The Bentson Foundation is giving $15 million to the University of Minnesota to reverse lower rates of undergraduate admission, retention and graduation among students with the greatest financial need. This…

With new support for its Bentson Scholars Program, the Bentson Foundation secures future opportunities for outstanding students in marine science. It was a partnership that made perfect sense. Alumni Laurie…

The sign outside the Walker Art Center’s Cinematheque clearly suggests it’s a space for film screenings, but what about the Mediatheque, that smallish, black-box-theater-esque viewing room located across from the…

A University of Chicago 2010 study found that only six percent of former foster youth earned a college degree by age 24, compared to 27.5 percent of the general population.…

The new Minneapolis Residency Program is an elementary education program with a focus on diversifying the teacher candidate pool. It was created by the College of Education and Human Development…

Earlier this week, a group gathered at the Alexander Ramsey House to hear about the Ramsey family’s secret struggle with mental illness — and to celebrate the successful completion of…

Taking advantage of a break in action, Edward Davis, 29, took out a large strip of lined paper to write out a question for his second-graders' afternoon reading lesson at…

MINNEAPOLIS – (May 19, 2014) – Phillips Eye Institute Foundation is pleased to announce its first ever gift of $1,000,000 from the Bentson Foundation.  The donation will help fund the…

A Twin Cities foundation will invest $10 million in a University of Minnesota program that develops highly trained nurses. By funding the U of M's Doctor of Nursing Practice program,…

A Twin Cities foundation has chosen to donate $10 million to the University of Minnesota. It is specifically for the School of Nursing’s scholarships for a certain type of degree:…