Table of Contents: Department Head's Notes; Second Annual Minnesota International Economic Development Conference; Tom Stinson Receives Outstanding Service Award; Donald Liu Named Digital Media Center Faculty Fellow; International Science and Technology Practice and Policy (InSTePP) Center, University of Minnesota; AgStar Scholar Program; Fostering Healthy School Food and Farm Connections: The Hopkins Project; U and Your Economy Workshops; Baby Boom Retirement: A Looming Financial Crisis? Preview of a Talk by Tom Stinson; University of Minnesota College in the Schools; Minnesota Land Data at Your Fingertips; Department Receives Endowment Bequest from Hannah Kellogg Dowell; Recent Publications