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| July-August 2003 |
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Links to stories for which the UMAA owns electronic publishing rights are listed below. Additional articles in the issue include: The Artist Engineer Alumnus Viet Ngo (B.S. '70, M.S. '75) creates large-scale art projects while solving environmental and engineering problems. That's just one example of how the Vietnam native and self-described "eccentric guy" has applied his many talents. By Andy Steiner Grid Expectations Gopher football head coach Glen Mason fields a potentially "great, cohesive team" poised to move up in the Big Ten. Plus, what a big bowl win would do for the University, and the legend of Bronko Nagurski. (For an exclusive online preview of Gopher football, see below.) By John Rosengren Off the Shelf Reviews and views of books with a University connection. By Lynette Lamb and Katy Read |
| Voices: Body Language 7/9/2003 Artist and activist Ananya Chatterjea, assistant professor of dance at the University of Minnesota, uses her body as an instrument to tell stories about violence against women and to inspire social change. As told to Vicki Stavig |
| A Surgeon's Saga 7/9/2003 Dr. Michael Maddaus, co-director of the University's new Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, was the kind of kid who would have been voted "least likely to succeed" at his high school graduation. That is, if he'd ever graduated from high school. By Richard Broderick |
| Campus Digest 7/9/2003 Campus Q&A, research news, overheard on campus, and our Web hit. |
| Gopher Football Preview 7/9/2003 An on-line extra supplementing our print coverage of Gopher football, we take you through the Gopher team position by position. |
| In Brief 7/9/2003 The U suffers a nearly 15 percent state-funding cut; Extension Service to close county offices; residence hall students earned award for community service; and more U news. |
| Letters 7/9/2003 Readers sound off on corn into plastic, students as customers, and other issues. |
| UMAA National President: Your Campaign Gifts at Work 7/9/2003 Some impressive numbers from one of the most successful campaigns by a U.S. university. Deb Hopp, B.A. '75 |
| UMAA Executive Director: Stopping the Riots 7/9/2003 The University's message is clear: Riotous behavior will not be tolerated. Margaret S. Carlson, Ph.D. '83 |