Tyler Johnson, University student-athlete, was able to sustain his marriage through tours in Iraq.

J. Bruce Overmier will serve as the only social scientist on the Paris-based board of physical scientists.

Both women have been groundbreaking in University of Minnesota and Spanish relations.

Four professors will be honored for helping the University become more international.

Prosecutors filed a murder charge Thursday against the man accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years in a rat-infested cell and fathering her seven children, saying one of the youngsters who died in infancy might have survived if brought to a doctor.

Michael Osterholm has been appointed to a global council on pandemic outbreaks.

The University of Minnesota broke the record of 3,721 flu shots in a day set in 2006 by getting 11,538 Tuesday. The mark also topped the 7,401 shots that Rochester’s Mayo Clinic staff claimed they gave last week to employees.

The Iraqi Cabinet canceled a meeting to discuss the U.S.-Iraqi security pact Sunday, saying proposals for amendments to an earlier draft were still being submitted, a government adviser said.

Kuwait moved Sunday to prop up the country’s second-largest commercial bank and scrambled to protect depositors at other domestic banks, dashing hopes the oil-rich Arab Gulf would emerge largely unscathed from the global financial crisis.

The U.S. is suspending a trade deal with Bolivia, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday. She called it unfortunate but necessary because Bolivian President Evo Morales has failed to improve anti-drug efforts