University of Minnesota Alumni Association

Minnesota Alumni Winter 2021
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That Championship Season

In 1960, the Gophers football team pulled off an epic, worst-to-first turnabout and made it to the Rose Bowl. But it was Head Coach Murray Warmath’s social consciousness that helped them break racial barriers, shatter stereotypes, and change the future of football.
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Are We Closer To Fine?

If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that coping with change is now part of our daily life.
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Making Technology Accessible to All

When Christina Granquist lost her sight, the U of M helped her develop skills to become an accessibility leader.
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To the Moon and Beyond

Alumnus Jerry Posey is building astronaut armor he hopes will ultimately enable a mission to Mars.
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The Man Before Mandela

U of M alumni have created change in the world since the University was founded. Alfred B. Xuma, class of 1920, helped forge history in South Africa.
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Designing a Better World

The U of M School of Architecture’s new leader, Jennifer Yoos, wants to help rebuild her profession from the ground up.
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Expanding Our Minds

Once dismissed as part of hippie culture, the psychoactive drug psilocybin may offer exciting new avenues for treating intractable problems, says alumnus Roland Griffiths.
Alumni Stories

Still Making Change

U of M retirees continue to enhance the legacy of their former employer.
Alumni Stories

Flipping Policy

With his company Civic Eagle, Damola Ogundipe uses technology to democratize political information.
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Fierce and Fabulous Mentor

As an electrical engineer in the defense industry, Laura Odell coaches others to strive for greatness.
Up Front

Up Front

Stories from around the U
Discoveries

The Rx Fix

RoundtableRx, a nonprofit startup led by students at the U of M’s College of Pharmacy, is easing the burden of medication costs for Minnesotans in need with a prescription-drug repository.
Discoveries

Discoveries

"Physicians' Pay Gap," "Immigrants and COVID-19," and "Measuring Global Temperatures"
Books

Mental Illness, Racial Conversations, and Wildlife Conservation

It’s Minnesota Alumni’s quarterly books roundup
Columns

From the President

A Difficult Situation
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Editor's Note

Living Through Change
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Letters

What do you think? Send letters and comments to umnalumnimag@umn.edu
The Last Word

Distance Learnings

It’s not easy to teach middle school, or to be in middle school, or to raise a middle schooler. This year, a very hard thing has gotten even harder for teachers, students, and families.