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Future of Mankato State flight school in doubt
Students and faculty are trying to save the aviation program at MSU Makato, a program that faces elimination due to the state's projected $1.2 billion budget shortfall.
Maplewood-based 3M Corp. has donated some royalty-paying patents to the University of Minnesota's law school and Office for Technology Commercialization.
Chess teaches kids life lessons
Over the weekend, the Minneapolis School District hosted a district-wide chess tournament, in hopes that the centuries-old game will teach kids some of the skills they'll need as adults.
The University of Minnesota is moving closer to a sweeping overhaul of its conflict of interest policies, which advisors say will put it at the forefront of universities nationally.