Winter 2003
CLA Today Winter 2003
From the dean: Imagining possibilities
Feature: CLA scholars are knowledge leaders
Faculty scholars in disciplines across the college are creating new knowledge and contributing time, knowledge, and understanding to communities.
- Thomas Augst: Bridging Lives and Literature
- Chris Federico: Unpacking Racism
- Erika Lee: Creating an Authentic History
- Steven Ruggles: Tracking Terabytes
- Karen-Sue Taussig: Dances Into Scholarly Life
- David Walsh: Impassioned Impresario
- David Wilkins: In Hot Pursuit of Truth
- Susy Ziegler: Ringing In the Old
Feature: Serving communities, creating knowledge
Funds from granting agencies keep CLA faculty in the vanguard of research on subjects and issues ranging from immigration to crime-busting.
In every issue: Awards & accolades
Notable alumni/ae:
Joyce Kelly and Ingrid Lehmann are bent on saving the world--one from her perch at the Wildlife Habitat Council in Maryland, the other from her post at the United Nations in Vienna.
Philanthropy with vision:
Asher Waldfogel honors his mentor, philosopher John Dolan; giving is a family tradition for alums Amy and Benjamin Alamar.
CLA Today,
College of Liberal Arts
Winter 2003--Volume 6 Number 1
CLA Today is published 3 times a year by the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts for alumni/ae, faculty, staff and friends of the college.
Dean--Steven J. Rosenstone
Director of External Relations--Mary Hicks
Director of communications & executive editor--Eugenia
Smith
Assistant editor--Amy Murdock
Writers-Joanna Dornfeld, Joel Hoekstra, Mary Shafer, Carla Waldemar, Karin Winegar, Judy Woodward
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