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With Internet traffic growing steadily, rumors that overusage will crash this pillar of modern society crop up from time to time. But University of Minnesota researcher Andrew Odlyzko doesn't buy that. He sees traffic growing at somewhere around 50 percent per year and the average internet user consumes 10 to 15 gigabytes of data per month, but it's nothing to worry about — at least not yet. Wireless devices like iPhones and Blackberries are putting a strain on the networks and current technology can catch up.

This video is part of the Expert Perspectives series at the University of Minnesota.

New facilities at the University of Minnesota give scientists flexible, state-of-the-art space to fight todays health challenges including diabetes, cancer, heart disease, emerging infectious diseases, and brain diseases. The Biomedical Discovery District will house some of the world's best research in places like the Stem Cell Institute, the Center for Infectious Diseases & Microbiology Translational Research, the Institute for Translational Neuroscience and the Center for Immunology.

University of Minnesota student, Miles, visits Middlebrook hall and Pioneer hall to meet U students and check out their dorm rooms. From what there is to eat, to the bunk beds - there are plenty of cool things to check out.

University of Minnesota students will have a unique opportunity to enroll in a public affairs course taught by former U.S. Vice President and University graduate Walter Mondale.

The course, Topics in Social Policy: America's Constitutional Crisis with Walter Mondale, will examine the ongoing battle between the President and Congress over control of the country's most vital decisions. Students will have the opportunity to learn from someone who was in the middle of many of these crisis and who current Vice President Joe Biden recently described as the "single most prominent vice president in American history."

University of Minnesota professor Keith Mayes discusses the holiday tradition, Kwanzaa, a seven-day cultural holiday starting December 26 and ending January 1. Mayes, a professor of African American and African studies, explains that the African-American tradition has now been celebrated for more than 40 years and gives great details on the origin of the word Kwanzaa, which is derived from the phrase "matunda ya kwanza" which means "first fruits" in Swahili, a Pan-African language which is the most widely spoken African language.

This video is part of the Expert Perspectives series at the University of Minnesota.

University of Minnesota English professor Gordon Hirsch breaks down the relevance of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes to the literary world. The Holmes series represents how popular literature crossed over into the literary world, having a larger impact than your average popular fiction at the time.

Have you ever wondered how many G's are involved in a football tackle? University of Minnesota physics professor Dan Dahlberg breaks down a tackle from the Minnesota Cal game from earlier this football season when Gopher receiver Eric Decker gets slammed in the end zone by Cal's Sean Cattouse during a touchdown catch. Dahlberg breaks down the catch and tackle and explains how much force Decker withstood when he took the hit.

Be sure to also check out Cal's YouTube videos at: youtube.com/ucberkeley and youtube.com/calathletics

The University of Minnesota Extensions Operation Frontline is a hands-on program that teaches low-income families how to prepare healthy and tasty meals on a limited budget, using foods that are commonly available in stores and from emergency food providers.

University of Minnesota professor Iraj Bashiri just returned from the Middle East and gives his take on the current state of the Taliban, what the Afghan people are facing and what the United States role should be in the region.

This video is part of the Expert Perspectives series at the University of Minnesota.

University of Minnesota School of Public Health professor Jean Abraham explains how the costs of health care in the United States are rising at extreme levels and how health care reform should be able to not only help control the costs of health care. Abraham, who spent time in Washington D.C. advising on health care reform, discusses how savings and efficiencies in Medicare could help make the program more effective and how new sources of tax revenue could help insure more people in the United States.

This video is part of the Expert Perspectives series at the University of Minnesota.

University of Minnesota student Miles gives you a quick look at the U of M Solar House which was designed, constructed and engineered by Minnesota students. Now the students will take the ICON house to Washington D.C. to compete in the Solar Decathlon against students across the globe.