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May-June 2007
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Cabin Fever: Cover photograph of a door to a cabin on Lake Alexander in Morrison County, part of a photo-essay by Doug Ohman on the icons of Minnesota summer.
In the May-June 2007 issue you will find stories about University happenings, interesting events and alumni, Gopher sports, and more. Links to stories for which the UMAA owns electronic publishing rights are listed below.

Cabin Fever
5/10/2007
Photographs of the icon of Minnesota summer: the cabin.
Photos and essay by Doug Ohman

Winsome Ways
5/10/2007
A conversation with University alumnus and Super Bowl champion Tony Dungy.
By John Rosengren

Educating the Masses
5/10/2007
In the early 1950s, the expanding medium of television got University of Minnesota educators thinking. What if they could use TV to instruct people in remote locations, such as their living rooms? A few years later, educational television went on the air in the Twin Cities, from a studio on the University campus.
By Tim Brady

First Person: Fear and Floating
5/10/2007
Apprehension isn’t always rational, but neither is ignoring one’s intuition.
By Karen Olson

About Campus
5/10/2007
Understanding failure at self-control, tracking an upcoming asteroid, and law students take the stage.

Discoveries
5/10/2007
How doctors would cure health systems, when nutrients pollute, and are we walking on diamonds?

UNews
5/10/2007
Four new regents appointed, research university rankings released, and the Weisman grows wings.

Q&A with Mike Hebert
5/10/2007
Coach Mike Hebert discusses his health and coaching the volleyball Gophers.
By Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

Sports Notebook
5/10/2007
New men's basketball coach Tubby Smith lands in Minnesota, and other Gopher sports news and notes.

Off the Shelf: A Desire Named Streetcar
5/10/2007
Twin Cities by Trolley: The Streetcar Era in Minneapolis and St. Paul, By John Diers (B.A. ’67) and Aaron Isaacs
Review by Jim Foti

Letters
5/10/2007

Arts and Events: The Arboretum Branches Out
5/10/2007
The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum branches out.

UMAA Report
5/10/2007
Saluting excellent teachers, rally at the capitol, the reach of alumni socities, and UMAA happenings.

National President
5/10/2007
What Has the U Done for You?
National President, Dennis Schulstad, B.A. '66

Chief Executive Officer
5/10/2007

Tales From the Road

Margaret Sughrue Carlson (Ph.D. ’83)

Editor's Note
5/10/2007
Fueling the Discussion
By Shelly Fling

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