: For Students, Faculty, and Staff 
The NAA unveils decades of designs by landmark modernist architect, Ralph Rapson
Whether you like them or not, Ralph Rapson’s buildings have something to say. Just look…
Adria CarpenterJune 24, 2025
Capturing creation at the inaugural Creators Showcase
From podcasts about music therapy and the whitewashing of cultural foods, to a redesign of…
Adria CarpenterMay 14, 2025
‘Listening for Blackness’: a new exhibit at the Givens Collection explores what it means to ‘sound Black’
Addison Cox doesn’t believe listening is passive. A cafe’s background music, the chime of the…
Adria CarpenterMay 5, 2025
This year’s Outstanding Student Library Employees can do it all
At the Health Sciences Education Center, you’ll find three outstanding student library employees who are…
Adria CarpenterApril 23, 2025
With a new VR program, veterinary students are learning how to better care for animals
Dr. Perle Zhitnitskiy talks her students through the VR experience of the swine farm, on…
Adria CarpenterApril 1, 2025
Future occupational therapists are transforming the field with virtual reality and 3D printing
Isaiah Wills and Cole Nelson, instruction support staff, prepare for class in the Virtual Reality…
Adria CarpenterMarch 27, 2025
When Minnesota’s first women architects couldn’t find a home, they made their own
If you live in South Minneapolis, there’s a chance your house was designed by one…
Adria CarpenterMarch 17, 2025
UMN Libraries Publishing’s new, free textbook is helping students and teachers alike
Jeremy Rose, a senior lecturer at the University of Minnesota, sympathizes with students who, year…
Adria CarpenterMarch 13, 2025
‘Crafting lessons alongside experts’: The Map Library finishes its second annual teacher fellowship
Kathryn Rotunda presents her lesson plan, "Analyzing the Shift of Native Lands," focusing on Dakota…
Adria CarpenterFebruary 13, 2025
‘It was life-changing’: The Libraries’ Director of Advancement Mark Engebretson retires after 26 years
Mark Engebretson, the University of Minnesota Libraries' director of advancement, poses for a portrait in…
Adria CarpenterFebruary 6, 2025