Young alumni, unite
If you graduated between 1993 and 2002, you can help the U of M win the challenge by making a gift to the college or program of your choice. It doesn't matter whether your gift is large or small. What does matter is that you participate.

Six months and counting
The final phase of Campaign Minnesota.

Even Mother Nature loves maroon and gold
Noted nature photographer and U of M alum Jim Brandenburg has donated a photo again this year to the University's Even Mother Nature Loves Maroon and Gold poster series. Posters and note cards are available.

Excellence is her bench mark
Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz, alumna and donor, talks about her career in public service.

Teaching and performing with a little help from School of Music friends
Stella Branzburg Sick is the type of School of Music student who benefits from the generosity of donors like Harvey Berneking.

Surprise gift a high note
The University of Minnesota's School of Music received an extraordinary birthday present in its 100th year. An unexpected bequest was left to the school that's expected to total several million dollars.

Passing on the mace
The University will inaugurate its new president while remembering its founding days.

The University helps put U.S. lugers on the international map
White Bear Lake native Tony Benshoof, fresh from a second-place finish in the men's nationals--a title he has won four times--is looking forward to the 2006 Olympic games.

Great Conversations continues
Spring line-up includes Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

A liberating experience
Why the liberal arts matter.

Mouse tracks, winter 2003
An ongoing selection of some of the University's best Web sites.

The journey that matters
Astronaut and alumnus Duane Carey talks about experiencing the real world. "Life is long," he tells students. "Get out there and experience the real world."

Alumni Career Expo set
As large and broad a career fair as any held on the Twin Cities campus will take place Friday, April 23, in the McNamara Alumni Center.

Don't be shy, contact your legislator
A unique budget proposal, a challenging state budget outlook, and numerous new legislators give University supporters a chance to make a special impact this year. By becoming part of the University of Minnesota Legislative Network, volunteers will be informed of important legislative votes and given tips on making effective contacts.

Stop Me Because I Can't Stop Myself
Jon E. Grant and his colleague, S.W. Kim, both directors of the University's Impulse Control Disorders Clinic, wrote Stop Me Because I Can't Stop Myself, a guide to understanding impulse control disorders.

Make your bed
University research shows that involving children in daily chores gives them a sense of responsibility, competence, self-reliance, and self-worth that stays with them throughout their lives.

Creature cinema
The Bell Museum is preserving its wildlife film collection with a gift from the National Film Preservation Foundation. Walter J. Breckenridge, a longtime director of the museum and a 1941 U graduate with a Ph.D. in zoology, traveled across the state and made forays into upper Canada and Alaska to capture images of birds in flight, courtship rituals, and animals raising their young.

Books to light the way
Ever wonder what books inspire the University's leading thinkers? The College of Continuing Education asked some of the University's top minds to pick the books that have had the most impact on their thinking. The result--U Reads.

Campus clubhouse returns
The new Coffman is an intriguing blend of past and present--of palatial expanse with up-to-date convenience, of old games and new gadgets, of restored art deco splendor blending into a very modern building.