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2019
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About Campus
Remembering the Morrill Hall Takeover
Professor Emeritus John Wright participated in a pivotal moment in the U's history.
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Welcome to the Future
Robots can't do everything. From interpreting data to cleaning up water systems to providing medical care for the elderly—the University of Minnesota is preparing students for the careers of the future.
About Campus
Introducing Number 17: Joan Gabel
On July 1, the University of Minnesota’s first female president will take the helm.
Arts
All the World's a Stage
Through hyperlocal plays, Obama Fellow Ashley Hanson helps small-town residents think differently about their futures.
Discoveries
The Mushroom Man
Mycologist Bryn Dentinger helps make sense of the mysterious world of fungi.
First Person
What a Liberal Arts Education Did for Me
As a first-generation American with no interest in becoming a lawyer, my English degree showed me how to live as an artist.
Discoveries
The Cream of Wheat
Since 1888, University of Minnesota researchers have been breeding wheat plants to make them stronger and more productive. Can they make this crop more popular in Minnesota?
Feature
Here Come the Robots
A peek inside the U's new Gemini-Huntley Robotics Research Laboratory
Books
Photographer Wing Young Huie Explores Race and Identity
It's Minnesota Alumni's quarterly books roundup.
Alumni Stories
In Session
The chairs of the Higher Education Finance and Policy Committees in the Minnesota House and Senate talk about the University of Minnesota and share some favorite spots.
About Campus
Ask a Professor: How to Slim Those Portly Pets
Six quick questions for veterinary nutritionist Julie Churchill
Travel
A Living Monument
Rather than being tucked away, Croatia’s ancient Diocletian’s Palace is part of city life.
Alumni Stories
Root Causes
An innovative task force on the North Shore provides dental care to struggling families.
History
Unpopular Science: Acid Rain
U researcher Eville Gorham linked acid rain to the burning of fossil fuels in the 1950s, but the U.S. wouldn’t regulate emissions until three decades later.
Alumni Stories
Reading Hurt
Laura Castor teaches how fiction can help us process life’s most debilitating events.
Columns
Editor's Note
Why "firsts" matter
The Last Word
I Ask Inmates What Happened
An author and criminal defense investigator describes her work.
Spring
2019
Features
Feature
Welcome to the Future
Robots can't do everything. From interpreting data to cleaning up water systems to providing medical care for the elderly—the University of Minnesota is preparing students for the careers of the future.
Feature
Here Come the Robots
A peek inside the U's new Gemini-Huntley Robotics Research Laboratory
Departments
About Campus
Remembering the Morrill Hall Takeover
Introducing Number 17: Joan Gabel
Ask a Professor: How to Slim Those Portly Pets
Alumni Stories
In Session
Root Causes
Reading Hurt
Arts
All the World's a Stage
Books
Photographer Wing Young Huie Explores Race and Identity
Columns
Editor's Note
Discoveries
The Mushroom Man
The Cream of Wheat
First Person
What a Liberal Arts Education Did for Me
History
Unpopular Science: Acid Rain
The Last Word
I Ask Inmates What Happened
Travel
A Living Monument
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