Those whoâÄôve been at the University of Minnesota long enough may be experiencing déjà vu after FridayâÄôs presidential finalist announcement. The Board of Regents...

Looking down at their empty bowls of Panda Express, Sarah Walker and Kassi Knappen said they had no idea how many calories they ate. "I donâÄôt calorie count," Knappen said. The two University...

The University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic announced Tuesday theyâÄôre seeking between $250 million and $350 million in public and private funding over a 10-year period to research diabetes. By...

Embryonic stem cell researchers at the University of Minnesota can breathe sighs of relief âÄî at least for now. A panel of three judges for the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington decided Tuesday...

University of Minnesota President Bob Bruininks announced Friday that he selected Aaron Friedman, the current chair of the University’s pediatrics department, to serve as interim vice president of...

The state Legislature expressed its opposition to Gov. Tim Pawlenty âÄôs proposal to cut Medical Education and Research Costs , a program that supports University of Minnesota student and resident...

An act propelled by two Minnesota senators seeks to improve the plight of those suffering from eating disorders and prevent future cases from starting. The Freed Act would allocate research money to the...

In the middle of his prison sentence for rape and kidnapping at the Stillwater Correctional Facility, an inmate with the initials A.S. complained about a toothache. In a fall 2004 letter to the Minnesota...

Although it tends to stay out of the limelight, the Office for Technology Commercialization got vocal recently in support of a patent reform bill being debated in Congress. Patent reform requires balancing...

A new clinic that opened this week near the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus will cater to athletes and the physically active, offering treatments for an array of bone, muscular and joint problems....

Researchers from the University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center announced Monday that it received a $2.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to carry out a longitudinal blood cancer study....

The University of Minnesota School Of Dentistry senior administrative staff unanimously agreed to shoulder a 2.3 percent reduction in salary for the 2010-11 academic year. The proposal is two times larger...

The future of disease detection may include personal devices the size of cell phones that will be able to diagnose diseases before they develop enough to produce symptoms in seemingly healthy people. A...

Sonnie Flomo grew up learning to respect her elders. So when the pastor who rented a room in her momâÄôs house began kissing her, rubbing her and having her move up and down on his lap, she didnâÄôt...

Three weeks after being diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer, 51-year-old Gail Hudson was given a treatment that caused her to break out in hives. So doctors went out on a limb and gave her Abraxane, a...

A new, scaled-back proposal for the $292 million Biomedical Discovery District would amass three buildings into one and use the money saved for building renovations. Rather than housing cancer, cardiovascular...

Jay Cohn, a cardiologist for more than 50 years, was fighting a losing battle against heart failure in the 1980s. Treatments of the day werenâÄôt working, and people were dying at a rate of 20...

General Assistance Medical Care is back on âÄî well, sort of. Gov. Tim Pawlenty, DFL and Republican leaders emerged from more than a week of debate Friday with a new plan that would replace GAMC...

Following more than two hours of debate Monday, the Minnesota House of Representatives voted not to override the veto of a bill that would temporarily restore General Assistance Medical Care to more than...

Following more than two hours of debate on Monday, the Minnesota House of Representatives voted not to override Gov. Tim PawlentyâÄôs veto of a bill that would temporarily restore General Assistance...

Nine out of nine studies examined by University of Minnesota researchers showed that predominately black communities are less likely to have supermarkets compared to other communities. âÄúThey...

Frank Cerra will retire from his position as dean of the University of Minnesota Medical School and senior vice president for health sciences of the Academic Health Center at the end of 2010. âÄúIâÄôm...

Nine out of nine studies examined by University of Minnesota researchers show that predominately black communities are less likely to have supermarkets compared to others. âÄúThey either have to...

Frank Cerra will retire from his position as dean of the University of Minnesota Medical School and senior vice president for health sciences of the Academic Health Center at the end of the fall 2010 semester....

It wasnâÄôt easy for University of Minnesota sophomore Rachel Pollack to watch her good friend Allison Steele struggle with both depression and whether to see a counselor. Steele, a sophomore strategic...

In an emotional showdown over health assistance programs at the state Legislature, members of the House and Senate said they will attempt to override Gov. Tim PawlentyâÄôs veto of a bipartisan...

A number of Prospect Park residents couldnâÄôt get to their homes Wednesday afternoon during a four-hour police standoff between police and a man who fired a gun into the air. Police were called...

A âÄúserial peeperâÄù was nabbed outside an apartment building near campus Tuesday night. A witness called police after he saw 34-year-old Calvin James Jennings standing outside an apartment...

Last year, Hannah Shacter learned to perform a procedure known to invoke anxiety among medical students: the infamous pelvic exam. But the third-year medical student may have been among the last batch...

Many have attempted to tackle the mystery behind the disease nicknamed âÄúthe silent killer.âÄù âÄúWhen it comes to pancreatic cancer, we donâÄôt have a clue,âÄù...

