Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost

The University of Minnesota is making enormous strides in the effort to transform itself into one of the top three public research universities in the world. Colleges, programs, and institutes have been launched to create new academic synergies that will lead the way to meet many of the challenges we will face in the 21st century. The results include three new colleges poised for greatness: the College of Design, the College of Education and Human Development, and the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences; several new programs to enhance the undergraduate and graduate educational experience, including a new Department of Writing Studies; and four major interdisciplinary institutes positioned to tackle the questions of tomorrow.

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2007 Strategic Positioning Report

New ideas, energy, and enthusiasm for our bold goal are evident among faculty, staff, and students on campus. Please read about the exciting new academic initiatives at the University of Minnesota during 2007, and for more detail, peruse President Robert Bruininks’ report to the Board of Regents.

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University professor Leonid Hurwicz wins Nobel Prize

University of Minnesota Regents Professor Emeritus Leonid Hurwicz, along with two other Americans, was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in economics for theories that help set rules for transactions ranging from auctions to elections.

Hurwicz, 90, is the oldest Nobel winner in history, the academy said. The Moscow-born researcher won the award along with Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson. The three men developed a theory that helps explain situations in which markets work and others in which they don't.

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