The University of Minnesota has paid nearly $450,000 over the past five years to settle five claims of sexual harassment.
According to public records obtained Tuesday by the Minnesota...
University of Minnesota police arrested a man on Tuesday who allegedly left a bag of smoke flares inside Coffman Union on Sunday, which pushed police to close the building the next day.
A criminal complaint...
University of Minnesota officials closed Coffman Union on Monday morning to “investigate a security threat,” according to a text message alert sent at about 4:30 a.m. The University’s...
University of Minnesota police are working with the FBI after a suspicious bag found in Coffman Union prompted the building’s closure Monday.
Barricades blocked both footbridges leading to the student...
A federal grant will help cover the cost of building new-and-improved bus shelters in areas of poverty throughout the Twin Cities beginning next year.
Metro Transit received a $3.26 million grant late...
On average, a civil service employee at the University of Minnesota’s Crookston campus makes about $10,000 less per year compared to a similar employee on the Twin Cities campus.
A pay gap for civil...
University of Minnesota officials are planning to ask the state Legislature for a boost in funding next session, which they say could extend the school’s already-active tuition freeze.
Securing state...
The University of Minnesota’s student-athletes earned higher marks this year than they have in the past.
As of spring semester 2014, the average GPA for the University’s student-athletes was...
Some of the unused land behind TCF Bank Stadium could sprout more research buildings as the University of Minnesota continues a slow expansion beyond the eastern confines of its Minneapolis campus.
At...
Despite a slow national recovery from the recent recession and uncertain federal research funding, credit rating agencies say the University of Minnesota’s finances look promising.
Two high-profile...
About a week after University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler agreed to a contract extension and a salary boost, he chatted with the Minnesota Daily for its summer edition of Kickin’ it with Kaler.
The...
More applications from prospective University of Minnesota students are rolling in than ever before, which has helped push the University to become a more selective institution.
Record numbers of applicants...
Amid debates over high administrative pay at colleges nationwide, University of Minnesota officials agree President Eric Kaler’s successes outweighed any signs of his failure — earning him...
A national discussion to boost scholarships for student-athletes has reached the University of Minnesota, and school officials say the looming changes could bring a competitive advantage, despite the added...
Walking through construction zones is challenging for Nicole Plan, a recent University of Minnesota graduate who’s visually impaired.
When Plan attended the University, crossing campus was sometimes...
The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents unanimously voted on Wednesday to extend President Eric Kaler’s contract, setting the stage for his continued leadership through the end of the...
The University of Minnesota received an almost record-breaking amount of donation money this year.
Total donations since last July topped $276 million on Friday, just $13 million shy of the University’s...
Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., sent a letter last week urging Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf to take a stand against the Washington Redskins’ name, also stating that it would violate...
A University of Minnesota Extension program is adding back about half of the jobs it recently lost.
The University’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education recently received its annual...
The University of Minnesota wants more of its students to live on campus for their sophomore year.
This approach to student housing is gaining traction across the country, and University data show that...
Two college rowers and two University of Minnesota rowing coaches rescued an injured woman from the Mississippi River early Wednesday.
The woman, who was conscious, was trapped in some trees near the shoreline...
As neighborhoods surrounding campus continue to change rapidly, University of Minnesota administrators are making plans to become more vocal about their opinions on area development.
Top University officials...
The University of Minnesota is trying to fill its student section at Gophers football games — even if students alone aren’t enough.
After years of student season ticket sales plummeting, the...
The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents gave its formal nod on Friday to President Eric Kaler’s budget and capital improvement funding for next year.
The board gave the...
Crews have finished laying new, heated turf at TCF Bank Stadium in preparation for the arrival of the Minnesota Vikings, KSTP reported.
The Vikings will share the stadium with the University of Minnesota...
In response to continual increases in tuition and student debt, student representatives to the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents are asking school leaders to help students spend wisely by...
