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 with about 60,000 who graduated from the Twin Cities campus and are living in the metro area.

It was mostly standard stuff, but one item did catch my attention -- the Nobel question.

A number of eventual Nobel Prize winners were with the U at some point in their careers. Why did we lose them? Are we just producing Nobel winners for other universities?

(I'm not sure how realistic that is, or how many universities could say that. But I've heard the sentiment.)

Here's how a caller named "Jonathan" put it to Kaler:

Kaler didn't quite answer his question. He acknowledged the situation, said the U does its best to keep top faculty, and essentially said that it wins some and loses some.

read a transcript of the half-hour call here.

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Last week, University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler had another conference call with alumni — this time with about 60,000 who graduated from the Twin Cities campus and are living in the metro area. It was mostly standard stuff, but one item did catch my attention — the Nobel question. I’ve heard it before in 

Last week, University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler had another conference call with alumni — this time with about 60,000 who graduated from the Twin Cities campus and are living in the metro area. It was mostly standard stuff, but one item did catch my attention — the Nobel question. I’ve heard it before in Read more →


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