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Page 1: Renew, vol. 2

College of Biological Sciences

Just as nature renews itself, alumni, students and faculty

renew the College of Biological Sciences.

REPORT TO DONORS 2011

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2 | College of Biological Sciences

renewFall 2011 | Vol. 2

Robert EldeDean

Laurie HennenDevelopment Director

Peggy RinardCommunications Director and Editor

Martha CoventryContributing Writer

Emily Barger Graphic Design

Tim RummelhoffPhotography

Jean Marie LindquistAdministrative Assistant

Renew is published annually by

the College of Biological Sciences

for donors, alumni and friends. To

change your address or request an

alternative format, contact Jean

Marie Lindquist at lindqu001@umn.

edu or 612-625-7705.

The College of Biological

Sciences is committed to sustain-

ability. This publication is printed

on environmentally-friendly paper

with an average of 100% recycled

fiber and 50% post-consumer

waste using soy-based inks.

The University of Minnesota is an

equal opportunity educator and

employer.

Copyright © by the University of

Minnesota Board of Regents, 2010.

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CONTENTS

From the DeanHelp keep CBS

affordable

News Highlights

FeaturesGiving Means More Than Having

Fourth Generation Gopher

A Grateful Heart and a Generous Spirit

Launching a Biotech Business From the Basement

Down Payment on an Endowed Scholarship

Laurie Hennen

Reconnect with CBS

The Value of Water

CBS and Gray Freshwater Society offer lecture series on water issues

Donor Honor Roll

Making a Difference

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FROM THE DEAN

Sincerely,

Bob Elde, Dean

College of Biological Sciences

This issue of Renew features stories of five remarkable

alumni who are making a difference at the College of

Biological Sciences.

Darby and Geri Nelson, who met at Itasca Biological

Station and Laboratories more than 40 years ago, have

made a substantial gift to improve the Itasca campus so

future generations can enjoy it. For the Nelsons, whose

enjoyment of nature makes material possessions super-

fluous, giving is a joy.

Mary Kemen is a fourth-generation University of

Minnesota alumnus. When her great grandfather was

a freshman here, tuition was only $5. Kemen and her

husband, Brian Randall, are committed to helping keep

this land-grant university accessible to all.

Venkateswarlu Pothapragada, or Dr. V as friends and

colleagues know him, came here from India in the 1950s.

His family had fallen on hard times so his mother sold

her jewelry to pay for his education. He gives to help

families who are struggling like his did to provide an

education for their children.

Greg Buckley’s CBS education and training helped him

launch a biotech business that he sold for $21 million a

few years ago. He attributes his success to his experi-

ence at the University of Minnesota.

Jenna Racine, who graduated only two years ago, is

so thankful for the scholarship support she received that

she started her own scholarship fund with a check for

$75. Jenna is a second-year medical student at Michigan

State University.

Like you, the Nelsons, Mary, Dr. V, Greg and Jenna

began their lives as biologists at the College of Bio-

logical Sciences. They recognize the value of the CBS

experience and they want to help others get the kind of

education they had.

Every year, the economy and dwindling state support

make it harder for CBS to provide a quality education for

our students. And yet somehow we do it. Our reputa-

tion is growing nationally and the number of applicants

for each position continues to increase. But we can’t do

it alone. We need your help to provide the high quality

education for which we have become known. Every gift

makes a difference.

I hope you enjoy this issue of Renew and I hope to see

your story in these pages one day.

CBS needs your help to keep high quality public education affordable.

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FROM THE DEAN

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

CBS needs your help to keep high quality public education affordable.

Mississippi Metagenome

Project

The Minnesota Mis-

sissippi Metagenome

Project (M3P) received

$557,000 from the

state in July, adding to

the $1.5 million How-

ard Hughes Medical

Institute grant, which

supports student

involvement. Directed

by Michael Sadowsky

and Jane Phillips, M3P

seeks to understand

the microbial diversity

of the Mississippi River,

from Itasca to south-

eastern Minnesota, and

the consequences of

human impact on that

diversity. Bacteria play

a key role in nutrient

cycling, degradation of

pollutants, and other

aspects of ecosystem

health. A new course

offers undergraduates

the opportunity to be

involved in all phases of

the research effort. An

outreach component

for students in grades

7-12 and exhibit materi-

als for the general pub-

lic are being developed.