The University of Minnesota’s proposed capital improvement budget for next year provides funding for safety initiatives, more efficient technology and improvements to campus buildings, among other...
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board will wait to decide whether to ban smoking in city parks after questions about enforcing the ban surfaced at a discussion late Tuesday, the Star Tribune reported.
The...
Students in the University of Minnesota’s College of Liberal Arts could soon see a greater focus on jobs and more advising support.
In an attempt to combat common negative perceptions regarding the...
As its enrollment continues to drop, the University of Minnesota’s Law School is set to receive more money to fight financial woes.
President Eric Kaler’s proposed budget for next year includes...
Come June, passengers traveling along the light rail’s new Green Line will need to plan for about 48 minutes to get from one end to the other, news sources report.
The route will pass through the...
The University of Minnesota plans to amp up funding for merit-based financial aid next year.
As part of a push to recruit more top-notch students to the University, President Eric Kaler proposed in early...
Karen Kaler is a naturalized Gopher.
A charming Tennessee accent combined with warm Southern hospitality make it difficult for Kaler, wife to University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler, to pass as a...
More than 500 years after Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, the city of Minneapolis has decided to remember him a little differently.
The City Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday...
In her first State of the City address, Minneapolis mayor Betsy Hodges applauded new city construction projects, specifically ones around the University, saying development won’t slow down anytime...
Even after serving on the City Council for nearly a decade, Cam Gordon hasn’t strayed from his roots.
The Ward 2 City Councilman has served the University of Minnesota and surrounding neighborhoods...
Minneapolis mayor Betsy Hodges applauded new growth in the University of Minnesota’s area and called for more citywide development in her first State of the City address on Thursday.
“We are...
Twin Cities’ population is poised to skyrocket, and city leaders are evaluating whether the University of Minnesota area is ready for a smooth transition.
The Metropolitan Council presented its 30-year...
Lyft and UberX connect riders and drivers through a mobile app, essentially providing a citizen chauffeur service. The companies are currently operating illegally in Minneapolis, since standing city code...
Jacob Frey has already made a noticeable mark on Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota, even though he’s been a City Council member for less than four months.
Frey, who as Ward 3 City...
This year’s harsh winter conditions have created massive potholes throughout Minneapolis, prompting City Council members to pass a budget measure Friday to help speed up repairs.
But the streets...
Minneapolis renters can now get free legal advice with help from University of Minnesota law students.
Home Line, a call service offering legal advice to tenants, made its services free in Minneapolis...
A new city law might force music venues to give concertgoers’ ears a break.
The change would come in the form of free earplugs, which Minneapolis venues would have to provide under the new ordinance.
Some...
Family medical residents from the University of Minnesota will work in Minneapolis schools as part of a new five-year partnership set to launch next academic year.
Minneapolis City Council members approved...
Minneapolis will likely allow ridesharing companies like Lyft and Uberto to operate in the city after weeks of contention over whether company drivers should have to purchase taxi licenses.
Lyft, a citizen...
Minneapolis City Council members reviewed a new staffing plan last week designed to lower 911 answer and dispatch times — upgrades the University of Minnesota’s Emergency Communications Center...
Smoke, first responders and volunteers faking injuries will fill Stadium Village early on Tuesday, March 18, during a Light Rail Transit derailment simulation, while many University of Minnesota...
University of Minnesota administrators say it’s time to strengthen the institution’s role in nearby development.
Minneapolis City Council members and University administrators say that...
Zac Henderson hitched rides to class, work and parties this week in strangers’ cars, using a ridesharing app that’s new to Minneapolis.
The family social science sophomore is taking advantage...
As part of their 2014 legislative agenda, Minneapolis leaders will urge state lawmakers to raise the minimum wage and provide funding for a renovation of Nicollet Mall — a spot they say could become...
Setting the stage for conflict with Minneapolis officials, the car-sharing business Lyft is scheduled to launch in Minneapolis on Thursday, news sources report.
Through Lyft, regular citizens...
