What's Inside

Faster wireless Internet planned for Twin Cities and Rochester campuses
(5/6/2008) The Office of Information Technology has been working to upgrade the current wireless network on the UMTC and UMR campuses. The new network will have offer some of the fastest wireless service available and provide users with better security.

A new way of doing business
(4/29/2008) Over the past two years, the University has transformed its facilities management department into an operation that is more customer-focused, cost effective, and accountable.

Not all who wander
(4/24/2008) Clyde Reedy is getting very accustomed to telling his story. What makes his story even richer is his experience with the University of Minnesota, both in the early 1940s as a student and in recent decades as a benefactor.

Connecting alumni, spring 2008
(4/18/2008) The spring 2008 Connecting Alumni section features blurbs about telling your U story, the power of alumni, the upcoming UMAA annual celebration, and more.

A natural among museums
(4/18/2008) A recent $3 million commitment to the U's Bell Museum of Natural history is for a new museum facility to open in 2010. The remarkable gift comes from the James Ford Bell Foundation, which affirms the importance of the Bell Museum as the state's natural history museum.