Harris gets $10 million for HIV

research

Reuben Harris, as-

sociate professor of

biochemistry, molecular

biology and biophysics,

was awarded $10 mil-

lion over five years to

direct a multi-institution

effort to create a high-

resolution image of the

antiviral protein APO-

BEC3G and learn how

it interacts with cellular

proteins and a key HIV

accessory protein (Vif).

The ultimate goal is to

provide fundamental

knowledge that will en-

able the development

of novel treatments for

HIV and other diseases.

This is an innovative ap-

proach that focuses on

the host rather than the

virus. Harris is leading

a team of five principal

investigators at the

University of Minnesota

and other universities.

Nobel laureate speaks at CBS

Commencement

Phillip Sharp, who

won the 1993 Nobel

Prize in Physiology or

Medicine, gave the CBS

2011 commencement

address in May and

accepted an honor-

ary doctor of science

degree. Sharp received

the Nobel Prize for his

1977 discovery that

genes contain “non-

sense” segments that

cells delete as they use

genetic information.

The discovery con-

tributed to the rise of

genetic engineering.

Bloomfield retires after 40 years at CBS

Vic Bloomfield retired

in June after 40 years

of service to the uni-

versity as a researcher,

teacher and adminis-

trator, which included

leadership for the CBS

Biochemistry Depart-

ment, the Graduate

School, and the Office

for Public Engagement.

Bloomfield was Nobel

Laureate Phillip Sharp’s

doctoral adviser at the

University of Illinois.

Wackett lab closes in on

‘green’ gasoline

Researchers in the

lab of Larry Wackett,

professor of biochem-

istry, molecular biology

and biophysics, are a

step closer to making

renewable petroleum

fuels using bacteria,

sunlight and carbon di-

oxide. A recent project

led by Janice Frias, who

earned her doctorate

earlier this year, outlines

a new method for using

a protein to transform

fatty acids produced by

bacteria into ketones,

which can be cracked

to make hydrocarbon

fuels. The research was

funded under a $2.2

million United States

Department of Energy

grant.

Princess Kay of

the Milky Way

CBS freshman

Mary Zahurones was

crowned Princess Kay

of the Milky Way at the

State Fair in August.

Zahurones, who plans

to be a physician, will

serve as goodwill am-

bassador for Minneso-

ta’s 4,500 dairy farmers

for the year. Zahurones

grew up on a dairy farm

in Pierz, Minnesota.

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DARBY NELSON AND HIS WIFE, GERI,

IN FRONT OF HIS “WRITING SHACK,”

WHERE HE COMPOSED HIS NEW BOOK,

FOR LOVE OF LAKES. DARBY BUILT THE

STRUCTURE USING WOOD SALVAGED

FROM AN OLD BARN.

Photographer: Tim Rummelhoff

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Giving Means More Than HavingRetired biology teachers Darby and Geri Nelson have lived frugally in order to make

substantial gifts that will benefit education and the environment for years to come.

Darby and Geri Nelson met at

Itasca Biological Station and Labo-

ratories in 1966. He was a graduate

student and she was working on her

undergraduate degree as a mem-

ber of CBS’ first graduating class.

They talked until midnight and knew

they had found something special

in each other. Their strong personal

bond and shared values have been

the foundation of their life together

as teachers, parents, environmental

advocates and now philanthropists.

Although Darby (B.S. ’64, Ph.D.

’70) and Geri (B.S. ’68) haven’t been

students for some time, they joke

that they have lived on a grad stu-

dent budget their entire adult lives.

This choice, plus some wise invest-

ments, has enabled them to accumu-

late a substantial nest egg that they

have begun donating for education

and environmental causes.

Not surprisingly, Itasca topped

their gift list. The Nelsons recently

pledged significant funds for desper-

ately needed renovations at the field

station. They also pledged gifts for

Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Re-

serve, the College of Food, Agricul-

tural and Natural Resource Sciences,

University of Minnesota Libraries and

to scholarship funds.

“We benefited from the gifts of

past generations,” Darby says. “We

want to do the same for future stu-

dents.” Adds Geri, “It’s a joy and a

privilege to be able to give back to

the University.”