After months of campaign rhetoric, Minneapolis City Council members are beginning to act on their promises.
City leaders recently updated goals and values for Minneapolis, proposing a greater focus on...
City Council members are considering modifications to the city’s current contracts with two large utility companies in an effort to achieve cleaner and more sustainable energy in Minneapolis —...
After her high school friend’s untreated depression led to his suicide last year, University of Minnesota student Julia Schliesing vowed she would be more vocal about her own treatment.
“I...
After serving in the U.S. military, veterans sometimes struggle finding permanent places to live.
“They find it very hard to reintegrate,” said University of Minnesota sociology professor Teresa...
After state authorities measured above-normal levels of a potentially harmful vapor in the Southeast Como neighborhood, city leaders are pushing for more transparent chemical reporting in Minneapolis.
A...
In preparation for the Minnesota Vikings playing home games at TCF Bank Stadium next season, restaurants want to expand how often they can sell food and liquor outside normal locations.
City code currently...
A former state senator representing the University of Minnesota area now has a day of his own. The City Council on Friday proclaimed Feb. 7, 2014 to be “Don Fraser Day” in honor of the former...
Though Heidi Ritchie spends part of her day dealing with frustrated constituents, she always leaves work feeling like she made an impact on Minneapolis.
As an aide to Ward 3 City Councilman Jacob Frey,...
Former Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak strolled through a bustling Rapson Hall classroom Monday night, greeting and joking with students before he began teaching his first class at the University of Minnesota.
With...
Minneapolis building permits totaled $1.2 billion last year, mostly for residential housing, breaking a city record and reflecting a larger migration trend — one that University of Minnesota neighborhoods...
Minneapolis police officers will soon sport small cameras to record their patrols, but University of Minnesota police officers will not be joining them.
The City Council voted in December to set aside...
Chemicals lingering in the Phillips neighborhood in central Minneapolis inspired Ward 9 City Councilwoman Alondra Cano to join a newly formed City Council committee that will focus on sustainability and...
University of Minnesota alumnus Shezanne Cassim is set to be released from a United Arab Emirates prison after spending eight months in custody for posting a satirical video to YouTube, news sources report.
UAE...
Tuesday marked University of Minnesota alumnus Shezanne Cassim’s 247th day in foreign custody. He’s sitting in a maximum security prison, and his future remains unclear.
Tuesday was also Human...
A tobacco-free policy at the University of Minnesota opened for public comment online Monday, one of the final steps to its approval.
University employees, students and the public will have one month to...
A 16-year-old boy died on a flight from Washington state to Georgia on Saturday, news sources report.
The Delta Air Lines flight from Seattle made an emergency landing in Spokane, Wash., CNN reported.
He...
Nelson Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist and former president of South Africa, died on Thursday, news sources report. He was 95.
Family and friends were with Mandela when he died in his Johannesburg...
The City of Minneapolis declared a snow emergency on Wednesday, according to its website.
City officials announce snow emergencies before 6 p.m. on days of heavy snowfall, according to the site. The emergencies...
Technical, clerical and health care workers’ unions at the University of Minnesota have approved contracts accepting cost increases to the employee health insurance program after more than four months...
This year, more University of Minnesota students reported being diagnosed with depression than in 2010, according to a recent survey. Experts say the finding mirrors a growing demand for mental health...
While shoveling snow, Tai Do said he doesn’t take it slow — a practice some say could lead to injury.
The University of Minnesota psychology and sociology senior said he shovels quickly to...
Boynton Health Service is investigating another way to address the ever-increasing demand for mental health resources on the University of Minnesota campus.
This time, it’s catering to what often...
Despite President Obama's announcement that health insurance companies can choose to continue offering plans that don't meet the Affordable Care Act's standards for another year, Governor Mark...
When she was a child, Solome Tibebu had trouble talking with her parents about her obsessive-compulsive disorder because she didn’t want them to worry.
But she opened up to a counselor, and she has...
