When it comes to sustainability, most research is aimed at developing new technology. The U of M's Carlson School will focus instead on how and why consumers use that green technology.

The school says it will file an appeal with the Minnesota Supreme Court over the Jimmy Williams lawsuit. An attorney for the school says the judgment "has the potential to harm the University now and in the future." The Court of Appeals upheld an earlier decision saying the school must pay Williams $1 million after promising him a coaching job. Williams reportedly accepted the offer, put his house up for sale and quit his job at Oklahoma State. The U of M athletic director later refused to hire him.

U researchers say they've found that if schools adopt recipes that use whole grains in foods like pizzas, pastas and bread -- the change increases a students intake by more than 25 percent.

The credit, passed into law last year, helps finance the rehabilitation of historic buildings around the state -- and the U believes that will translate into the creation of 1,800 new construction jobs.

Low graduation rates and poor student satisfaction among transfer students means the University of Minnesota will begin accepting fewer undergraduate transfers. The school plans for transfer students to make up 33 percent of their student population.

The U of M just isn't as sexy as it was a year ago. That's according to the Trojan Sexual Health Report Card which ranked the university 68th in collegiate sex practices. The U of M was tenth best in 2010.

The university wants to increase its undergrad enrollment by about 1,000 students -- for a total of 33,000 students. The new students would mostly be in science, engineering, technology and math.

The university's new president, Eric Kaler, says the school will move away from a "can't do it, never done it, won't do it" mentality to "yes, let's give it a try." He spoke recently to hundreds of alumni and others at an event at the Carlson School of Management.