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Feature
Longing for Football
Although the delta variant could conceivably alter fall activities, the U of M hopes fans will once again be able to fill stands to see the Golden Gophers take the field.
Feature
Al Milgrom's Last Adventure
Minnesota’s prophet of film was still happily promoting his last documentaries, including one about the 1970s U of M Dinkytown uprising, when he passed away at 98.
Feature
Minnesota Dreamin'
When the pandemic took hold, U of M international students faced a difficult choice—remain on campus or return home. Incoming students also needed to decide if they wanted to begin their college student experience online or postpone for a year. But as the U of M reopens, these students are quickly returning to campus.
Feature
A Place for Words
The English and creative writing departments now have a permanent home in a newly renovated Pillsbury Hall.
Feature
Not Business As Usual
For the past year and a half, alumni entrepreneurs faced calamity as Minnesotans retreated indoors and commerce ground to a halt. This is how some of them coped and what they learned along the way.
Feature
The Great American Think-Off
In 1992, the tiny town of New York Mills had a groundbreaking idea: bring together deep thinkers to ponder some of life's mysteries. This year, Gophers dominated the competition.
Alumni Stories
Serving the Public Interest
As the president and CEO of the nonpartisan Pew Charitable Trusts, alumna Susan Urahn champions the global organization's core values in turbulent times.
Up Front
Up Front
Stories from around the U
Discoveries
Discoveries
"Protecting Elders from Scams," "Woodpecker Science," and "Algorithms and the Environment"
Books
Stunt Reporters, Norwegians, and Loons
It's Minnesota Alumni's quarterly books roundup.
Columns
Editor's Note
A New Way Forward
Columns
From the President
Planning for the Future
Columns
Letters
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The Last Word
The Davids
When my husband, Rob, was in architecture school at the University of Minnesota in the 1980s, he shared a studio with three other guys, two of whom were named David.
Fall
2021
Features
Feature
Longing for Football
Although the delta variant could conceivably alter fall activities, the U of M hopes fans will once again be able to fill stands to see the Golden Gophers take the field.
Feature
Al Milgrom's Last Adventure
Minnesota’s prophet of film was still happily promoting his last documentaries, including one about the 1970s U of M Dinkytown uprising, when he passed away at 98.
Feature
Minnesota Dreamin'
When the pandemic took hold, U of M international students faced a difficult choice—remain on campus or return home. Incoming students also needed to decide if they wanted to begin their college student experience online or postpone for a year. But as the U of M reopens, these students are quickly returning to campus.
Feature
A Place for Words
The English and creative writing departments now have a permanent home in a newly renovated Pillsbury Hall.
Feature
Not Business As Usual
For the past year and a half, alumni entrepreneurs faced calamity as Minnesotans retreated indoors and commerce ground to a halt. This is how some of them coped and what they learned along the way.
Feature
The Great American Think-Off
In 1992, the tiny town of New York Mills had a groundbreaking idea: bring together deep thinkers to ponder some of life's mysteries. This year, Gophers dominated the competition.
Departments
Alumni Stories
Serving the Public Interest
Books
Stunt Reporters, Norwegians, and Loons
Columns
Editor's Note
From the President
Letters
Discoveries
Discoveries
The Last Word
The Davids
Up Front
Up Front
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