Being aware of the environmental costs that unsustainable farming and eating practices can have on the environment, and making food choices accordingly, can help to fight climate change and protect the environment.
MINNEAPOLISāWhen Eric Kaler became president of the University of Minnesota last year, he pledged to curb soaring tuition by cutting administrative ...
A 2010 study by University of Arkansas education professor Jay Greene found that spending on administration has been outpacing funds for instruction a...
See the WWW Conference as an educational wake-up call. School should be about equipping students not just with the skills, but also with the self-confidence to pursue their passions, regardless of what others may think.
The old Joni Mitchell line, "You don't know what you've got till it's gone" applies to public higher education these days. Most states have dramatically cut financial support of their research universities.
Getting young children to eat their servings of fruits and veggies, particularly in school, has been a long and hard struggle for parents, schools and...
Pass the ball? Shoot it? Itās not always easy for basketball players to tell just what to do with the ball. But a newly created mathematical model o...
University administrators have exercised numerous opportunities to have their say against unionization; they should now let the workers' voices be heard by letting the state count the cards.
In the tradition of "No Scrubs," "Single Ladies" and "Gold Digger," researchers have found scientific "proof" that when men compete for women, money and status are key.
We can no longer afford bad design. In fact, the real luxury in this country has been our tolerance of so much bad design -- sloppy procedures, careless processes, and wasteful products -- that costs us way more than we can possibly sustain.
If you've ever felt that it is not just the thought that counts, you're not alone, according to a new study. Female spiders expect decent gifts, too. ...
Forty years ago the most common response to a couple who began talking about divorce was the advice--"see if you can work things out." This advice ca...
Walmart, the world's largest retailer and the largest company in America based on sales and employees, has tried to argue since the beginning of the r...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Police say a 29-year-old man charged in a fatal hit-and-run near the University of Minnesota told them he meant to do it.
A criminal c...
University of Minnesota students Benjamin Van Handel and Kimberly (Audrey) Yeong Sil Hull died Thursday of injuries sustained in separate car accident...
ST. PAUL -- Minnesota lawmakers voted to cut $300 million from college and university spending as they craft a state budget while plugging a $5 billio...
Now I'm not a metroeolost or anything, but I would estimate that we have had a billion inches of snow -- it was enough to collapse the Metrodome roof, after all.
Eight professors from the Center of Bioethics sent a letter to the Board of Regents Monday requesting an investigation into the suicide of a former cl...
With blizzard conditions blanketing the Northeast, a powerful front of mind-numbing weather-related banter is expected to pound the Eastern Seaboard, with statements of the obvious stretching from the Carolinas to New England.