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Inventing Tomorrow

Inventing Tomorrow | Spring 2002

Cover story

Minnesota's digital dynasty

From its high-tech home in Walter Library, the new Digital Technology Center is poised to help the state reestablish its digital edge. Full story

Features

A new chapter for Walter Library

The story of Walter Library's two-and-a-half-year, $63.4 million renovation—a remarkable balance between historical preservation and modernization. Full story

Peak experience

An innovative new program introduces IT students to the enlightening pleasures and benefits of study abroad. Full story

Superhero science

Jim Kakalios enlists the aid of costumed crimefighters to teach critical thinking in an imaginative freshman seminar. Full story

Window of opportunity

Alumni Ted and Linda Johnson seize the chance to expand the frontiers of digital design and cultivate new ways of seeing. Full story

Regular columns

From the dean

Regents Professor H. Ted Davis Full story

Alumni report

News from the IT Alumni Society Full story

Investing in IT

Opportunities and impact Full story

Retrospect

People and events that shaped our world Full story