For the Nelsons, money and pos-

sessions are insignificant compared

to the deep joy they experience from

helping others. On a camping trip

in the Yukon soon after they were

married, they shared a life-changing

epiphany that material possessions

are superfluous. The furnishings in

their modest Champlin home are

mostly hand-me-downs and garage

sale finds. And by the time anything

finds its way to the Goodwill bag,

there isn’t much left of it, they joke.

The Nelsons’ values are reflected

in every aspect of their lives. He

taught biology for 35 years at Anoka

Ramsey Community College, is ac-

tive in conservation groups, and

served three terms (1983-88) in the

Minnesota Legislature advancing

environmental legislation. Geri spent

her career as a K-12 teacher with

a focus on getting girls engaged

in math and science and has been

active with the League of Women

Voters.

Several years ago, Darby retired

from teaching to write a book. In-

spired by the works of Henry Tho-

reau and Sigurd Olson, the reflec-

tive book, called For Love of Lakes,

will be released in December 2011

by Michigan State University Press.

In the next year, he and Geri plan

speaking engagements to encourage

lake stewardship.

The Nelsons hope all of their gifts

will help make the world a better

place for future generations, begin-

ning with their own children, Per and

Robin, and grandchildren, George, 3;

Halle, 2; and Ingrid, 11 months. Coin-

cidentally, George and Ingrid’s other

grandparents are Regents Professor

David Tilman and his wife, Cathie.

The Nelson’s son, Per, is married to

the Tilmans’ daughter, Margie.

“Our lives have been richly blessed

in part because of what others have

given before us. It is with unbounded

joy that we give back to the commu-

nity in thanks.”

FOR THE NELSONS, MONEY

AND POSSESSIONS ARE INSIG-

NIFICANT COMPARED TO THE

DEEP JOY THEY EXPERIENCE

FROM HELPING OTHERS.

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Editor’s Note: Darby Nelson will talk about his new book, For Love of Lakes, on December 6, 2011 at 6 p.m. in the St. Paul Student Center theater, located on Buford Ave. near

the corner of Cleveland Ave. on the St. Paul campus. A reception and book signing will follow at 6:45 p.m. For registration details, see the events listing at www.cbs.umn.edu.

DONOR PROFILE

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Fourth-generation GopherMary Kemen’s support of Itasca’s ‘Nature of Life’ program shows

her faith in how CBS nurtures the next generation of scientists.

Exactly 100 years before Mary Ke-

men graduated with a botany degree

from CBS, her great-grandfather had

entered the University as a freshman.

He wrote to his family, “I paid my $5

and interviewed the president.”

Today, tuition and fees at the

University add up to about $6,500 a

semester, and tables have turned a

bit on that interview process.

To help defray the cost of a Uni-

versity education, Mary and her

husband, Brian Randall, endowed

the Douglas C. Pratt Undergradu-

ate Scholarship at CBS, named for

the former chairman of the botany

department.

“We feel it’s important to keep land

grant institutions accessible to stu-

dents and to provide them with what

is essentially a continuation of public

education,” says Mary, who had a

scholarship herself as an undergrad-

uate student.

For CBS freshmen, that education

begins with three days at the Itasca

Biological Station and Laboratories

where they design and implement

mini-research projects. When Mary

read Dean Bob Elde’s description of

what is called the “Nature of Life”

program, she decided that she and

Brian had to support Itasca, too.

They have pledged $100,000 over

five years to help renovate the cam-

pus, which is more than 100 years

old.

“I like that CBS immediately

introduces research in a very infor-

mal, friendly way that is completely

exploratory, and in this beautiful set-

ting,” she says. “I’m so happy to give

money to promote this program.”

Mary never got the chance to

really experience Itasca as a student.

“It hasn’t been as special to me as I

would have liked,” she says. She was

only there for a few hours while do-

ing research on using cattails as an

energy source. That early interest in

how to respectfully work with nature

to meet current needs still drives

her thinking. She believes Itasca can

inspire students and give them the

resources to tackle this enormous

issue.

“Itasca puts students in an environ-

ment where there isn’t a gas station

around the corner, just lakes and

woods,” she says. “As the next gen-

eration of scientists, they can explore

this environment with an eye toward

alternative energy sources and how

Minnesota, and other states, can

wisely use what nature provides.”

