paul campus kicked off its 100-year anniversary celebration Thursday with balloons, cake, presents and a visit from the school's new dean. Shirley Baugher, currently...

A new $2 million stem-cell research institute will be added to Moos Tower by December 2000, the Board of Regents decided Thursday. The funding will enable the University to recruit 13 additional researchers...

University Facilities Management officials said they want more flexibility in state-funded building projects, directing concerns to Gov. Jesse Ventura during his Thursday visit. Members of the Board of...

Although Riverbend Commons -- the massive $87 million construction project behind Coffman Union -- is well underway, planners have yet to nail down a final layout for Riverflats Park. To work toward a...

As the semester draws to a close and a new millennium approaches, most major University construction projects are on schedule, said Eric Kruse, vice president of University Services. In 1998, the University...

The University's Riverbend Commons project, designed to improve access to the Mississippi River and add more on-campus housing, will be completed fall 2001, one year later than expected. The delay, caused...

Thirty years of harsh weather have exacted $4.4 million in damage to the Northrop Memorial Auditorium plaza. Renovating the plaza was originally part of a five-year, $46 million maintenance project for...

A tour bus filled with legislators, regents and students pulled into the parking lot at the new Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium in St. Paul on Wednesday afternoon. The tour went well until the guide reminded...

As University officials prepare to shut down Coffman Union for two years, construction workers will begin eradicating the building's asbestos this week. Once a staple of the construction industry and nicknamed...

An intimate group of 20 students, many of whom worked for Coffman Union, celebrated its closing Wednesday afternoon and the start of two years of renovations. Master of ceremonies Michael Holland, Coffman...

The University remembered its past by opening two time capsules Wednesday, then looked forward to the future with the Molecular and Cellular Biology Building ground-breaking ceremony. Upon completion,...

Gangs of facilities crews ran rampant through campus Wednesday, looting buildings for their trash and dirt as the University began its two-day "Beautiful U" celebration. The cleaners, dubbed the "G.A.C....

Photographer Thomas Foley, a University alumnus, spent a few days this fall searching out all the buffalos, cellists and Medusa heads on campus. He didn't return empty handed. Foley found and photographed...

Let the race to the basement begin. When 33 student groups begin to move their desks, file cabinets and everything else out of soon-to-be-gutted Coffman Union on Nov. 12, they will try to beat each other...

The Mole-Rat 2000, a student-designed pedal-powered digger, took the place of the ceremonial golden shovel at a the groundbreaking for the Architecture building's new addition Friday evening. The inventive...

The University's Immigration History Research Center has been recognized by a White House council for outstanding contribution to the preservation of American history. The Immigration History Research...

As the Gateway Center prepares to welcome its first occupants, adjacent Stadium Village businesses look forward to a sales boost. The center will house about 750 University employees, who area businesses...

Bicyclists will soon have another option when traveling between the University's East and West banks. Bridge No. 9, an abandoned railroad bridge located between the Washington Avenue and 10th Avenue bridges,...

As several University archives prepare to move to Andersen Library this winter, library space will be at a premium as the new caverns near capacity. Original blueprints for the new West Bank library called...

Faculty members and students working in buildings near the Riverbend Commons project are accustomed to daily tremors from ongoing construction. Although most are adjusting to the week-old activity, employees...

The Golden Gopher and the Venetian Lion will get an opportunity to work together as the University and the Venice-based Forum for the Lagoon signed an agreement during a lecture at the Architecture Building...

For 25 years, Rudolph Vecoli woke up in the middle of rainy nights hoping his archive wasn't flooded out. With a leaking roof, poor drainage and an occasional sewer backup, the Immigration Research History...

Students in Coffman Union on Wednesday morning felt a rumble as University President Mark Yudof ignited the first of a monthlong series of explosions. The explosions, signifying a new stage of construction...

The U.S. Department of Education awarded the University's General College a $692,000 grant last week to pilot a national project for students with disabilities. The grant, awarded by the curriculum transformation...

Despite delays resulting from communication problems with contractors and the city of St. Paul, the University is negotiating contracts with construction firms to renovate the Centennial Showboat. The...

Pedestrians and bicyclists crossing the Washington Avenue Bridge are running into some heavy congestion. Hoping to transform the West Bank plaza from a "barren wasteland of concrete," the University is...

A piece of the University's past was reclaimed Thursday when construction workers tearing down Millard Hall discovered an 88-year-old time capsule in the building's cornerstone. "We thought there might...

The renovation of Murphy and Ford halls will be completed six months early thanks to a new design-build process. The process allows designers and builders to work together closely to renovate campus projects. "We'll...

A film used by the Nazis in 1940 that compared the migration of Jews to the migration of rats was part of "The Language of Visions of Otherness and Cleansing: Racial Hygiene and the Holocaust" at Ford...

Van Cleve Park is a cleaner place thanks to some enterprising middle school students. A neighborhood trash cleanup, wheelbarrow races, planting flowers and making pud -- a snack made of peanut butter,...

The financial turmoil, stress and dangers of farm work were some of the topics presented in the play "Farm Alarm: Coping with Stress" at the St. Paul Student Center theater Friday. The performance detailed...

Many students who normally spend their afternoons sleeping, studying or eating in Coffman Union found themselves listening to a lecture on homelessness and the education of homeless children in the Twin...

Members of the University's disabled community gathered to discuss inequalities they've endured as the University's Race Dialogue Week continued Monday with a discussion on hate crimes, civil rights and...

Undergraduate students and health care professionals had their concepts of brain death and organ donation challenged Saturday at the Brain Death and Organ Transplant Seminar at Moos Tower. Dr. Paul Byrne,...

Spring fever was running high Thursday during the first day of the Outdoor Store's 16th annual Bike and Camping Gear Swap. By 10 a.m., more than 100 outdoor enthusiasts bought bicycles, backpacks, outdoor...

The University of Minnesota Press welcomed its new director, Douglas Armato, with a reception Monday night at the Weisman Art Museum. The University of Minnesota Press is a non-profit publisher of scholarly...

More than 375 people crowded into the Bell Auditorium Tuesday night to listen to nationally acclaimed nature photographer Jim Brandenberg discuss his career and his new book, "Chased by the Light." Brandenberg...