A few of the stories in this issue:

• From AIDS to Zzyzo: A Century of Stories - For 100 years, the alumni magazine has been a chronicler of University happenings, a voice of alumni, and a forum for exploring new ideas. Here are 100 excerpts and summaries of stories that appeared in the alumni magazine in its century of publication.

• Fast Forward: U Research Shapes the Future - For the past century, the alumni magazine has reported on breakthroughs and advances made by University of Minnesota researchers and described how those accomplishments would improve the lives of Minnesotans and people around the world. Our gaze now turns toward the future.

• Fair Play: 30 Years of Title IX - Since the enactment of Title IX legislation 30 years ago, women’s intercollegiate athletics has exploded. While few dispute the good Title IX has done for women and girls, gender equity can come at a high price. Three decades after its passage, the landmark legislation—and how it is enforced—is as controversial as ever.

• Voices: The Royle Touch - David Royle (M.A. ’88), executive producer of National Geographic’s Explorer series, uses television and film to take viewers to places they otherwise could never see and to awareness they otherwise might never reach.

• First Person: Traversing Boundaries - A moment of unexpected grace by way of an arduous canoe trip and an unusual boy. An essay by Richard Broderick

• Gophers Sports: A Season of Champions - Two NCAA championship teams, three individual national champions, dozens of all-Americans, and a handful of all-around achievers made the 2001–02 Gopher winter sports season one for the record books.

• Campus Digest, Faculty Research, UMAA Report, and more.

Links to some of these and other stories can be found below. UMAA members receive Minnesota six times a year. To join, click here.