Responding to successive cuts in federal funding, University of Minnesota Extension announced Monday it will scale back a program that helps low-income families make healthy, cost-effective food choices.
Supplemental...
When Gary Johnson’s wife told him they were having guests, he set out chairs and made coffee. He didn’t realize the meeting about women’s health in Sierra Leone would end up taking him...
The Chinese government announced on Friday that it will relax the longtime policy forbidding that families have more than one child, news sources report.
As the law currently stands,...
Facing political pressure from Americans and his own party after his promise fell through that Americans who liked their current health insurance policies would be able to keep them under the Affordable...
The world’s strongest imaging magnet is on its way to the University of Minnesota after being delayed more than a year.
Come December, the Siemens MAGNETOM 10.5T will aid in brain research as part...
Colleges may need to ramp up the healthy food choices they offer on campus, according to the lead author of a University of Minnesota study released last week.
Twin Cities college students who didn’t...
The Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday that it will order food producers to phase out trans fats from all food, news sources report.
The use of trans fats has already declined dramatically...
Minneapolis races for two Board of Estimate and Taxation seats and Park and Recreation Board commissioners at large had to go to a second round of ranked-choice voting tabulation Wednesday.
Tuesday’s...
As patients complain of a shortage of primary care physicians, a new version of the Medical College Admission Test will be longer and test more material beginning spring 2015 — potentially making...
Hundreds of thousands of health insurance cancelation letters recently sent to consumers because of the Affordable Care Act have drawn criticism for the Obama administration, news sources report.
Under...
When midterms and assignments pile up, some University of Minnesota students turn to drugs they aren’t prescribed to get an extra boost of energy and focus — a practice that’s getting...
Nick Ott went to the University of Minnesota’s “Cirque De-Stress” last week because he smelled the popcorn. The linguistics freshman left feeling a little closer to home after petting...
As the University of Minnesota froze in-state tuition for this year and the next, the increase in public, four-year college tuition slowed to the smallest it’s been in more than a decade, according...
A Costco store in Coon Rapids is recalling ground beef that could be contaminated with E. coli, news sources report.
The ground beef was sold to 342 customers last month, MPR reported.
According...
Mandy Bradley needed a heart transplant as soon as possible.
Last summer, an ambulance rushed the 25-year-old to the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, where she waited for a donor. If she...
Three academic medical center leaders from across the country gave public interviews this month to be the new dean of the University of Minnesota’s Medical School and vice president for health sciences.
Drs....
Half a century ago, physicians at the University of Minnesota performed the institution’s first successful organ transplant, transferring a kidney between twins.
Now, University employees save lives...
Nearly 3,800 people enrolled in health insurance on Minnesota's new online insurance exchange in the two weeks after it opened, news sources report.
MNsure released enrollment numbers Wednesday, the Associated...
Although the Affordable Care Act will affect the University of Minnesota’s students and employees and many Americans in years to come, some may not understand the law’s provisions and impact.
The...
The thermometer read 98 degrees Fahrenheit. Humidity was 30 percent.
The yoga students reverse swan dived back into a standing pose, sweat rolling off their noses onto the mats below. Continuing to recite...
More than 10,000 accounts were created on Minnesota's online health insurance exchange during the first 10 days of its operation, news sources reported Friday, although the program won't release...
Rose Betzler and Erin Ziolkowski finished unloading potatoes, a pepper and an onion and placed them alongside other ingredients on the kitchen table of a Dinkytown apartment, setting a southwestern hash...
Peter Higgs and Francois Englert received the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for developing the theory that suggests the existence of the Higgs boson or "God particle," news sources report....
This fall, a new flu vaccine will be available for free to University of Minnesota students, faculty and staff.
The quadrivalent vaccine can be administered as a nasal spray or an injection and fights...
In an effort to gain support for its $299 million capital request in 2014, the University of Minnesota has begun showing legislators its aging buildings, news sources report.
University administrators...
