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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SUMMER 2018 GOING WILD FOR THE NEW BELL MUSEUM Plus U police, serving donuts and advocacy The man who knows ticks All the U presidents' spouses Book reviews MN Alumni Summer 2018.pdf 1 4/13/18 8:20 AM HELPING FAMILIES FOR 25 YEARS. Accra provides support to families that need help in their homes for a loved one with a disability. We'll help you navigate the different services available to you. PCA Choice services allows you to choose a family member or friend to be your paid caregiver. Non-Profit Home Care Agency We accept major insurance plans; Medicaid and private pay. Call us and ask about the possibilities! 866-935-3515 • Metro 952-935-3515 SERVING PEOPLE STATEWIDE www.accracare.org Made possible by members of the University of Minnesota Alumni Association since 1901 | Volume 117, Number 4 Summer 2018 10 4 Editor's Note 5 From the Desk of Eric Kaler 8 About Campus Police serve pastries, a tour of University Grove, and the economic impact of the U 13 Discoveries Male birth control moves ahead By Susan Maas Plus: Opioids, buffer zones, and transgender health care 16 The Bell Comes Alive Nature rules at the new Bell Museum By John Rosengren 24 Designed with Nature in Mind A tour with Bell architect David Dimond By Lynette Lamb 26 Dancing with the Stars Wowed by the Bell’s planetarium By Deane Morrison 29 Among the Bugs Dave Neitzel knows ticks and mosquitoes By Elizabeth Foy Larsen 31 A Predator’s Return The wolves of Cedar Creek reserve By Emily Sohn 29 34 History: First Mates A look at the U presidents’ spouses, back to 1869 By Ann Pflaum and Jay Weiner On the Cover 40 Off the Shelf This great horned owl, Daydreaming, angels, and a new mystery photographed with By Lynette Lamb Ramona, is a centerpiece of the Bell Museum’s 42 Alumni Stories famed Touch & See Lab. Jack Dangermond saves some coast, Jane Harstad lifts Most of the taxidermied American Indian education, two alumnae launch the animals at the Bell were Coven, and Michelle Larson oversees medical cannabis obtained many decades ago, before people could 48 Stay Connected watch wolves and bears 34 Success stories from the Maroon and Gold in the wild 24/7 on Animal Network, winners of the Morse-Alumni Planet. The animals were Award, and UMAA survey results placed in natural-looking settings—dioramas—in 52 Heart of the Matter order to engender familiarity, understanding, A gift grows community By Randall Wehler and, yes, sympathy. Photo by Sara Rubinstein 10: Jayme Halbritter • 29: Mark Luinenburg • 34: courtesy Karen Kaler • 34: Karen courtesy Luinenburg • 29: Mark Halbritter 10: Jayme IA® McNamara Alumni Center ALUMNI University of Minnesota ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair Sandra Ulsaker Wiese, ‘81 200 Oak Street S.E., Suite 100 • Minneapolis, MN 55455 Chair-elect Douglas Huebsch, ‘85 Past Chair Dan McDonald, ’82, ‘85 Secretary Scott Wallace, ’80 Treasurer Laura Moret, ’76, ‘81 President and CEO Lisa Lewis “Having our wedding at Jim Abrahamson, ’81 Eric Brotten, ’03 McNamara was such a dream!” Rachel Cardwell Patrick Duncanson, ’83 Natasha Freimark, ‘95 Alumni Association Catherine French, ’79 Chad Haldeman, ‘08 Life Members receive Mark Jessen, ’85 Matt Kramer, ’84 $100-$300 off their Maureen Kostial, ‘71 wedding package. Peter Martin, ‘00 Akira Nakamura, ’92 Peyton N. 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Visit us online to Early morning and evening appointments. find your dentist Preferred provider for most insurance companies. and schedule an Locally owned by dentists who care.* appointment today. *116 of our 132 dentists are University of Minnesota alumni. parkdental.com Trusted dentist for the A EDITOR'S NOTE The Perspective Machine WHEN I WAS A KID, I visited the downtown Minneapolis planetarium, which was inside the old central library. I was EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING living in South Dakota, so I’d seen stars aplenty. But having President and CEO the constellations explained to me was a revelation. This was Lisa Lewis space, the final frontier. And I was boldly going where no man Editor had gone before. Sitting under that dome as dots of light Jennifer Vogel shifted overhead helped me see beyond my own kid problems. Senior Editor Beyond my town. Beyond my planet, even. Elizabeth Foy Larsen The new Bell Museum’s planetarium is one of the most Copy Editor advanced in the country. It’s huge. It’s high definition. And its seats are really, really Susan Maas comfortable. But one thing it has in common with even the lowliest of its predeces- Contributing Writers Lynette Lamb sors—by comparison, the Minneapolis planetarium of my youth may as well have Susan Maas been shooting light through an old tennis ball with a flashlight—is the ability to make Deane Morrison one feel insignificant. Or, if you prefer, part of something much larger and grander Ann Pflaum than our everyday lives. Mason Riddle There is a reason seemingly unanswerable questions are referred to as “cosmic”: John Rosengren Emily Sohn Where do we come from? Is there life out there? Was there a beginning of time? Randall Wehler Does the universe have an edge beyond which there is nothing? Jay Weiner I’m not the kind of person who spends a lot of time wondering if our universe exists Art Director within a speck of dust on the tutu of a ballerina. In fact, I have spent my life working in Kristi Anderson the decidedly un-cosmic and down-to-earth field of journalism. I have concerned myself Two Spruce Design with human problems and issues and even, once or twice, dubious fashion trends. Senior Director of Marketing But I’ve always appreciated the perspective that comes from thinking about what lies Lisa Huber beyond planet Earth, which from space appears eerily serene and independent of us. Advertising When I started as an undergraduate at the U in the late 1980s, one of the first Send inquiries to courses I took was “descriptive astronomy,” which was listed in the course catalog [email protected] or call 612-626-1417 thusly: “The sun, moon, planets, stars, and material between the stars; the galaxy and universe to which the sun belongs. Nonmathematical.” The absence of mathematics Minnesota Alumni ISSN 2473-5086 (print ) is published four times yearly was critical, of course. I remember that the professor, who bounded down the center by the University of Minnesota Alumni aisle to start each class, was always disheveled, with crazy hair, an untucked shirt, and Association, 200 Oak St. SE Suite 200, deeply wrinkled pants. Nobody saddled him with mundane rules dictating dress. Minneapolis MN 55455-2040 in SEPT., DEC., MAR., and JUN. Business, editorial, Sartorial matters were small potatoes in his world. accounting, and circulation offices: We discussed questions surrounding the origin of our universe, such as: How can 200 Oak St. SE Suite 200, Minneapolis MN 55455-2040. Call (612) 624-2323 to something come from nothing? Can religion and science live together if we make subscribe. Copyright ©2017 University God the orchestrator of the big bang? But the best moment came when the profes- of Minnesota Alumni Association sor let us listen to a pulsar, or neutron star, as its beams of radiation crossed the Earth Periodicals postage paid at St. Paul, Minnesota, and additional mailing offices. and were picked up by a radio telescope. I’m sure by today’s standards, this is the POSTMASTER: Send address corrections equivalent of getting excited about Pong. But then, it was akin to eavesdropping on a to: Minnesota Alumni, McNamara Alumni Center, 200 Oak St. SE, Suite distant, interstellar conversation. 200, Minneapolis, MN 55455-2040. I can hardly wait to visit the Bell’s planetarium—officially called the Whitney and Elizabeth MacMillan Planetarium—once it’s up and running in July, and again ponder life’s grand questions.