Mary is among the fourth gen-

eration of her family to go to the

University. Her great-grandfather and

her grandfather were professors in

what was then the Department of

Agriculture. Mary chose medicine.

She practices as an anesthesiologist

in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where Brian is

a radiologist. They went to the Medi-

cal School together, and they fell in

love at the University, just as Mary’s

grandparents and parents did.

Mary’s belief that we need to

help those in financial need and be

responsible toward the natural world

finds a parallel in her sense of duty

as a physician. She is part of Doc-

tors Without Borders/Médecins Sans

Frontières (MSF) and works several

weeks during the year in some of the

world’s most troubled areas. In Feb-

ruary and March, she was in northern

Nigeria. In September, she returned

to the new nation of South Sudan.

“I chose MSF because they em-

phasize teaching and I believe that

our efforts, no matter how small,

will help make lives better now and

in the future,” says Mary. “MSF does

a remarkable job under difficult cir-

cumstances and it is very rewarding

to work for them as an anesthesiolo-

gist.”

“WE FEEL IT’S IMPORTANT

TO KEEP LAND GRANT IN-

STITUTIONS ACCESSIBLE TO

STUDENTS AND TO PROVIDE

THEM WITH WHAT IS ESSEN-

TIALLY A CONTINUATION OF

PUBLIC EDUCATION.”

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Fourth-generation Gopher

MARY KEMEN AND HER HUSBAND,

BRIAN RANDALL, BOTH PHYSICIANS,

HAVE PLEDGED $100,000 FOR NEW

ITASCA FACILITIES AND ENDOWED AN

UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP.

DONOR PROFILE

Photographer: Tim Rummelhoff

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DR. V, AS HE IS KNOWN TO FRIENDS

AND COLLEAGUES, CAME TO THE UNI-

VERSITY FROM INDIA IN 1955 TO GAIN

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE.

Photographer: Tim Rummelhoff

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A Grateful Heart and a Generous SpiritA family tradition of gratitude and giving inspires Dr. Venkateswarlu Pothapragada to support CBS students.

During the early 1930s, Ven-

kateswarlu Pothapragada’s family

lived comfortably on his father’s

salary. But as World War II geared

up in Asia, inflation in India ran wild

and the family’s income fell drasti-

cally short of its needs. To pay Ven-

kateswarlu’s high school and college

fees, the family pledged his mother’s

jewelry against bank loans, later sell-

ing some of it, and borrowed money

at exorbitant interest rates.

Venkateswarlu Pothapragada,

D.Sc., Ph.D., does not want other

families to have to sacrifice so

much. Along with making substan-

tial contributions to other University

graduate and undergraduate funds,

he established the Dr. Venkateswarlu

Pothapragada and Family Under-

graduate Scholarship Fund for CBS

students in 2004.

“I did not want to do this as a be-

quest,” he says. “Students are in need

right now, so I told my family we had

better share what we can.”

Venkateswarlu—known by most of

his friends and colleagues as Dr. V—

made his connection to the Univer-

sity of Minnesota in 1949 when, as a

young doctoral candidate in India, he

wrote to scientists around the world.

He was beginning his research on

a crippling disease called fluorosis

and wanted to learn more from the

experts.

One of those experts was Wal-

lace Armstrong, CBS biochemistry

professor and a pioneer in the study

of fluoride. Armstrong wrote back,

and the two men began a five-year

correspondence. Armstrong was

determined to bring Dr. V to Minne-

sota to work in his lab and, in 1955,

he succeeded.

In 1961, Dr. V returned to India to

teach, but came back to Armstrong’s

lab in 1967. For the next six years, he

conducted his own research as well

as investigating a method Armstrong

had published for determining fluo-

ride in the blood. A fellow scientist

was disputing the technique and

Armstrong wanted Dr. V to re-verify

the original results. Although Dr. V

established that the method was

incorrect, Armstrong saw to it that

the results were published, earning

Dr. V’s unwavering respect for his

integrity.

“Dr. Armstrong was the most won-

derful, generous man,” says Dr. V. “A

true scientist.” To honor him, Dr. V

established another fund at CBS in

2006, the Wallace Armstrong/Ven-

kateswarlu Pothapragada Graduate

Fellowship.

