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Workshop: Getting the most from your PhD

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

Get ready to take your research to the next level! This exhilarating workshop is all about viewing your hard-earned research as potential game-changing innovations that can revolutionize the market. We're giving you the opportunity to dive deep into the real-world impact of your work, identify the problems you're solving, understand where they fit into the global context, and discover who could play a part in catapulting your research beyond the lab walls. Especially designed for curious and ambitious 1st and 2nd year PhD students and Master's students with an eye on a PhD, this workshop is set to ignite your innovative spark!

Free

Toaster Makerspace Workshop: Beaded Lizard Keychains

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

Get ready for a fun adventure into the world of crafting! With just pony beads and string, you can create your very own beaded lizard. Imagine having these colorful critters as funky keychains or lively decorations. Best part? No crafting experience needed. So, let's dive in!

Free

Mend Monday: Workshop Sponsored by the Fab Lab

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

Bring your broken clothing or other textiles and we will teach you how to mend! No experience needed, materials provided. Hope to see you there!

Free

VR for Stress Reduction: Meditation

HSL VR Studio (5-132 Health Sciences Education Center) 526 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Every student experiences stress, and it’s important to find your strategies for taking care of yourself. You will also learn how you can borrow a VR headset if you decide to make this part of your strategy. In this workshop, we will use an app called Hoame to experience a guided meditation exercise.

Free

Breakerspace Workshop: Hand Embrodery

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

Hop into the fun realm of hand embroidery! We're here to guide you on an exciting journey where you'll learn to prep your fabric, thread that sneaky needle, and master the basics of stitching. Plus, you'll get to sketch your very own design for a personalized embroidery piece. Let's unleash your inner artist, shall we?

Free

Travel the World with Google Earth VR

HSL VR Studio (5-132 Health Sciences Education Center) 526 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Travel anywhere in the world or even visit your house! Google Earth VR combines all of the image data in Google Earth with the immersiveness of a virtual reality experience, so it can feel like you are standing where you grew up, studied abroad, or would like to go someday. Join us for a virtual world tour!

Free
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2024 Pankake Poetry Event: Gwen Westerman

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

Join us for an afternoon of poetry with Gwen Westerman at the 15th annual Pankake Poetry event in Elmer L. Andersen Library on April 3, 2024.

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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

Intro to Laser and Vinyl Cutting

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

Learn how to operate a laser cutter and vinyl cutter! During this workshop you can expect to learn about the different use cases of digital cutting machines, how to safely and effectively use them, and how to make your own custom designs! Feel free to stay after to do a project of your own!

Free

Media Services workshop: Adobe Illustrator Basics

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

Unleash your inner artist with Adobe Illustrator, no prior design experience necessary! Our Toaster Ambassador, Faith, will guide you through the nuances of Adobe Illustrator tools and the wealth of free online resources at your fingertips. Imagine mastering the fundamentals of Adobe Illustrator tools, like layers, shapes, text, images, and the pen tool, in this immersive workshop. Envision understanding where to access free design resources like fonts, imagery, and inspiration. This is your chance to transform your ideas into stunning creations. Don't miss this opportunity to explore the world of design with us!

Free
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First Fridays: Community by Mail

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

Join us on April 5 for an event in the 2023-24 First Fridays season, featuring presentations from the Children’s Literature Research Collections and the Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies. Please register to attend in person or online. ASL interpreters will be present for all First Fridays events.

Free

Breakerspace Workshop: Loom Weaving – Shoelaces

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

Give your favorite kicks the personality they deserve by handweaving your own shoelaces! Join us to learn about how to use your very own loom to make cords and straps, design the laces of your dreams, and start weaving. You’ll leave with everything you need to finish a pair of custom shoelaces! Makers of all experience levels and abilities are welcome.

Free

ONLINE: Introduction to EndNote and EndNote Online

Virtual Event

Learn about using 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. We will send a Zoom link to students who are registered one day before the workshop.

Free

ONLINE: Introduction to Zotero

Virtual Event

Meet with fellow students 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 once registration ends. Please note this library session is online only.

Free

Drop-In Workshop: VR for Human Anatomy

HSL VR Studio (5-132 Health Sciences Education Center) 526 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Got 15 minutes to spare? Come learn how you can use Primal VR at home with a borrowed headset to study anatomy in 3D virtual reality. Attendees can come and go at any point during the hour.

Free
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