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	Alumni Association Home > Past Issues > 2005 > May-June 2005   May-June 2005 Peter Bianco, left, and Bob Elde in the new University Enterprise Laboratory In the May-June 2005 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. Additional articles in the issue include: Immigration Authority A profile of Rudolph Vecoli By Patricia Kelly Fresh Eyes Photos by nine freshmmen in the First Year Photo Project Learning to Tell Time Time is squandered when we incessantly measure what may be accomplished in it. Essay by Lindsay Shen Growing Businesses in a Lab 5/5/2005 Budding entrepreneurs and their startups, many of them spawned from U research, are finding state-of-the-art lab space and practical business support in the new University Enterprise Laboratories. If successful, this incubator could be the start of something very big in bioscience for Minnesota. By Phil Davies The Ph.D. and the Northeastern Fisheries 5/5/2005 Charles Burke Elliott, who earned the first Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, in 1888, wrote a dissertation that garnered the kind of acclaim Ph.D. doctoral students dream about. By Tim Brady Folk Hero of the Lost World 5/5/2005 Poet Todd Temkin's unobvious choices have led to unanticipated acclaim. Campus Digest 5/5/2005 Stadium Kick Off, Discoveries, Blue Jays and Impulsiveness, and Strategic Positioning Letters 5/5/2005 Readers assert that you can trust the government, weigh in on obesity, and more. Sports Notebook 5/5/2005 It was a Mad March for these five U of M teams. National President's Column: A Winning Deal 5/5/2005 By Andrea Hjelm, B.S. '65 CEO's Column: A Stadium Deal to Bank On 5/5/2005 By Margaret Sughrue Carlson, Ph.D. '83 A note about Minnesota on the Web Minnesota publishes articles on this Web site for which we own or have purchased electronic publishing rights. Minnesota is a primary benefit of membership in the alumni association. To join, visit the UMAA membership section. The editors appreciate reader feedback about the content in Minnesota. Please send comments to Minnesota Editor Shelly Fling.