Design in your future
More and more, design is being recognized as a way to improve lives and make the world a healthier place. The newly formed College of Design educates students to be leaders in the field of social change and visionaries for a better future.

Research without borders
A new institute at the University of Minnesota promises to break down barriers between academic disciplines--and between the U and the public--in order to find comprehensive and practical solutions to global environmental issues.

U student named top-10 college woman
Glamour magazine has named Rebecca Mitchell one of its top 10 college women in the nation for 2006. She's featured in the magazine's October issue in an article titled "Brilliant, brave and under 25!"

Use of diet pills by teen girls nearly doubles
The use of diet pills by high school-aged females has nearly doubled over a five-year period from 7.5 percent to 14.2 percent, according to a recent study by the University's "Project EAT" (Eating Among Teens).

Literacy empowers
The women in Turkey are becoming more literate and self-sufficient, thanks in part to the efforts of Aydin Durgunoglu. The University of Minnesota, Duluth, psychology professor created a literacy program for the Turkish Mother-Child Education Foundation.

Healthy young hearts
Donald Dengel of the College of Education and Human Development studies cardiovascular health in overweight children--looking for promising early interventions that might give them a healthy future.

Sending out an SOS
Sending out an SOS

Sugar in your gas tank?
Sugar in your gas tank?

Connecting alumni: winter 2007
A digest of events and opportunities to keep alumni and friends connected to the University of Minnesota.

Capital gains
A scholarship from the U sent Jeff Will to Washington, where the experience he gained led to a career in politics.

Into Africa
Wayne and Carol Pletcher got an up-close view of a research project this past summer when they visited a student they helped support at her site in Tanzania.

U study shows heavy smokers compensate for fewer cigarettes
University of Minnesota tobacco researchers have found that heavy smokers who reduce their number of daily cigarettes still take in two to three times more total toxins per cigarette than light smokers.

Book reviews winter 2007
Three books with connections to the U, a memoir of art by Patricia Hampl, a biography of Ralph Ellison by John Wright, and a birding book by Robert Janssen and others.

Mapping a little-known culture
As part of her master's degree program in creative writing, University of Minnesota student Erin Altemus recorded the stories of the First Nation communities near the Canadian Artic.

Local hero
Gary Davis, a licensed psychologist at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Duluth, is helping to bring an urban care system to rural Minnesota through telemedicine.

U student named Rhodes Scholar
Katie N. Lee, an honors senior at the University of Minnesota majoring in biochemistry and chemistry, has been named one of 32 U.S. Rhodes Scholars for 2007. The scholarships, which are the oldest and best known awards for international study, cover two to three years of degree courses at Oxford University in England.