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NIH removes penalty from U
The National Institutes of Health no longer considers the University an "exceptional organization."
That's good news to University officials who have spent millions of dollars filling up a hole dug by a major financial scandal five years ago.
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St. Paul residents unite in fight for permit-only parking
Finding a parking space on the St. Paul campus isn't always easy.
But if a group of residents in the neighboring St. Anthony Park area has its way, the task of finding parking could become even more difficult for University commuters.
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Congressman retires following cancer diagnosis
After fighting for wilderness, the homeless, consumers and other citizen issues in Congress, Rep. Bruce F. Vento, DFL-St. Paul, has begun a much different battle -- cancer.
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University, MnSCU lobby for more state bonding
State legislators and University officials began Wednesday morning the first step in a difficult process to decide how much the state's higher-education institutions will receive in bonding this year.
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University plant has residents steaming
The University's southeast steam plant is generating more than heat these days.
Residents in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood are fed up with noises coming from the riverfront facility and want something done about it.
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Fees committee states goals for funding decision
Brought together by a need to make a difference at the University, the five-member student services fees subcommittee II is a group with similar objectives despite having a diverse range of interests.
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Senate candidate says student health insurance is too high
University professor and DFL candidate for U.S. Senate, Dr. Steve Miles challenged the University and other higher-education institutions Wednesday morning to offer affordable, comprehensive health insurance for students.
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Research findings open door to easier antibiotic production
A University researcher might have found a key element to quicker and cheaper production of antibiotics and other drugs.
Microbiology associate professor David Sherman and graduate student Yongquan Xue found that soil bacteria produce a wide variety of antibiotic compounds, rather than a single model as was previously thought.
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Correction
Daily columnist Matthew Brophy was misidentified in Tuesday's opinions column, "3-D porn event teases student body." His first name is indeed Matthew.
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Clarification
Wednesday's story, "U reaches halfway point in campaign," should have stated that of the $16 million that the family of C. Walter Lillehei, $13 million from is going to the Lillehei Heart Institute and $3 million is going to the School of Nursing.
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