University of Minnesota Alumni Association

Minnesota Alumni Winter 2024
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Columns

Editor's Note

For the Greater Good
Columns

Letters

What do you think? Send letters and comments to umnalumnimag@umn.edu
Up Front

Up Front

U of M and MDH awarded $17.5 million to develop national outbreak response network; a 50-year love story at Sanford Hall; $53.9 million to speed research, and a record number of U of M startups in 2023
Discoveries

Discoveries

Learn about U of M-based research discoveries.
Feature

What If We Could ‘Cure’ Aging?

The U of M's Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism is discovering groundbreaking new pathways that could help our bodies work better, longer.
Feature

Seeking Equity in Aging

U of M researchers study the disparities that exist in care for aging BIPOC communities—and offer solutions.
Feature

Live Better, Longer

What does science say about maintaining good health and aging well? U of M researchers offer their insights, the latest findings, and other top tips.
Columns

From the President

A Firsthand Look at Systemwide Excellence
Alumni Stories

The Truth is Out There

Jacob Haqq-Misra is an astrobiologist at the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science. He also has a few thoughts about UFOs.
Alumni Stories

A Smaller Small Home

Erin Card helps would-be homeowners who want to live in their own tiny home.
Alumni Stories

Finding Light in the Darkness

Dan Reidenberg believes talking about suicide can encourage individuals to seek help.
Alumni Stories

Keeping Rural Health Care Healthy

Margaret Kalina has spent her career advancing rural health care.
The Last Word

A Classroom Waltz

Jenzi Silverman (B.A.’ 92, M.A. ’95, Ph.D. ’08 ) is an instructor with the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing, and with OLLI.