: For Students, Faculty, and Staff 
Launch Week @ the Toaster
Launch into the semester like... The semester is underway! Join us at the Toaster for…
Kimberlie MoockSeptember 1, 2021
Opening up open access
There are clear benefits to publishing open access, including increased reach and impact. Yet publishers often…
markengeMarch 11, 2021
Nature Heals Instagram Challenge
Beat the winter blues by embracing the weather and getting outside! Get inspiration from our…
Karen Carmody-McIntoshFebruary 18, 2021
The Great Auk
By Anne Good, Assistant Curator Most biologists agree that a “sixth extinction” is currently underway…
Anne GoodJanuary 31, 2021
The year in review
Coping with COVID was the challenge of the year. COVID closed our buildings during spring…
markengeDecember 29, 2020
Advancing the Mapping Prejudice project
After exposing structural racism in Hennepin County, the Mapping Prejudice project at the University of…
markengeJuly 29, 2020
Learning on the job
In this student reporter post, history major Kaylee Morlan shares why she loves working at…
Erinn AspinallJuly 28, 2020
Reckoning with Racism
The Mapping Prejudice Project: A brief guide to taking meaningful action The Mapping Prejudice Project…
Mark EngebretsonJuly 17, 2020
Easy on-ramp
PebbleGo — a new K-5 learning platform available to all Minnesotans through eLibraryMN.org — is…
markengeJuly 9, 2020
A 400-year-old map is a precious gift
Call it cross-cultural, call it precious, call it extraordinary: The 400-year-old Matteo Ricci Map uniquely…
markengeJune 16, 2020