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• Maplesoft™ Sponsors MAA Project NExT Fellow

  - 2006-09-27

  Support to Aid Dr. Jonathan Rogness of the University of Minnesota WATERLOO, Canada -- Maplesoft[TM], the leading provider of high-performance software tools for engineering, science and mathematics, announced today the sponsorship of a Mathematical Association of America MAA Project NExT New Experiences in Teaching Fellow. Maplesoft's support will aid...

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• Sarah Kathryn Sharkey.(Obituaries)(Obituary)

  - 2006-08-02

  Sarah Kathryn Sharkey Sarah Kathryn "Sally" Sharkey completed her earthly journey on Saturday, July 29, 2006, at the Arlington Rehabilitation and Living Center in Long Grove, following a long illness. Funeral services and interment will be private Sally began that journey on Jan. 6,...

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• Minnesota star agrees to contract with Flyers

  - 2006-03-29

  Good thing Ryan Potulny was a candidate for this year's Hobey Baker Award because he won't be around the University of Minnesota next season. The 6-foot, 190-pound junior center who was a third-round draft pick of the Flyers in 2003, agreed to a two-year contract today. By signing,...

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• Rutherford Aris September 15, 1929 - November 2, 2005

  - 2006-01-01

  Rutherford Aris, Regents Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering and Classics at the University of Minnesota, died on November 2, 2005 after a long and distinguished career. Born in Bournemouth, England, in 1929, Aris completed a first class honors degree in mathematics at the University of London at the age of...

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• 2005 Awards of Excellence: it is with great pride that we present the recipients of ASHA's 2005 Awards of Excellence. These impressive individuals have contributed to the professions in a myriad of significant ways and their work promises to inspire their

  - 2005-11-08

  ASHA HONOREES Julia M. Davis University of Iowa and University of Minnesota Roger J. Ingham University of California, Santa Barbara...

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• OBITUARIES: BURTON HILL BOYUM

  - 2005-08-01

  An appreciation by his grandson, Tony Parlato, and daughter, Judy ParlatoBurton H. Boyum entered eternal life March 17, 2005 after a lengthy stay at Eastwood Nursing Center in Negaunee, MI. But he left us all with a thousand memories after a lifetime of activity, purpose and joy.Boyum was born in...

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• Dora Smith

  - 2005-01-01

  Dora Smith The American educator Dora Smith (1893-1985) researched, lectured, and wrote extensively about language arts and English curricula in elementary and secondary schools. Dubbed "The First Lady of the United States in the Teaching of English," Smith was also internationally acclaimed as a scholar and consultant. Dora V. Smith...

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• Allen Tate

  - 2005-01-01

  Allen Tate Allen Tate (1899-1979), American poet, critic, biographer, and editor, was a founder and editor of the Fugitive. John Crowe Ransom, Robert Penn Warren, and Cleanth Brooks were also part of the Fugitive group, and they and Tate formulated the New Critical poetic theories that arose out of the...

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• IN MEMORIAM: WALTER JOHN BRECKENRIDGE, 1903-2003

  - 2004-10-01

  Walter Breckenridge, known to his friends as Breck, was born on 22 March 1903, in Brooklyn, Iowa, and died a full century later in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 22 May 2003. He joined the AOU in 1926, earlier than any other surviving member, was made Elective Member in 1935, and Fellow...

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• Margaret McDougall.(Obituaries)(Obituary)

  - 2004-04-21

  Margaret McDougall A memorial service for Margaret McDougall nee Day, 91, will be held Saturday, May 1, in Minnesota. Born 1913, in LeRoy, Minn., she died Monday, April 19, 2004, following a recent move to St Paul, Minn. Margaret received her B.A. and M.A....

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