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Toaster Makerspace Workshop: Stress Buster – 3D Printed Desktop Zen Gardens

Toaster Makerspace (Walter Library Basement) 117 Pleasant St. S.E. (Lower Level), Minneapolis, MN, United States

Need a way to destress as you prep for finals? Want to liven up your study space? Join us as we teach you how to model your own desktop zen garden and send it to 3D print! Fill your garden with whatever brings you peace, whether that be fun-shaped rocks and plants or dinosaurs and video game characters. You'll go home with everything you'll need to design and create your garden - just bring yourself and a willingness to learn and create!

Free
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First Fridays May 2025

Elmer L. Andersen Library, Room 120 222 21st Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

Let’s talk about love! From love letters to break up letters, the course of true love never did run smooth. Join us for the 2024-2025 season of First Fridays as we share matters of the heart from collections across Archives and Special Collections. This final program in the First Fridays season features presentations from the Charles Babbage Institute Archives and the Givens Collection of African American Literature and Life.

Free

Intro to Sewing and Embroidery

HSL Makerspace (5-101 Health Sciences Education Center) 526 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Learn how to use sewing and embroidery machines to make anything involving fabric! During this workshop you can expect to learn how to operate and thread the machines, create custom designs, and make your very own Block M pillow! Feel free to stay after to make one for yourself!

Free
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Webinar | Baltic Americans and US Soft Power During the Cold War

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This archival project explores the hidden role of post-World War II migrants from the Baltic states and Eastern Europe in shaping US-Soviet relations through soft power. The talk focuses primarily on cultural “proxy battles” such as international hockey tournaments and political institutions like the Captive Nations Committee, which often stood in for open military conflict and shaped public opinion in the United States.

Free

Stressbusters Tea & Treats @ HSL- May 8, 2025

Health Sciences Library Phillips-Wangensteen, 516 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Join the Health Sciences Library for Stressbusters Tea & Treats on Thursday, May 8 from 11:00am-3:00pm at our service desk on the 5th floor of PWB. Need a complete break from cramming? Check out the HSL Makerspace for button making, 3D printing, sewing, creating vinyl stickers, and other crafts. The VR Studio is also open for enjoying gaming, wellness and meditation apps.

PAWS (Pet Away Worry and Stress) at Wilson Library

Wilson Library 309 19th Avenue S, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Join us at Wilson Library (west bank) for PAWS (Pet Away Worry and Stress) from UMN Boynton Health. Drop in at any time to meet registered therapy animal teams—including dogs, bunnies, cats, chickens, and other therapy animals. Sessions are FREE and open to the University of Minnesota community. All are welcome!

Free

ONLINE: Introduction to EndNote and EndNote Online

Virtual Event

Learn about using the citation management software, EndNote, to import citations, customize your account, and format your bibliographies and in-text citations. We'll also discuss using EndNote in conjunction with EndNote Online, a web-based version of EndNote freely available to current University of Minnesota students, faculty, and staff.

Free
Virtual Event Featured Event Series Doors Open Minneapolis comes to Elmer L. Andersen Library

Doors Open Minneapolis comes to Elmer L. Andersen Library

Elmer L. Andersen Library 222 21st Ave S, Minneapolis, United States

Go behind the scenes at Elmer L. Andersen Library with Doors Open Minneapolis. Visitors will be able to tour the caverns 80 feet beneath the building, as well as see and learn about rare and unique collection materials, such as the 1602 Ricci map of the world, and view exhibits such as “Making Room,” about pioneering women architects, “Campus Kiosk: The Voice of Student Groups at the U,” and our very own 221b Baker Street sitting room.

Free
Virtual Event Featured Event Series Doors Open Minneapolis comes to Elmer L. Andersen Library

Doors Open Minneapolis comes to Elmer L. Andersen Library

Elmer L. Andersen Library 222 21st Ave S, Minneapolis, United States

Go behind the scenes at Elmer L. Andersen Library with Doors Open Minneapolis. Visitors will be able to tour the caverns 80 feet beneath the building, as well as see and learn about rare and unique collection materials, such as the 1602 Ricci map of the world, and view exhibits such as “Making Room,” about pioneering women architects, “Campus Kiosk: The Voice of Student Groups at the U,” and our very own 221b Baker Street sitting room.

Free

ONLINE: Introduction to Zotero

Virtual Event

Meet with fellow learners on Zoom and learn how to use Zotero to create your own database of citations, PDFs, images, webpages, video and audio files and more.  Zotero can then be used to create citations in a large number of citation styles which can be added to Google Docs, Microsoft Word and Libre Office.  We will send a zoom link to students who are registered the day before the workshop.

Free

ONLINE: Advanced Library Search Strategies for Literature Reviews and beyond

Virtual Event

This workshop will break down how to effectively search for articles, books, and other scholarly works. We’ll cover tracing citations, creating optimal keyword searches, using built-in database functions to improve your searches, and other strategies to make you a more efficient researcher.

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Exhibit reception: Local Roots, Global Reach

Elmer L. Andersen Library, Room 120 222 21st Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

Join us on June 25 for an exhibit opening that celebrates 100 years of the University of Minnesota Press. The program begins with remarks at 6 p.m., followed by a reception and exhibit-viewing. The event is free and open to all. Please register if you plan to attend!

Free
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