The Board of Regents raised concerns Thursday about last month's hockey riot creating harming the University's state funding. The meeting was the first time regents have formally discussed the riot that...

Recent research of grade point averages by a Duke University professor shows evidence of apparent grade inflation in the University's College of Liberal Arts. Stuart Rojstaczer, professor of geology, environment...

More than a year and a half after former University President Mark Yudof cited a need to reform the University's emergency plan, officials have completed the update and this week are publicly introducing...

One year ago, University President Robert Bruininks was set to take a year-long sabbatical. Bruininks said he planned to research K-12 and higher education policies in former communist countries before...

University student Ryan Bender said he used to drink with the Board of Regents every weekend. Bender, a second-year biomedical engineering major, and his friends drank whiskey shots from glasses with the...

Pat Swanson, a former senior editor at the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, retired Feb. 7 after 32 years of work at the University - two months before the University announced its new early retirement plan...

In anticipation of state funding cuts, the University's Board of Regents approved a voluntary early retirement plan Friday for the institution's faculty and staff. Under the plan, the University will pay...

A University Board of Regents subcommittee raised concerns Thursday about $69,000 in extra charges in 2002 from one of the institution's external auditors. University Controller Mike Volna said the auditing...

In a step aimed at revamping the University's 11-year-old online financial system, the Board of Regents plans to discuss installation of a new system in a committee meeting Thursday. Chief Financial Officer...

Despite concern that state lawmakers will not pass a supplemental capital bonding budget this session, University officials said they will continue to push for their $61 million request. The University's...

Faced with a variety of controversial decisions, such as voting to participate in the Mount Graham International Observatory project and closing the institution's presidential search meetings, the University...

As Gov. Tim Pawlenty passed a crystal mace representing leadership to Robert Bruininks, the former University provost and professor officially took hold of the University's presidency Friday afternoon...

University officials debated yesterday the possibility of switching to a system where state funding is distributed to students rather than to individual colleges and universities. The idea, similar to...

Less than a week after Gov. Tim Pawlenty recommended a 15 percent tuition cap for the state's universities and colleges, University officials said they are not legally bound to adhere to the proposal. Pawlenty...

University President Robert Bruininks warned that a possible double-digit tuition increase might be necessary to counter Gov. Tim Pawlenty's proposed reduction in University funding. University officials...

To address a $25 million institution-wide budget reduction, University deans said they will continue to protect students' interests but will leave some faculty and staff positions unfilled. Deans also...

After listening to a historical perspective on the University's revenues and expenditures, the Board of Regents discussed on Thursday the institution's financial future - including new revenue sources...

A University Board of Regents committee will vote Thursday on whether to approve the first step in enacting eminent domain - a state law allowing the University to purchase land, even when the property...

A state advisory committee recommended 12 finalists to the Legislature to fill four open seats on the University's Board of Regents. The Regents Candidate Advisory Council interviewed 18 applicants - including...

Despite a 21 percent jump in first-year applications to the University for fall 2003, officials said they don't plan to raise the number of students admitted. The increase - reported by the institution...

University President Robert Bruininks addressed a state Senate committee Thursday, warning of severe trade-offs in cutting funding to Minnesota's higher education institutions. Bruininks said any cuts...

University President Robert Bruininks urged alumni, faculty and administrators Tuesday to contact state lawmakers and remind them of the University's value. Bruininks' speech was part of the University's...

Facing tough choices on how to address a recently announced $25 million reduction in state funding, University officials said they are not prepared to discuss where the pending institutional budget cuts...

A recent Boynton Health Service student survey showed excessive credit card debt by University students is lower than the national average. Findings from 2001 show 21 percent of U.S. students with credit...

What do an old turntable, the side of an Easy Mac box and a handful of colored beads have in common? Usually nothing, but Wednesday afternoon they were integral parts of Amy Daml's entry in the University's...

Usually, University students and staff must visit the reference desks in any of the University's 11 libraries to get answers regarding library research. However, real-time online chats with library staff...

