University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler looking studly

So we've just seen University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler as a down-home, man-of-the-earth kind of guy at the State Fair.

But have you seen this month's issue of Twin Cities Business?

Kaler is looking positively heroic on the cover.

(It seems to be channeling a mix of socialist realism and old Superman images, but maybe that's just me. Either way, covers like these often breed big expectations. Good luck, Dr. K.)

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