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Associate Director of the Center for Premodern Studies Lydia Garver learns how to duel with swords at the Wangensteen pop-up exhibit.

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‘Swords in the library?’: WHL pop-up exhibit displays medieval cutlery and more

Students and staff held aloft their swords and dueled during the “Arms, Armor, and Battle…

Adria CarpenterNovember 27, 2023

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What’s possible in Minnesota?

In urbanist circles, Minnesota’s reputation stretches as far as North Carolina. That’s where Kelly Rogers,…

Adria CarpenterNovember 15, 2023

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‘You are worth it’: First gen students share their stories

For many students finishing up the fall semester this year, they are the first in…

Adria CarpenterNovember 10, 2023

James Ford Bell Library News Past Exhibits

Maps that shaped the world

As premodern voyagers returned from overseas expeditions, bringing strange tales from strange lands, their perspectives…

Adria CarpenterOctober 27, 2023

A Jack-O-Lantern of "The Nightmare Before Christmas." Courtesy of Justin Boeser (@justingregoryyy)

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Your basic Jack-O-Lantern needs a glow up. Here’s how.

Carving an artistic Jack-O-Lantern isn’t as difficult as it seems. Just ask Justin Boeser, a…

Adria CarpenterOctober 27, 2023

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Recording the overlooked history of marginalized peoples

As part of the Radical Librarianship Institute program, Ellen Holt-Werle and Ego Sowinski decided to…

Adria CarpenterOctober 26, 2023

Ling Wang and Robert Duan get married at the Nazareth Chapel on Sept. 27, 1998. Image courtesy of Wang and Duan

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Falling in love at Walter Library

Ling Wang met her future husband at a Chinese New Year party in 1995. He…

Adria CarpenterOctober 26, 2023

Men and boys wearing Indian headbands and feathers shaking hands, created between 1940 and 1969.

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‘Playing Indian’: A retrospective on the YMCA’s Indian Guides program

Ryan Bean and co-author Paul Hillmer, a professor of American history at Concordia University in…

Adria CarpenterOctober 13, 2023

Aiden Bettine, curator of the Tretter Collection, poses for a portrait on April 25, 2023. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

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Using zines to preserve intergenerational memories

From connecting LGBTQ history to the present, preserving memories of the 2020 Minneapolis uprisings, and…

Adria CarpenterOctober 13, 2023

News Profiles of Friends

The classroom is a laboratory

Leslie Schiff has always loved science and research, but her biggest discovery was her love…

Adria CarpenterOctober 4, 2023

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‘Swords in the library?’: WHL pop-up exhibit displays medieval cutlery and more

What’s possible in Minnesota?

‘You are worth it’: First gen students share their stories

Maps that shaped the world

Your basic Jack-O-Lantern needs a glow up. Here’s how.

Recording the overlooked history of marginalized peoples

Falling in love at Walter Library

‘Playing Indian’: A retrospective on the YMCA’s Indian Guides program

Using zines to preserve intergenerational memories

The classroom is a laboratory

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