When professor David Weissbrodt tries to remove his textbooks on human rights from a high shelf in his office, it sends a cascade of documents crashing onto a pile of computer disks. Weissbrodt, a nationally...

Unlike other types of research in which diseases are cured and devices are invented, advances in mathematics tend to occur behind the scenes. But they can have profound effects on other sciences and everyday...

This month marked the end of what was formerly a college staple: the fraternity kegger. On Nov. 1, rising insurance costs forced Delta Kappa Epsilon to give up their kegs, making them the last Interfraternity...

For the first time the University's Community Fund Drive, an employee fund-raising campaign for charity, has raised more than $1 million. The fund, which is gathered from University faculty and staff contributions,...

Underage drinking and partying in campus neighborhoods could soon carry different penalties for University students. West Bank neighborhoods will adopt community courts in 2003 similar to those currently...

Sometimes the University can seem like a large, impersonal place, but a friendly lunch with a professor might shrink the campus to a manageable size. At least that's what the Office of the Executive Vice...

Most risks of a night of drinking, such as vomit-stained pants or a minor consumption ticket, are well-known. But the University's Student Legal Service office is concerned many students aren't familiar...

An unlikely pairing of environmental groups, businesses and government has formed an alliance to reduce ozone in the Twin Cities and avoid spending hundreds of millions of dollars each year. With a unanimous...

Buffalo meat, fry bread and wild rice added some flavor to an American Indian feast and college informational session Wednesday night that is hoped to be the first step in increasing American Indian college...

Approximately 125 University students and other activists made their way from the West Bank to the Federal Courts building Monday afternoon to protest possible U.S. military action in Iraq. Although they...

This week's Homecoming departs from the traditional schedule because of the Twins' playoff appearance, but most students interviewed in Dinkytown seem to have accepted the changes. The Gophers were originally...

Ask law student Intesar Elder for a moment that stood out from her three-month human rights internship in the Palestinian's West Bank and you'll get a story that sums up the mixture of hopelessness and...

A planned housing development near campus could provide a spiritual sanctuary for the religious, much needed apartments for students and some problems for its neighbors. The Beta Theta Pi fraternity sits...

Independence Party gubernatorial candidate Tim Penny talked to University students and shook hands on the East Bank campus Wednesday afternoon. Penny fielded questions as general as basic platform issues...

Your mother has tuberculosis, and has been coughing for months. She went in for treatment 15 miles away, but couldn't keep her job in a Ukrainian steel mill and cure her disease at the same time. Now you...

Starting college means big changes not just for freshmen, but also for their parents. The University has no formal program for dealing with parents' "empty nest" syndrome, but it does have a Web site (www.parent.umn.edu)...

From his unconventional clinic in a modified Winnebago, Dr. Paul Schulz, with his dental students and assistants, can care for three patients at a time, although it can get a little cramped. The 37-foot...

The University's library system can seem massive and foreboding. But students armed with a general idea of which library is used for what, the help of the friendly staff and some online research tools...