Posts Tagged ‘university of minnesota’
Potter’s Field Tales no less rich and fascinating! Generosity doesn’t tell it all!
By Sue Hunter Weir There are 350 people buried in the cemetery’s Potters Field whose remains were used as research subjects in anatomy courses at the University of Minnesota during the years 1914-1916. They were, to the say the least, a colorful lot: homeless men, prison inmates, men who were both the instigators and victims of crime. [...]
With Necessity as the Mother of Invention, Brothers “Rack-Up” Success
by Megan Sheridan It all started at the University of Minnesota’s Campus Security. As Rolf Scholtz and his brother Derk used to patrol the Twin Cities Campus, they would notice how unappealing and dysfunctional the bike racks were – as far as they could tell, the market for aesthetically appealing, U-lock compatible bike racks was wide [...]
