Cover photo by Tim Rummelhoff

Features

BIOCHEMISTRY—A student’s best friend

BIOTECHNOLOGY—Predicting the past

EVOLUTION—Science and society

PLANT BIOLOGY—Adaptation

STUDENT LIFE—A doctor anda lawyer

ALUMNI PROFILE—Scientific skullduggery

 

Spring 2006

In this Issue

LEADERS IN THE FIELD

Concerns about global warming and other environmental issues are raising
the stakes for ecology field research.

To meet the challenge, the University’s
field stations at Cedar Creek and Itasca, where ecology research and educa-
tion are carried out, need significant capital improvements.

In Every Issue

From the Dean

Biology is bubbling up into other scientific fields

Abstracts

$1 million Howard Hughes grant ...U of M-Mayo partnership grants...Lincoln
legacy...Nature loves biodiversity...Disease detective.

College News

Alumnus Kien Nguyen...New CBS development director...UEL makes a
splash...New CBS-IT Career Center...Goldwater scholarships.

Alumni News

Class Notes...UMAA Annual Celebration.

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