What's Inside

Iron Man takes physics for a ride
(5/2/2008) As Iron Man swoops into theaters, the U's James Kakalios ponders the physics of the superhero's suit--and says a U professor is making one of its features a reality.

Musical sights
(4/30/2008) A picture may be worth a thousand words. But for students in the University of Minnesota's College of Liberal Arts music classes, they are also worth a thousand notes.

Book reviews spring 2008
(4/25/2008) Gayla Marty reviews The Florist's Daughter, The Truth About Garden Remedies, and Earthworms of the Great Lakes in this Spring 2008 edition of Book Reviews.

The art and the artist
(4/23/2008) Arnold Newman photographed many of the icons of 20th-century art, science, and politics, including John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and Georgia O'Keeffe. Earlier this year, Newman's son, Eric, a neuroscience professor at the U, approached the Weisman Art Museum to donate 40 of his late father's famous portraits.

Ruby red slippers and Yellow Brick Road, with a twist
(4/16/2008) The University Theatre and Dance explores the universal themes of courage, intelligence, love, and the importance of home in its version of "The Wiz," a 1975 Broadway musical adapted from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.