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Katerina Wong, an Eastview High School student, is one of two Minnesotans to have received a prestigious National Security Language Initiative for Youth scholarship-which will enable her to study in China for a single year.

Born Ashok Kumar Gulati on Sept. 20, 1942, in Gujranwala, India. Son of Jagjit Lal and Leela Wanti Gulati.

Four years ago, the University of Minnesota-Rochester started their first program.

The Friends of the Northfield Public Library welcomed Teresa Jensen, our new Director of the library and IT, with a gathering at the library.

Legend Green pins: 0 to 500 tickets Yellow pins: 500 to 1,500 tickets Red pins: 1,500 or more tickets Police departments that cover multiple cities have a pin in each of the cities they cover.

By Catherine Conlan, Monster Contributing Writer Hiring managers and HR pros will often close out a job interview by asking an applicant if he or she has any questions themselves.

Event: The Nature Conservancy's Green Tie Affair was held Thursday, April 25, at the Nicollet Island Pavilion in Minneapolis.

A bill that freezes tuition at both of Minnesota's public higher-education systems for the next two years is on its way to the governor after passing the state Senate and House on Friday, May 17, by comfortable margins.

Every team needs an ace, and the Gopher baseball team relies on Tom Windle, a left-hander who may have a future beyond college.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Senate has voted to freeze tuition rates at the state's public colleges and universities for the next two years.

The students participated in "Groovystuff by Design: Connecting Education with Industry Challenge" at the April 20-25 High Point Market, a contest by manufacturer Groovystuff.

Genome engineering specialist Cellectis has been issued two new patents enabling it to solidify and expand the market position of its TALEN gene-editing product.

By Ellen Burkhardt Styled by Faith Brue & Christina Holm-Sandok, Style-Architects Hair and Makeup by Margo Gordon, Haircut by Justine Hornick Going from the classroom to the real world is never an easy transition, especially when your classroom involves wearing scrubs most of the time.

Hog farmers are being warned of dangerous fires and explosions that can start from highly concentrated methane gas in the form of bubbling foam oozing out of pig manure.

Julie and Brandon Williams are high school sweethearts who imagined they would have the "perfect little family" in the small town of Milaca, an hour from the Twin Cities.

PHILADELPHIAChanges in estrogen breakdown, or metabolism, may be one of the mechanisms by which aerobic exercise lowers a woman's breast cancer risk, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research."Observational studies suggest physical activity lowers breast ... (more)

The type of sensors that pick up the rhythm of a beating heart in implanted cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers are vulnerable to tampering, according to a new study conducted in controlled laboratory conditions.

From the Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China ; Cardiovascular Research Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China ; College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China ; Cardiovascular Division, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN ; Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama, Birmingham, ... (more)

On the heels of news last week that the city would allow on-street car sharing , one of the country's largest car sharing providers announced it would be dramatically expanding its Minneapolis operations.

Dan Berezowitz, who was Gophers recruiting coordinator under coach Tim Brewster, is the new director of football recruiting under coach Mark Stoops at the University of Kentucky.