Summer
2024
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Up Front
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Off they go!; Oh, Baby!; Celebrating 120 Years in Style
Up Front
Rachel Hardeman named one of the TIME100 Most Influential People in the World
“This is an incredible honor,” says Hardeman.
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The Education of Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey was a tireless champion of civil rights.
Discoveries
Discoveries
The Value of Water; Smoking in Rural America; Insights into Lung Distress
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From the President
Pride and Promise in a Time of Transition
Feature
From Pen to Page
Book publisher and editor Emilie Buchwald knows the importance of a good story, well told.
Feature
The Play's the Thing
Actor and singer Santino Fontana, who won a Tony award in 2019, credits the U of M with teaching him how to 'tell other people's stories'.
Feature
Making News for Everyone
Mukhtar Ibrahim founded <i>Sahan Journal</i> to broaden and deepen news reporting for communities of color.
Feature
Telling Nature's Stories
What happens when a scientist and a writer get together to examine the world around us? Beautiful things.
Feature
Tales of a Life
Writer Lewis Hyde has followed his pen from a start at the <i>Minnesota Daily</i> to being lauded by literary heavyweights like Margaret Atwood.
Feature
Saddle Up
Shelley Paulson uses an artist's eye to photograph horses. Her editorial and commercial clients rely on her to help them tell their stories.
Feature
The Eye of the Beholder
Caroline Kent uses her abstract art to reach viewers directly 'through the senses'.
Feature
Elevating Native Voices
During a long, influential career, John Poupart championed putting American Indian voices at the center of important policy issues. But before that, he needed to change the arc of his own story.
Alumni Stories
Food is its Own Language
In a playful take on 'food writing', Judith Tschann savors words for their sustenance.
Alumni Stories
Play Ball
As a videographer for the Tampa Bay Rays, Michael O'Toole has a better-than-front-row seat for the game.
The Last Word
My Soul's Job
Excerpt from <i>Traveling without Moving: Essays from a Black Woman Trying to Survive in America.</i>
Summer
2024
Features
Feature
The Education of Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey was a tireless champion of civil rights.
Feature
From Pen to Page
Book publisher and editor Emilie Buchwald knows the importance of a good story, well told.
Feature
The Play's the Thing
Actor and singer Santino Fontana, who won a Tony award in 2019, credits the U of M with teaching him how to 'tell other people's stories'.
Feature
Making News for Everyone
Mukhtar Ibrahim founded <i>Sahan Journal</i> to broaden and deepen news reporting for communities of color.
Feature
Telling Nature's Stories
What happens when a scientist and a writer get together to examine the world around us? Beautiful things.
Feature
Tales of a Life
Writer Lewis Hyde has followed his pen from a start at the <i>Minnesota Daily</i> to being lauded by literary heavyweights like Margaret Atwood.
Feature
Saddle Up
Shelley Paulson uses an artist's eye to photograph horses. Her editorial and commercial clients rely on her to help them tell their stories.
Feature
The Eye of the Beholder
Caroline Kent uses her abstract art to reach viewers directly 'through the senses'.
Feature
Elevating Native Voices
During a long, influential career, John Poupart championed putting American Indian voices at the center of important policy issues. But before that, he needed to change the arc of his own story.
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The Last Word
My Soul's Job
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Rachel Hardeman named one of the TIME100 Most Influential People in the World
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