Upgrading ... the healthy way
(10/22/2008) A recent survey by the University of Minnesota Boynton Health Service finds that lack of sleep, excessive computer time, and stress--among other things--can negatively affect a college student's grades.

Where politics and psychology intersect
(10/22/2008) The U's political science faculty are looking behind the voting booth curtain and inside the oval office to examine how we vote and how the people we elect make decisions.

Zip a doctor
(9/24/2008) Forget about fighting traffic or taking the day off to visit a doctor; the 2008 Minnesota Cup student winner is developing a way for us to get a diagnosis and treatment decision via cell phone.

U student presented scholarship by Apollo 15 astronaut
(9/10/2008) Andrew Jones has been awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. His scholarship is the largest monetary award given in the United States to science and engineering undergraduate students based solely on merit.

Mining the census data
(9/3/2008) This year, four people have been elevated to Regents Professor, the highest faculty rank at the University. They include historian Steven Ruggles, whose most important contributions have focused on the transformation of the American family over the past 150 years.