behind the scenes at the university of minnesota
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Behind the Scenes at the University of Minnesota
Victor Bloomfield
Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
University of Minnesota
Article Number: 2
Date of publication: August 15, 2013
Follow this and additional works at: http://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/148010
Recommended Citation: Bloomfield, Victor. Behind the Scenes at the University of Minnesota
Journal of Opinions, Ideas, and Essays. Date published August 15, 2013. Article # 2
Submissions will be accepted from any member of the University of Minnesota community. Access will be free and open to all.
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Behind the Scenes at the University of Minnesota
Victor Bloomfield
Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics [email protected]
Those of us in academia who are faculty, students, and "white collar" staff and administrators are familiar with offices, classrooms, and labs. But there are many other places in the university,
where things are done that make our work possible, that we may never see. About a year and a
half ago I began a project to photograph "behind the scenes", to see---and to show others---the
people and operations that make our academic work possible.
I am grateful to the many people who arranged to give me access to their workplaces, showed me
around, and let me observe and disrupt their busy work routines.
I took many hundreds of photos over a period of about a year, and finally printed 28 for an exhibit in the Campus Club at the University of Minnesota. I included those with about 70 more
in a publish-on-demand book, "Behind the Scenes", which can be viewed on-line at
http://www.blurb.com/b/3916800-behind-the-scenes.
Another book on the University of Minnesota, which shows photos in, or of, every academic
building on the Twin Cities campus, is "Places of Learning and Discovery", also published by
Blurb: http://www.blurb.com/b/2484625-places-of-learning-and-discovery.
The University of Minnesota is a complex and fascinating place, about which most of us know rather little. I hope that these photos will both provide aesthetic pleasure and give insight into
this important, layered community in which we work and live.
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Campus Club Kitchen
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Sanford Hall Dining Room
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Bookstores Distribution Center
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Printing Services
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Cancer and Cardiovascular Research Building Construction
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Northrop Auditorium Renovation
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Yudof Hall Game Room
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Southeast Steam Plant
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Steam Tunnel
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Fay Thompson Integrated Waste Management Facility
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Checking Rainwater Runoff Filters at TCF Stadium
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Undergraduate Education Staff Meeting
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LED Installation, Keller Hall
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Monitoring Parking Ramps, Parking and Transportation Building
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University Storehouse
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ReUse Center
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Rehearsal, Orientation and First Year Programs
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Pulling Wire in Preparation for Light Rail Construction
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Map Library
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Semitrailer Truck Loading Facility, Library, West Bank
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Library Archives
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Recreation and Wellness Center Construction
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Power Washing the Washington Avenue Parking Ramp
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Horticultural Research Center, Landscape Arboretum
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CAD Diagram, Office of Space Management, Donhowe Building
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Building Systems Automation Center, Facilities Management, Donhowe Building
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Sign and Graphics Shop
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Landcare, Mowing Coffman Union Plaza