Learn how to use BrowZine, a tool to create your own virtual reading room of your favorite journals. You’ll also learn how to set up database and journal alerts to keep up on published scholarship in your field.
Every student experiences stress, and it’s important to find your strategies for taking care of yourself. In this workshop, we will use an app called Hoame to experience a guided meditation exercise. You will also learn how you can borrow a VR headset if you decide to make this part of your strategy. These VR for Stress Reduction workshops are not intended to be professional therapy or medical advice. To locate these services for students, staff and faculty, see z.umn.edu/personalwellbeing.
Calling all game gurus and thrill-seekers! Ready to swap textbooks for joysticks? Summon your inner ninja with Fruit Ninja or channel your inner rockstar with Beat Saber. Take a break from the slog of studying and reset your brain with games!
Need a relaxing study break? In collaboration with RecWell, Wilson Library on west bank is hosting mat pilates on Thursday’s from 1:45-2:15 on the first floor of Wilson Library. This class is great for beginners and those seeking the mental benefits of exercise. All fitness levels are welcome.
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.
Every student experiences stress, and it’s important to find your strategies for taking care of yourself. In this workshop, we will use virtual reality to take us through guided meditation exercises.
Learn how to use a sewing machine 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 project!
In this session, we will explore AI-generated audio and the ethical concerns surrounding it.
Join us for the 2025-2026 season of First Fridays as we explore the things you can see, hear, touch, taste or smell in Archives and Special Collections. This March program in the First Fridays season features presentations features presentations by Ellen Engseth, Immigration History Research Center Archives (IHRCA); Marguerite Ragnow, Curator, James Ford Bell Library and Special Collections and Rare Books, and Anne Good; Assistant Curator, James Ford Bell Library.
Take a break and explore virtual reality at Game Day! Try your hand at popular virtual reality games like Beat Saber, Job Simulator, Superhot, and more. No VR experience? No problem--we'll teach you how to use the headsets, and you'll be a pro gamer in no time.
Are you working on finishing up your Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) proposal application? Want fellow students or staff to review your draft? Have questions? Drop by Walter Library on Tuesday, March 10 from 3:30-4:30 for work time and support.
Bring your laptop and we will provide pizza, snacks and a space to work with fellow Gophers to get it done! Peer Research Consultants and library staff will be available to help. Free! Bring a friend!
Want to make progress on career goals over spring break? Join us at for a Spring Break Resume/CV Write-In. Gather with fellow graduate and professional students, researchers, staff and undergraduates for a relaxed yet productive work time. All disciplines are welcome including sciences, health sciences, social sciences and humanities.
Bring your CV (note: CV stands for curriculum vitae which is used in place of a resume in many academic jobs), or resume and work on revising, editing getting feedback and getting stuff done. Update your Handshake or LinkedIn profiles. UMN Career services staff will be available to answer questions and give feedback. Learn more about online library tools to research employers, industries and career opportunities.
Learn how to use embroidery machines to decorate anything involving fabric! During this workshop you can expect to learn how to operate and thread the machines, create custom designs, and make a project!
Working on your WRIT 1301 class projects? Have questions about doing research or finding sources? Join us in Walter Library for research and writing work time.
Bring your research, projects, and writing and get stuff done with your fellow Gophers. Librarians and Peer Research Consultants (a.k.a library research tutors) will be available for short consultations to help find credible sources for your project, narrow your research topic, understand how and why to search databases, evaluate sources you have found, and much more.
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.
The Women's Center is hosting best-selling author and Georgia Tech professor Dr. Susana M. Morris for the 2026 Women's History Month lecture. Make plans to attend this community event centering Morris’ newest text Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia Butler.
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