University of Minnesota

Sept. 20, 2007 -- Playboy is on the hunt for the sexiest Wolverines, Wildcats, Badgers and Hawkeyes from one of the most elite and talented conferences out there. This fall, Playboy photographers will visit all 11 schools of the Big 10 in search of the hottest coeds to appear in the magazine's annual college girls pictorial. The "Girls of the Big 10" feature will run in Playboy's May 2008 issue (on newsstands and at PlayboyDigital.com Friday, April 4.)    » read more »

17-Sep-2007 -- A University of Minnesota study of prostate cancer tumors from Caucasian and African-American men has shown no evidence that the cancer is more aggressive in black men. Lead investigator Akhouri Sinha, a professor of genetics, cell biology, and development and research scientist at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, said the belief that black men’s tumors are more aggressive is based on studies that failed to match patients properly and used only indirect means to measure tumor aggressiveness. The work will be published in Anticancer Research Sept. 21 (vol. 27, issue 5A, pp.    » read more »