Even eight years after his death, the initiatives of the late Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone are still being realized in federal laws. ThatâÄôs what happened recently when the Obama administration...

It started with an e-mail telling senior Wade Plafcan he was being audited for insurance by the University of Minnesota. Following three stressful weeks of phone calls to One Stop and his insurance company,...

Following the Minnesota Department of HealthâÄôs annual report, health experts and organizations are scrambling to explain a startling increase in HIV cases. The number of new HIV cases in Minnesota...

The University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview reported a total of 41 mistakes in 2009, down from 52 in 2008, a trend one hospital official attributes to stringent implementation of âÄúbest...

Although a sign on the door says it is undergoing temporary kitchen maintenance, Panino's at the U in Stadium Village has closed its doors for good. The owners of the business were evicted last week, John...

Before setting up shop in Minnesota, Peter Bianco experienced what he calls an âÄúentrepreneurial renaissanceâÄù in Wisconsin, where the landscape is ripe with high-tech startup companies...

Many of those who eagerly scour department stores for holiday jobs will be disappointed this year, as retailers are reporting fewer seasonal hires than in previous years. In a survey of the nationâÄôs...

With the message of being green infiltrating nearly every aspect of todayâÄôs culture, businesses are finding it necessary to maintain the status quo of sustainability to stay competitive. Whether...

After the last teen night at the Profile Event Center ended in murder, owner Patrick Kellis stopped holding public events altogether. About 10 people gathered at a hearing Monday night to hear the details...

After getting the green light from the state to bypass a zoning hurdle that made SportyâÄôs Pub & Grill in Como ineligible for a liquor license, owner Joe Radaich is now working with the city...

Seven months after revealing the design for his artwork that will hang on the outside of Target Field , local artist and University of Minnesota alumnus Craig David is hard at work on a piece that will...

When Gerald Edwards was 13 years old, he wasnâÄôt satisfied doing the things other middle school students did. So, he decided to start his own company. He sketched designs, put them on t-shirts...

A coalition of Asian business owners filed a formal complaint against the Metropolitan Council alleging it failed to consider the negative impact light-rail construction will have on minority businesses...

Having recently married and graduated from the University of Minnesota with $25,000 in loans, Jeff Barnhart could use some extra cash. Selling game day parking in his dadâÄôs five lots near the...

While living in Korea for three months, sisters Gloria and Susan Kang discovered a frozen yogurt craze thatâÄôs quickly making its way from the west to the east coast of the United States âÄî...

As he watched thousands of students pass his window after the Gophers football game two weeks ago, Dave Nutt said he felt down and out. âÄúNot one of them wanted to walk in here, not a one,âÄù...

For those on the West Bank, getting to Gopher games can get complicated once pre-game festivities and transportation are factored in. âÄúIf they go to a bar before and after the game, theyâÄôre...

During the last few years of his 24-year run as a Medtronic executive, Dale Wahlstrom, a native Minnesotan, was saddened when he had to make more and more investments outside of his home state to stay...

It all started back in March when Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke uttered that hopeful phrase âÄî green shoots âÄî and sent everyone grasping for any miniscule sign of economic recovery...

Jordan Becker used to have to take a bus all the way to Bloomington or Lake Street just to get a haircut. âÄúI know a lot of people that travel all the way down to Chicago and Franklin just to...

A federal program is helping provide wind power in cities that might otherwise not have it. Within the next few weeks, 12 Minnesota cities, including Anoka and Shakopee , will see the construction of wind...

The Dinkytown Hollywood Video rented out its final flick on Saturday night. On Monday morning, a semi-trailer pulled up to empty out the store. Irv Hershkovitz, co-owner of Dinkytown Properties, the company...

Standing before his parking lot in the midst of the first Gopher football game of the season âÄî a frenzied event that quickly turned to a parking famine âÄî was more than Huy Ung could...

Having served under four presidents in the White House, CNN commentator David Gergen said heâÄôs learned that itâÄôs hardest for leaders to deal with crises that are on the horizon, and...

Weeks before SaturdayâÄôs football game in the new stadium, the staff of Blarney Pub and Grill was preparing for the heavy crowds. When the day finally came, everyone was on the schedule, shelves...

A lot has changed in the 37 years since University of Minnesota alumnus Tom LaSalle left campus. On Saturday, the former president of the Alumni Association will return for the first on-campus football...

The Tea House The long-vacant building that used to house BakerâÄôs Square will soon become the Tea House , a family-owned Chinese restaurant opening in early January. The restaurant, which has...

Lee Munnich has spent years studying MinnesotaâÄôs economic competitiveness, comparing it with other parts of the country and sharing his results with hundreds of University of Minnesota students...

Tomorrow morning, Pai-Yei Whung, chief scientist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will be on the St. Paul campus to detail the organization's anticipated changes under the discretion of the...