MINNEAPOLIS — A standout Gopher women's soccer player just punched her ticket to the pros. Gopher senior, Khyah Harper, signed with New Jersey/New York Gotham FC in January. She's the third ...

In 1940, the University commissioned George Grooms, an artist for a small Iowa manufacturing company, to create the institution’s gopher mascot, according to a 1995 Minnesota Daily article. On his way ...