Dornbusch and Berthelson win poster competition award

MSUM students Andrew Dornbusch and Nick Berthelson were winners of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) poster competition during the 7th Annual Undergraduate Research in the Molecular Sciences (URMS) meeting held at MSUM October 28-29. Their poster, entitled “Determining the effects RSK and ROCK phosphorylation sites have on the regulation of NHE1”, described the research they have […]

Theatre alum Jan Maxwell receives accolades

MSUM Theatre Arts alum Jan Maxwell starred last spring in a revival of the Stephen Sondheim hit musical Follies with Bernadette Peters at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. A New York Times theatre reviewer wrote in the May 22 issue: “Ms. Maxwell, who gives the evening’s most complete and satisfying performance, sings and dances the audience in to a […]

Theatre alum Dan Leonard receives performing arts prize

Dan Leonard, ’79, Theatre Arts, received the Randolph Frank Prize for the Performing Arts. He received the $5,000 award for his work in Palm Beach County’s performing arts scene for the past 25 years. Leonard wrote plays for a touring theatre program for schools and also acted in many theatrical productions in the Palm Beach County area, where he lives […]

Alum’s documentary on N.Y. teenagers receives praise

A documentary about three underprivileged New York City teenagers was produced in part by MSUM Speech alum Jill Angelo, ‘97. The documentary was praised in an Oct. 11 issue of The New York Times for offering “more substantive insights into pressing issues of public education and urban poverty than many political commentators muster in a career.” The film opened Oct. […]

Theatre alum plays title role in “Bat Boy: The Musical”

Tyler Michaels, a 2010 Theatre Arts graduate of MSUM, , plays the title role in Bat Boy: The Musical, an Off-Broadway hit opening Halloween weekend in downtown Minneapolis. Minneapolis Musical Theatre is presenting Bat Boy: The Musical October 28-November 13 at the Illusion Theater, 6th and Hennepin, Minneapolis. Appearing in his first Minneapolis Musical Theatre production, Tyler Michaels stars as […]