U of M regents approve budget featuring tuition hikes, program cuts
The University of Minnesota's Board of Regents on Wednesday approved next year's operating budget, which features tuition hikes of up to 7.5% and a 7% cut to academic programs.
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The University of Minnesota's Board of Regents on Wednesday approved next year's operating budget, which features tuition hikes of up to 7.5% and a 7% cut to academic programs.
Every time we take flight, there's an environmental cost. Now, scientists are trying to grow a solution that could also be big business for Minnesota farmers.
Every time we take flight, there's an environmental cost. As WCCO's Erin Hassanzadeh explains, scientists are trying to grow a solution that could also be big business for Minnesota farmers.
The University of Minnesota Golden Gopher men's hammer throwers are the best in the country. At the NCAA championships earlier this month, they pulled off an improbable 1-2 finish. WCCO's Ren Clayton caught up with the duo, Kostas Zaltos and Angelos Mantzouranis.
A man who graduated from the University of Minnesota and his sister were among the 241 people who died after an Air India passenger plane crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday, according to his friend and former classmate.
A former University of Minnesota student and his sister were on the Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Jeff Wagner has the latest headlines and updates.
According to University President Rebecca Cunningham, the vandals oppose the sale of university property to the aerospace company North Wind.
An outburst at the latest Board of Regents meeting was the latest in a long week of trouble.
The university says some of the homes of its regents were hit by vandals early Thursday morning with “the clear intent to threaten and intimidate regents.”
Community members held meetings across the metro in response to a wave of violence that has left the Somali community shaken and ready for solutions.
Minnesota women's basketball coach Dawn Plitzuweit has received a two-year contract extension that was approved by the university's board of regents.
Two men with alleged ties to graduation ceremony shootings in the Twin Cities area have been federally charged with possessing machine guns.
Gov. Tim Walz and other Democratic governors are backing California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who said President Trump “flamed the fires” after he deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles. Despite the Backlash, WCCO’s Jonah Kaplan reports the Commander in Chief may have the law on his side.
The University of Minnesota is proposing tuition hikes of up to 7.5% and cuts to academic programs for the next fiscal year as it navigates what it calls "unprecedented challenges facing higher education."
A college diploma could cost students even more at the University of Minnesota. The U is proposing a tuition hike of up to 7.5%, depending on the campus and students' residential status.
WCCO caught up with Michael Kelly, a man whose experience as a foster child helped shape him into the person he is today: a doctor.
A 20-year-old Coon Rapids man faces charges in connection to a shooting at Mariucci Arena on the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus that injured two people after a high school graduation ceremony.
A 20-year-old Coon Rapids man faces charges in connection to a shooting at Mariucci Arena on the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus that injured two people after a high school graduation ceremony.
Two men are injured and a suspect is in custody after a shooting Friday night on the University of Minnesota's campus in Minneapolis following a Wayzata High School graduation ceremony.
Police at the University of Minnesota have one person in custody after shots were fired at 3M Arena at Mariucci Friday night following a high school graduation, according to the college.
Dementia can take some bizarre forms, and can start young. On June 1, during WCCO Sunday Morning at 7 a.m., learn about the journey of a Minnesota physical therapist and her family, who took turns no one could have seen coming.
WCCO has been reporting for weeks about the impacts of the northeastern Minnesota wildfires on the ground and in the air, but new research shows it could also impact the state's waterways.
University of Minnesota researchers say the massive northland Wildfires this month are leading to murkier water and more questions.
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