After a three-month regional search, the University has chosen the acting director of mortuary sciences as the permanent choice to head the program. Michael LuBrant, 32, took the job as acting director...

The University Board of Regents unanimously approved interim President Robert Bruininks on Friday as the 15th president of the University. "I want to tell you how humbled and honored I am to accept this...

Just minutes after naming interim University President Robert Bruininks the sole finalist in the University's presidential search, the Board of Regents discussed another pressing issue - the proposed Gophers-Vikings...

Committee members from the Council of Academic Professionals and Administrators, which represent the University's second-largest employment class, are crying foul at a proposed change in governance. The...

The University Faculty Senate approved a policy Thursday that allows the removal of committee chairs and members by a democratic vote. "There was no provision to take care of this sort of thing," Faculty...

Will McLaughlin, a University political science student and former Sigma Phi Epsilon president, was killed in a plane crash near Eveleth, Minn. shortly after 10 a.m. Friday. McLaughlin, 23, a campaign...

Deena Burnett, widow of Flight 93 hero and University of Minnesota alumnus Tom Burnett, will visit campus tonight and make a $30,000 donation to a scholarship award in her late husband's name. The Tom...

Kathleen O'Brien knows the University quite well. O'Brien, 57, returned to the University after serving as Minneapolis city coordinator to be the new Vice President for University Services. In some ways,...

Try sending University geography professor and author John Fraser Hart an e-mail - just don't expect a speedy reply. Hart, 78, does not use e-mail. He doesn't use a computer for word processing. He doesn't...

Nearly three dozen union members and supporters rallied Wednesday in front of McNeal Hall in support of Bernetta Kambeitz, a College of Human Ecology administrative specialist who said she was laid off...

Sitting on a shelf in J. Brian Atwood's new office are photos of him shaking hands with Nelson Mandela, conducting a meeting with Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat, and being selected to a...

Members of the University community by midweek will no longer need to look both ways when crossing Washington Avenue near the Mississippi River. After nearly six months of congested single-lane traffic...

University Plant Biologist George Weiblen has been selected to receive a Packard Foundation Fellowship grant for his research on biodiversity in tropical rain forests. "It's a tremendous honor to be awarded...

City and University officials met with members of the University's Greek system Tuesday night to discuss an upcoming study commissioned by the city that might designate some fraternity and sorority properties...

A University professor who has given much to the grieving families of the Sept. 11 attacks will be honored at a ceremony today in New York. Pauline Boss, a professor in the family social science department...

henever critics herald a new album as "sounding mature," it is code that the musician made a record that is tame, toothless and chock full of songs about growing old. But One Beat (Kill Rock Stars), Sleater-Kinney's...

The Minnesota Independence Party took a step toward establishing itself as more than just a flash in the pan Saturday as former Democratic Rep. Tim Penny accepted the party's nomination for governor. Speaking...

Sitting towards the back of Moose and Sadie's, West Thordson, dark-haired with an affable smile, slowly sips his coffee. He explains the theory behind his dark and dynamic piano and strings-based project,...

Martin Dosh is finally ready for you to hear his music. After two years of off-and-on recording, Dosh releases Dosh this weekend, an expansive 12-song collection of percussion-heavy tunes mixed with lush...

You might think that after sharing a stage with a huge inflatable gorilla, there is nowhere left go in the world of theatrical rock. Jeff Ham, frontman, guitarist and songwriter for Minneapolis space rockers...

The last time the Breeders released an album, Britney Spears was 12-years-old, Kurt Cobain was still alive and MTV played more than five videos a day. But Wednesday night, thanks in part to Kim Deal's...

Squinting through a puff of his thin, blue cigarette smoke, Jamie Ness and his blissful grin reflect off the mirrored wall of the Dinkytowner Café. Over the din of bar patrons that surrounds the...

"Amazing," says Pete Yorn from Smith's Olde Bar in Atlanta. He's describing his current U.S. club tour, and that's the only word that comes to his mind. And, honestly, it's probably the only word that...