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    May 18, 2017
    Top-ranked Gopher softball team shut out of home-field play
    MINNEAPOLIS — A week surrounded by controversy will come to a head for the Gophers softball team Friday, May 19, when it starts regional play in the NCAA tournament at the University of Alabama. More than 1,000 miles away, Jane Sage Cowles Stadium on the University of Minnesota...
    sportsMay 18, 2017 - 7:25pm
    May 11, 2017
    Undated courtesy photo of Randy Handel, Associate Athletic Director For Development at the University of Minnesota. (Courtesy of the University of Minnesota)
    UPDATE: Sexual harassment claim against Gophers' assistant AD prompts Regents to ask who leaked it
    MINNEAPOLIS -- The University of Minnesota Board of Regents launched an official inquiry Thursday into the leak of confidential information about...
    NewsMay 11, 2017 - 8:54pm
    May 10, 2017
    University of Minnesota running back Marion Barber Jr. (41) carries the ball in an undated photograph. (Courtesy of University of Minnesota Athletics)
    Gopher star Marion Barber Jr. to graduate 36 years after leaving Minnesota
    MINNEAPOLIS—It's a Tuesday morning on the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus, and Marion Barber Jr.'s phone has been going off nonstop....
    sportsMay 10, 2017 - 10:39pm
    May 3, 2017
    Bob Morrison Photo courtesy University of Minnesota
    University of Minnesota professor, two Minnesota women die in crash in Czech Republic
    MINNEAPOLIS -- A University of Minnesota veterinary professor and two other Minnesota women have died in a collision in the Czech Republic. According...
    NewsMay 3, 2017 - 3:30pm
    May 2, 2017
    Judge tosses complaint over U of M fetal tissue research
    MINNEAPOLIS -- A judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging the University of Minnesota’s policy on human fetal tissue research conflicts with...
    NewsMay 2, 2017 - 8:38pm
    April 26, 2017
    Authorities searching for U of M student in Mississippi River
    MINNEAPOLIS -- Authorities in Minneapolis are searching for a University of Minnesota student who is believed to have been swept into the Mississippi...
    NewsApril 26, 2017 - 5:35pm
    April 24, 2017
    Letter: U of M proud of local partnerships
    We recently had the pleasure of visiting Willmar for Minnesota Sparks, an event that brought us into conversation with members of your community. Using our respective areas of expertise and research, we discussed the complex challenges and the new possibilities to battle drug addiction,...
    opinion/lettersApril 24, 2017 - 12:04am
    April 19, 2017
    More than 400 traffic cones, each representing a 2016 traffic death, sit in front of Wright County Sheriff Joe Haggerty on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, as he speaks to a gathering encourging Minnesota leaders to reach a deal on a transportation funding plan. Don Davis / Forum News Serviceplay button
    Victims plea for Minn. transportation funding, Highway 23 Coalition seeks money to close the gaps
    ST. PAUL — Beth Hodgman pleaded that southern Minnesota's U.S. 14 be made safer. "Drivers make mistakes, but they shouldn't be life sentences,"...
    News/localApril 19, 2017 - 10:22pm
    Beth Hodgman of West Concord, Minn., on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, urges Minnesota leaders to come up with a transportation funding plan to make U.S. 14 safe. She stands behind traffic cones representing traffic deaths; her husband was one of the fataliities. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    Widow of accident victim makes last-minute plea for Minn. transportation funding
    ST. PAUL—Beth Hodgman pleaded that southern Minnesota's U.S. 14 be made safer. "Drivers make mistakes, but they shouldn't be life sentences,"...
    NewsApril 19, 2017 - 6:05pm
    April 9, 2017
    Minnesota Gophers head coach P.J. Fleck at practice in Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex in Minneapolis on Thursday, March 23, 2017. Jean Pieri / Pioneer Press
    Fleck communicates, connects with Gophers as Leadership Council meets
    MINNEAPOLIS—Before sunrise Thursday, the Gophers' Leadership Council had filled the first two rows in the team's meeting room at the Gibson...
    sportsApril 9, 2017 - 6:18pm
    April 5, 2017
    "It's always difficult to recruit based on their impressions of what it's like living beyond the Twin Cities or big cities," said Rep. Bud Nornes, R-Fergus Falls, seen here in this file photo. "So, we need to do all we can to have those folks that are ready and willing to come out where they'll find that living is great." Don Davis / Forum News Service
    Minnesota House, governor support $14 million to train rural doctors
    ST. PAUL—The Minnesota House and Gov. Mark Dayton want to provide the University of Minnesota with an additional $14 million over two years...
    NewsApril 5, 2017 - 4:24pm
    March 24, 2017
    Larry Pogemiller, Minnesota higher education commissioner, testifies at a Senate higher education hearing on a funding bill he said falls well below the amount Gov. Mark Dayton's wants. Maureen McMullen / Forum News Service
    Higher education bills call for Minnesota State tuition freezes
    ST. PAUL — Another tuition freeze could be on the horizon for students at Minnesota State colleges and universities. Finance bills from...
    NewsMarch 24, 2017 - 3:28pm
    March 20, 2017
    Former U of M researcher awarded $1 in sexual harassment case
    MINNEAPOLIS -- A former University of Minnesota researcher was sexually harassed by a supervisor but suffered no actual damages, a federal jury...
    NewsMarch 20, 2017 - 12:43pm
    March 19, 2017
    Tracy Claeys, then head coach of the Minnesota Gophers football team, looks on during the third quarter of the Holiday Bowl at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego on Dec. 27, 2016. Claeys and his staff were fired following the game, causing a budget hole for U Athletics. Jake Roth / USA TODAY Sports
    Big TV deal for Gopher sports won't help University of Minnesota academics
    MINNEAPOLIS — A lucrative new media-rights deal is expected to grow revenue for Golden Gopher athletics by $17 million next year, but the...
    NewsMarch 19, 2017 - 5:20pm
    March 5, 2017
    Wisconsin Badgers guard Khalil Iverson (21) grabs a rebound from Minnesota Golden Gophers forward Eric Curry (24) at the Kohl Center. Wisconsin defeated Minnesota 66-49 Mary Langenfeld / USA TODAY Sports
    Gophers best winning streak in two decades comes to an end in Wisconsin
    MADISON, Wis. — As red and white clad fans stayed late to applaud an accomplished group of seniors here, the Gophers quietly exited the...
    sportsMarch 5, 2017 - 8:55pm
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