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What it takes to fight a pandemic: Research and health care (Part 2)
From parking lots and phone calls to hospitals and research labs, Auggies use a multifaceted approach to confront the global crisis of a lifetime
Confronting the Minnesota paradox
Significant racial disparities exist in a state with a liberal reputation, but some are seeking ways to close the gaps
Stay the course: Off-and-on sports seasons prove Auggie student-athletes’ resilience
After a pause on competitions due to COVID-19, Auggies are ready to get back in the gameThe COVID-19 pandemic put a major pause on 2020’s athletic competitions. Auggies can’t wait to get back in the game… more >
How to Build a Women’s Wrestling Program from Scratch
Augsburg Athletics continues trailblazing trend with Minnesota’s only collegiate women’s wrestling teamEditor’s note: In late July, the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announced plans to postpone competition in cross country, football, soccer, and volleyball until the spring. Winter and spring sports… more >
Mistaken Identity: How Reliable is Eyewitness Identification?
National Science Foundation grant fuels Professor Nancy Steblay and Augsburg students’ research of the reliability of eyewitness identification and law enforcement proceduresYou’ve seen the story on TV or heard it on a true crime podcast. A crime is committed. An eyewitness identifies a suspect in the lineup. The suspect is… more >
Editor’s Note: Augsburg Now’s First Digital-Only Issue
Sharing Auggie stories during the COVID-19 pandemicWhen we began making this magazine in early 2020, the world was markedly different than the one we inhabit today. Augsburg Now staff delayed the magazine’s timeline due to… more >
Face value
Art installations celebrate individuals, expound on Augsburg’s history, and expand the boundaries of community.Dakota and Ojibwe. Norwegian and Irish. Somali and Ethiopian. On and around the land that today houses Augsburg University’s Minneapolis campus, they celebrated births and mourned deaths. They spoke… more >
Building on an early lead
Athletics secures NCAA grant to fund first-of-its-kind position supporting culture of inclusionOn and around the land that today houses Augsburg University’s Minneapolis campus, they celebrated births and mourned deaths. They spoke languages of love and laughter, stress and sorrow. They… more >
Balancing the books
Augsburg alumna starts a publishing company, creates the diverse book list she wished she hadYoung Mary Taris ’04 was so thankful to be a girl. The Minneapolis Public Housing Authority required children of different genders to have separate bedrooms, so while her brothers had… more >
A September to remember
It wouldn’t be right to mark 150 years of Augsburg with a small affair—so we threw a huge, once-in-a-lifetime party.It wouldn’t be right to mark 150 years of Augsburg with a small affair—so we threw a huge, once-in-a-lifetime party. On Friday, September 27, Auggies… more >