University of Minnesota Alumni Association

Minnesota Alumni Fall 2018
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Feature

Making Sure Every Vote Counts

A one-of-a-kind program at the U teaches students how to run efficient, open, and secure elections.
Feature

Telling Secrets

Alumna Sheila Krumholz tracks the big money that fuels our elections.
Feature

They’ve Done Their Time

Now, according to a growing movement, it’s our time to restore voting rights to people with felony records.
Feature

Will Your Vote Be Hacked?

Not while alumnus and Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon stands between voters and danger.
Feature

I Married a Pundit

A spouse shares her take on political commentator Larry Jacobs.
About Campus

Goodbye to the Big M Bridge

A June inspection of the nearly 70-year-old suspension bridge found deterioration that cannot be repaired.
About Campus

Campus A to Z

Twenty-six reasons to love U of M’s Twin Cities campus.
Discoveries

Caring for the Caregivers

Professor Joe Gaugler develops support systems for families tending to Alzheimer’s and dementia patients.
History

On Ice

In the late 1950s and early ’60s, teams of researchers from the University of Minnesota made pioneering treks to Antarctica, where they named a formation after Pillsbury Hall.
Travel

The Most Beauty Anywhere

La Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain, amazes.
Arts

Talking the Walk

Spoken word artist and alumnus Guante explores what it means to be a man in 2018 and beyond.
Books

An Academic Skewering, Talks with Hollywood Royalty, and Ruminations on Suicide

Minnesota Alumni’s quarterly books roundup.
Alumni Stories

Haven’t Heard of Kernza?

Thanks to alumnus and crop scientist Lee DeHaan, you will.
Alumni Stories

Space Cowgirl

Alumna Johanna Lucht is breaking new ground as a deaf engineer at NASA.
Alumni Stories

The Triumphs of a Dogged Man

Alumnus Larry Laukka has spent his life spearheading efforts that will benefit the U for decades to come.
The Last Word

Sometimes I Feel Like Harriet Tubman

A mother contends with racial bias in public schools.