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Glensheen, the historic Congdon estate, is celebrating its 34th year! In appreciation, a Community Day on Friday, May 24, 2013 includes free standard house tours offered throughout the entire day. The ticket house opens at 9 a.m. and the first tour begins at 9:30 a.m. The last tour is scheduled for 4 p.m.; however, Glensheen’s tour manager recommends arriving early due to the limited number of tickets. Community Day also features kite flying demonstrations and kites ...

Bulldogs are on the run Saturday, June 22! Over 1,000 runners registered for Grandma’s Marathon 2013 races are UMD alumni and we want to cheer them on. The UMD Alumni Association Fanstand has moved Downtown Duluth to the patio at Pizza Luce, on the corner of Lake Avenue and Superior Street. Food and beverage can be purchased in the restaurant and enjoyed out on the patio, just steps from the race course. Join Champ and the alumni ...

University of Minnesota Duluth’s Regents Professor Tom Johnson knew his work on Lake Malawi in 2005 would yield significant scientific discoveries and now eight years later, he and his colleagues have announced research that impacts our knowledge of the near extinction of the human race. They have determined that 75,000 years ago, the Toba volcanic eruption in Sumatra did not cause a volcanic winter or the dramatic drop in human population in Africa, as some anthropologists had proposed.

Johnson and colleagues ...

It was a year of firsts at the 2013 UMD graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies. The first graduate class to earn masters degrees in UMD’s new Tribal Administration and Governance (MTAG) program received their diplomas on Thursday, May 16 in the Romano Gymnasium. On Saturday, May 18, AMSOIL Arena held over 10,000 people as 1,348 undergraduates crossed the stage during two separate ceremonies. This first-ever arrangement eliminated the need for tickets, making it possible for all family and friends to ...

The Bulldog Fanstand has moved downtown!

Did you know 1,042 UMD Bulldogs are running in this year’s Grandma’s Marathon Races? Cheer them on at Pizza Luce’s Patio (corner of Lake Avenue and Superior Street)

Please Join the UMD Alumni Staff & Champ for Marathon Fun!
- Hot or cold beverages available for purchase from Pizza Luce.
- Outdoor seating for breakfast or lunch just steps from the race course.
- Parking at the Technology Village ramp located behind Pizza Luce.

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