What's Inside

Light on the subject
(8/28/2007) The Twin Cities campus will save more than $1.5 million over the next five years by changing light bulbs building by building instead of bulb by bulb, and by using a more energy-efficient bulb.

Cool country, warm ties
(7/23/2007) The universities of Iceland and Minnesota celebrated 25 years of collaboration when a U of M delegation visited the island nation in May, conferring an honorary degree on the prime minister, a U alumnus.

Salamanders of Appalachia
(7/17/2007) For Kenneth Kozak, the Appalachian forests are salamander heaven. The University of Minnesota herpetologist is trying to find out what it is about this environment that enables the more than 15 salamander species to flourish there.

The St. Paul campus shows off its research on July 19
(7/12/2007) The St. Paul campus will open its doors to its neighors on July 19 to show what research and discoveries come out of it labs and fields.

Growing greener
(6/29/2007) Want the walleye to disappear someday? Neither do we. The U's Sustainability Initiative is out to help the state preserve and conserve its natural resources.