The longtime baseball coach at the University of St. Thomas is retiring after 15 years and two national championships.

Next-generation interactive moon mission simulations, social networking curricula centered on missions to Mars, and engineering design challenges are among 13 education projects NASA has selected for funding.

NASA has purchased two reusable solid rocket motors from ATK Launch Systems Inc. of Brigham City, Utah, to provide a "launch on need" rescue capability for the final planned space shuttle mission, targeted for September 2010.

Astronauts are not the only ones earning wings on the International Space Station. Butterflies emerged aboard the station recently, to the delight of science students across the country.

NASA and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) have signed a joint statement that allows for collaboration in lunar and asteroid science research.

A Seminar and Interactive Session held in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, December 10, 2009 helped to introduce Members of Congress and Congressional Staff to new approaches to information. SLIS professor Katy Börner was the speaker.

UPDATED 8:50 PM — LANSING — The Lansing school board voted Tuesday to raid its savings account and to cut teachers, custodians and an administrator to help fill gaps in this year’s budget.Like districts across the state, Lansing is making

EAST LANSING - The East Lansing school board on Monday approved smaller cuts than originally proposed in hopes that Gov. Jennifer Granholm will decide next month to partially restore state funding cuts.

By the summer of 1827, Ho-Chunk leaders had become alarmed at the number of white squatters on their lands. An 1825 treaty had drawn boundaries to keep settlers and native peoples apart, but for two years lead miners had ignored

In recent decades we have seen an explosion in the activities of multinational corporations: Just think of Silicon Valley subsidiaries residing in Bangalore ("the Silicon Valley of India") as well as Detroit firm subsidiaries based in Slovakia ("the Detroit of

Everybody knew Michael Beasley would be one-and-done. Some expected his coach to follow suit, once he fulfilled his duties to get Beasley to Kansas State. How wrong they were about Frank Martin, Gary Parrish says.

No. 1 Alabama placed six players, including Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram, on the Associated Press All-America team. Ingram was a unanimous choice, as were teammate Rolando McClain, Stanford running back Toby Gerhart and Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh.

Keith Easterwood, a summer basketball coach from Memphis, said Tennessee's recruiting hostesses are a 'very organized operation' but Easterwood is refusing to talk to the NCAA, Gary Parrish says.

Santa Clara (6-4) finishes its two-game swing in Houston at Rice (4-4) on Wed., Dec. 16 before returning home to host eight straight home games. It will be Rice's first game in 11 days due to final exams. Santa Clara

Santa Clara leaves the Bay Area for colder weather, playing the Golden Gophers of Minnesota Wednesday at 5 p.m. PT, then meeting Boise State at the Taco Bell Arena Saturday, at 12 p.m. PT.

Less than six weeks ago, Syracuse was embarrassed in an exhibition game by a Division II team. SC's Ross Lancaster looks at what has happened to change things for the Orange and focuses on the unexpected star of the team.