When Dr. Armstrong retired, Dr. V

left the University and struggled to

raise his two children by himself after

his wife’s death. Unable to find a po-

sition as a biochemist, he worked

as a realtor until finally landing a

job at 3M. He remained with the

company for 32 years, contributing

to R & D related to fluorochemicals

and earning the 3M Innovator award

for research that enhanced produc-

tivity and industrial hygiene.

During their hardest years in India,

Dr. V’s father asked his children to

look at their good fortune and think

about how they could help others in

need. As well as the CBS funds he

established, Dr. V has created a fam-

ily endowment that his children and

grandson manage and use to make

contributions to organizations they

choose to support.

“By looking at their choices, I can

learn a little more about what mat-

ters to my children and my grand-

son,” he says. “And with this fund, I

can be sure that the family tradition

of giving will continue.”

“STUDENTS ARE IN NEED

RIGHT NOW, SO I TOLD MY

FAMILY WE HAD BETTER

SHARE WHAT WE CAN.”

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Launching a Biotech Business from the Basement

Biotech entrepreneur Greg Buckley saw a need and took a risk. He credits his CBS education.

Greg Buckley admits that he got a

college education without learning a

thing about economics.

“I had to take Econ 101 for my

liberal arts requirement,” he says. “I

remember sitting in one of those big

lecture halls on the West Bank and

basically sleeping through class.”

Greg did fine in life without that

class. But he recommends that CBS

grads learn enough economics to

understand basic supply and de-

mand and to manipulate a ledger

sheet, because you never know what

you’ll do with your degree.

In 1984, Greg got his B.S. in genet-

ics, the first year CBS offered that

degree. While going to school, he

did cell culture work at the Medical

School. “It’s where I got my working

knowledge of cell culture and that

led me to my first real job out of col-

lege,” he says.

An up-and-coming company hired

Greg to play a technical support role

for their products, which used hollow

fiber technology to grow cells. In a

scenario nearly unheard of today for

a recent grad, the company trained

Greg for two months and sent him to

Tokyo.

From Japan, Greg went to Europe

and worked for various corporations.

After nearly 10 years abroad, he

decided it was time to come home

to Minnesota. He wanted to start his

own company.

Greg paired up with Tom Murphy

(who had his Ph.D. in cell biol-

ogy from CBS) and in 1994, after

“scrounging up enough money to

get going,” they started TC Tech—the

TC standing for “tissue culture.” Their

goal was to manufacture and sell the

sterile, single-use plastic products

they had designed to grow cells.

“Traditionally, cells were grown in

big stainless steel vats through a

very time consuming process,” says

Greg. “People wanted something

quicker.”

While his wife worked, Greg ran the

business from their basement and

took care of their young son, piling

him into the car along with the boxes

when he made a UPS run. When

their second child arrived, it was time

to get TC Tech out of the Buckley’s

house. The company then began a

series of moves, gathering more cus-

tomers and paying strict attention

to its bottom line. In 2006, after 12

years in business, Greg and Tom sold

TC Tech to Thermo Fisher Scientific

for more than $21 million.

Today, Greg volunteers in the

Minnetonka School District as a math

tutor and tennis coach. He plays golf,

skis, and spends time with his family,

as well as mentoring his younger

brother as he begins his own com-

pany.

As a successful biotech entre-

preneur, Greg has been invited to

upcoming CBS career panels so stu-

dents can learn from his experience.

And as “payback” for his own good

education, he contributes to the CBS

scholarship fund.

Greg’s non-compete agreement

recently expired, giving him the op-

tion to start another business. But

would he try a second time? “With

TC Tech, I used what I’d learned at

CBS, in the Med School labs, and in

the field,” he says. “Credit was easy

to get. All the stars aligned nicely.

Perhaps with a little luck, they may

do that again.”

AFTER 12 YEARS IN BUSINESS,

GREG AND HIS PARTNER SOLD

THEIR COMPANY, TC TECH,

FOR $21 MILLION.

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GREG BUCKLEY USED HIS GENETICS

B.S. FROM CBS TO CREATE A

SUCCESSFUL BIOTECH COMPANY.

