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Hundreds of shoes hang from the branches of a tree.

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Shoe Tree

The Shoe Tree is known for the numerous pairs of shoes thrown from the bridge…

Erik MooreMarch 5, 2021

U of M Radio On Your Historic Dial with retro radio icon

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Women on the Air: Cokie Roberts

On September 17, 2019, award-winning broadcaster, journalist, and author Cokie Roberts passed away at the…

Rebecca ToovSeptember 17, 2020

Students sit in groups, on strike for peace and protesting against the Vietnam war. Student protests. Strike. 1970. University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives., umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll175:4717 Accessed 27 May 2020.

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1970 Student Strike–50 Years Later

Throughout the spring of 1970, tensions were high among students and the campus community at…

Katelyn MorkenJune 25, 2020

A photograph of the ceremony for the conferment of an Honorary Doctorate (Law) on the Honorable Arthur E. Schneider. The date is unknown. Source: University of Minnesota Archives, Photograph Collection.

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‘Sister Relationship’: Cooperative Project with Seoul National University

What started as an act of post-war technical aid led to the fondly known “sister…

Katelyn MorkenMay 15, 2020

Marion English (Watson) was a member of the WLB Radio Guild while a student in the 1940s (with Del Dusenbury).

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Marion Watson

We are saddened to learn of the passing of Marion Watson, a long-time station manager…

Erik MooreMay 11, 2020

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Women on the Air: Dr. Joyce Jackson

KUOM radio's Minnesota School of the Air series People Worth Hearing About first aired in…

Rebecca ToovMarch 20, 2020

High resolution composite macro image of the stone created in 2020. Photographer: Samantha Porter.

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The Roseau Stone

The Roseau Stone is a small, smooth, one-and-a-half-inch oblong sedimentary stone. The stone was found…

Erik MooreFebruary 20, 2020

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U Libraries receives $44,000 for radio digitization

The University of Minnesota Libraries has received $44,000 for its digitization project: "University Radio at…

Erik MooreOctober 23, 2019

University Libraries Archives & Special Collections on the scoreboard! Photo courtesy of Brenda Oare.

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Happy 10 years, TCF Bank Stadium!

Celebrating 10 years of TCF Bank Stadium with a look back at the University's Memorial…

University LibrariesSeptember 12, 2019

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Welcome Week

Freshman Week began at the University of Minnesota in 1926. As a way to welcome…

University LibrariesAugust 26, 2019

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Shoe Tree

Women on the Air: Cokie Roberts

1970 Student Strike–50 Years Later

‘Sister Relationship’: Cooperative Project with Seoul National University

Marion Watson

Women on the Air: Dr. Joyce Jackson

The Roseau Stone

U Libraries receives $44,000 for radio digitization

Happy 10 years, TCF Bank Stadium!

Welcome Week

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