University of Minnesota Alumni Association
 
January-February 2007
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Dr. Barbara Sigford
In the January-February 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.

Healing Body and Brain
1/11/2007
Soldiers at war in Iraq and Afghanistan are surviving wounds—including traumatic brain injury—that would have killed them in earlier wars. Dr. Barbara Sigford’s polytrauma unit is treating some of the most severe cases, helping patients regain as much of their former lives as possible.
By Suzanne Miller

Five Reasons Corn Ethanol Won’t Save the Planet
1/11/2007
And the alternative biofuels University of Minnesota researchers believe just might.
By Greg Breining

A Difference in Tone
1/11/2007
Around the turn of the 20th century, the University of Minnesota enjoyed a reputation in the Jewish community as a civil, tolerant institution, and the number of Jewish students on campus rose dramatically. Anti-Semitic storms were gathering, however, overseas and at home.

This is the first in a two-part history.
By Tim Brady

Taconite Tough
1/11/2007
Scrappy and hardworking, Gopher hockey’s Andre Nichols is the pride of the Iron Range.
By Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

Sports Notebook
1/11/2007
Gopher sports news and notes.
By Cynthia Scott

First Person: A Prayer for Jane
1/11/2007
Two lives cross paths on the treacherous Kopka River.
Essay by Erin Altemus

Off the Shelf
1/11/2007
Will Weaver's Sweet Land, plus Bookmarks

Arts & Events: The Difference Is in the Dance
1/11/2007

About Campus
1/11/2007
Politics and Professor Jacobs, Latino Network, Web Hit, East Gateway, Down with the Elevators, and Overheard on Campus

Discoveries
1/11/2007
Research briefs from the U

Letters
1/11/2007

Editor's Note
1/11/2007
Deliberate Dialog
By Shelly Fling

UMAA Report
1/11/2007
Profiles, President's Column, CEO's Column, and more.

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