DONOR PROFILE

Photographer: Tim Rummelhoff

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JENNA RACINE, B.S. 2010, DIDN’T WAIT

TO GRADUATE BEFORE SHE STARTED

GIVING BACK. A CBS SCHOLARSHIP

HELPED HER TRAVEL TO TANZANIA,

WHERE SHE PROVIDED VOLUNTEER

HEALTH SERVICES.

Photographer: Harley J. Seeley

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Down Payment on an Endowed ScholarshipJenna Racine took her jump-into-life attitude abroad as a volunteer. Now in

medical school, she funds a scholarship to give others the same opportunity.

“Don’t sell yourself short, don’t

take the easy route. If being a doctor

is what you want to be and someone

tells you it’s eight years of school?

Who cares? You only have one shot

in life, and everything that’s worth

doing takes hard work.”

Jenna Racine is talking to a hypo-

thetical CBS freshman here, but her

philosophy resonates with anyone, at

any age. Follow your heart. Embrace

opportunities. Don’t shy away from

challenges. It’s advice her parents

have always given her, so when she

came to CBS, she felt right at home.

“CBS pushes you to be involved in

multiple things,” Jenna says. “I had

lots on my plate, plus my school

work—and it was rigorous—but I got

involved with several volunteer orga-

nizations. Lots of students did. “

For three summers, Jenna went

to Tanzania with the CBS chapter of

Biology Without Borders. The last

two years, she led the group in build-

ing a house, working in hospitals,

and constructing a water system for

a girl’s school. She considers those

summers the best times of her life.

In 2009 and 2010, the University

awarded Jenna the President’s Stu-

dent Leadership and Service Award.

“I have been so fortunate to be

able to travel abroad and some of

the money that allowed the group to

go to Tanzania was from CBS schol-

arships,“ Jenna says.

That support came from the col-

lege’s Murray and Pearl Rosenberg

Memorial Fund, which provides assis-

tance for humanitarian service in the

United States and other countries.

But Jenna knows how hard it is to

get grants for international volunteer

work, so in the spring of 2010, she

walked into the CBS development

office and put a $75 check on the

desk—the beginning of a fund that

will help other students contribute

their skills to those in need.

“As an undergrad, there are so

many opportunities, so many pro-

grams to choose from, and in so

many different places,” she says.

“The number one thing that keeps

you from doing things is money.

I can’t promise that I’ll be able to

fund 10 people’s trips, but I hope to

at least ease the burden of travel

expenses.”

The time it takes to become a doc-

tor did not scare Jenna away. She’s

a second-year medical student now

at Michigan State University (MSU)

and she’s jumping into her education

the way she did at CBS, and with the

skills she learned there. Among them

are how to multitask successfully and

how to collaborate with professors

on research projects. Her hope is to

become an obstetrician/gynecolo-

gist.

“I really like that specialty because I

can apply it internationally,” she says.

“I’d like to work nine or ten months

in the United States, then volunteer

abroad to help women have safer

deliveries. Maternal health and child-

birth are two of the biggest health

challenges in the developing world.”

In the meantime, Jenna is putting

together a program at MSU to help

overweight children create healthier

habits. And she’s building up her

scholarship fund little by little.

“Having an investment in a stu-

dent’s future is the best thing I

can think of to do with my extra

money,” she says. “CBS is not creat-

ing cookie-cutter students, instead

it’s creating students who are doing

many things and having extraordi-

nary experiences.”

“I CAN’T PROMISE THAT I’LL BE

ABLE TO FUND 10 PEOPLE’S

TRIPS, BUT I HOPE TO AT

LEAST EASE THE BURDEN OF

TRAVEL EXPENSES.”

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DONOR PROFILE

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How to make a gift:

Contact Laurie Hennen at 612-624-9460 or [email protected] to discuss a gift.

Make out a check and send it to the University of Min-nesota Foundation, 200 Oak Street SE, Suite 500, Minneapolis, MN 55155-2010.

Make a donation online by going to www.giving.umn.edu and clicking on Giving Opportunities.

If you send a check to the Foundation or make a gift online, be sure to note that your gift is for College of Biological Sciences scholar-ships. You may specify the scholarship if you like.

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MAKING CONNECTIONSWhen members of the CBS family get together, magic happens.

The best part of this past year for

me was the Summer Science Series.

Dean Elde invited small groups of

alumni to his home for informal pre-

sentations by CBS faculty who are

doing cutting edge research.

Animal communication expert

Mark Bee talked about his research

on how a female frog chooses a

mate from a chorus of males. It’s

the same kind of mechanism that

allows humans to distinguish indi-

vidual voices at, say, a cocktail party.

Bee’s research is providing clues that

could lead to better hearing aids for

humans.

Plant biologist George Weiblen

shared stories about his travels

to Papua, New Guinea, where he

engages tribal members to help him

with his research on tropical species

and helps them understand the value

of the land they own and importance

of preserving rain forests.

And molecular biologist Reuben

Harris explained how mechanisms

that generate mutations can be

harnessed to destroy pathogens—in-

cluding HIV. Harris and his colleagues

are studying a group of proteins that

have the potential to block the AIDS

virus.

The fascinating presentations were

well received by the audience, most

of whom were lifelong biologists of

one kind or another. But there was

more going on in the room than sci-

ence. It was a feeling of connected-

ness. The feeling that everyone be-

gan their formative years in the same

place and were shaped by many of

the same people and experiences.

It’s the magic that happens when

friends and family get together.

You’ve probably had this experi-

ence: You run into an old friend from

high school or college and you pick

up where you left off, as though

you’d seen each other 20 minutes

ago instead of 20 years ago. Maybe a

biologist somewhere has an explana-

tion for that. Who says you can’t go

home again?

If you haven’t already, I hope you’ll

think about reconnecting with CBS.

There are lots of ways to get in-

volved, from attending educational

programs like the Summer Science

Series to serving on the board of the

Biological Sciences Alumni Society.

Or, if you have other ideas, call or

send me an e-mail. Check out the

alumni section of the CBS website

(www.cbs.umn.edu) and click on

Opportunities for Alumni. You’re

on your way back. Hope to see you

soon!

Laurie Hennen

Development Director

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THE VALUE OF WATERCBS teams up with Freshwater Society for lecture series on water issues.

Overuse of groundwater. Pollution

of Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound

and all the waters in between. Sexu-

ally stunted alligators deformed by

birth defects linked to pesticides.

Farming practices and policies that

reduce erosion and pollution. And

saving the environment by putting a

price on it.

Since early 2010, the Freshwater

Society and the College of Biologi-

cal Sciences have jointly sponsored

a popular lecture series focusing on

the challenges facing water in the

21st century.

The lecture series, which continues

in the 2011-2012 academic year, is

funded by an endowment created in

memory of the late Malcolm Moos,

president of the University of Minne-

sota from 1967 to 1974.

The lectures, presented in the St.

Paul Student Center theater, have

each drawn enthusiastic crowds of

150 or so people—faculty, students,

environmentalists and a cross-sec-

tion of state agency staff.

Each of the nationally prominent

lecturers has been paired with a pan-

el of Minnesota experts to answer

audience questions. Dean Elde has

moderated the panel discussions.

Lectures have been presented by:

•Robert Glennon, a University of

Arizona professor of law and public

policy who has written two recent

books about how Americans over-

use and under-value water.

•Hedrick Smith, a Pulitzer Prize-

and Emmy-winning reporter and

filmmaker who produced Poisoned

Waters, a PBS Frontline documenta-

ry on agricultural and urban pollution

on both coasts.

•Louis J. Guillette Jr., a reproduc-

tive biologist from the Medical

University of South Carolina who is

widely known for his research on

birth defects in alligators and their

implications for human health.

•Craig A. Cox, a senior vice presi-

dent for the Environmental Working

Group, who spoke on agricultural

conservation strategies that can

prevent erosion and water pollu-

tion from the runoff of fertilizer and

pesticides.

•Gretchen C. Daily, a Stanford

University ecologist who spoke on

ecosystem valuation, the emerging

effort to protect the environment by

quantifying and putting a monetary

value on all the services humans re-

ceive from water and environmental

systems.

Reaction to the lectures has been

very favorable. Video of the lectures

and panel discussions are archived at

www.freshwater.org. Information on

the 2012 lectures, as they are sched-

uled, is available there and on the

CBS website, www.cbs.umn.edu.

—Patrick Sweeney

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