Drop in anytime during the hour to learn about Gravity Sketch VR, a 3D modeling program where you sketch in virtual and mixed reality. These sketches can be exported to CAD software, Unity 3D projects or 3D printed. This workshop is for anyone interested in design or virtual reality.
Learn how to use a CNC Milling machine to create anything from a wood block cut print to a PCB Circuit Board. During this workshop you can expect to learn the basics of CNC Milling, its various applications, and how to make your very own design. Feel free to stay after to complete a project of your own!
The Kerlan Collection contains over 100 years of children’s picture book history. Join us on a journey that takes you from the iconic W.E.B. Du Bois’ Brownies’ Book to the Caldecott Award-winning “Snowy Day” to the work of Ezra Jack Keats Award recipients. The exhibit spans galleries on four floors, illuminating the diversity of children’s picture books.
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!
Please join us on Nov. 20 for the 2024 James Ford Bell Lecture, “A Mixture of Nations: Feeding Children and Empires in the Early American Northeast,” presented by Carla Cevasco, Associate Professor of American Studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and author of “Violent Appetites: Hunger in the Early Northeast.”
The Kerlan Collection contains over 100 years of children’s picture book history. Join us on a journey that takes you from the iconic W.E.B. Du Bois’ Brownies’ Book to the Caldecott Award-winning “Snowy Day” to the work of Ezra Jack Keats Award recipients. The exhibit spans galleries on four floors, illuminating the diversity of children’s picture books.
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.
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!
Welcome to Queer Creative Connections, where LGBTQ+ individuals and allies can come together to explore the art of collaboration! Bring your ongoing project and enjoy the company, or join us as we embark on our latest endeavor: a variety of nostalgic crafts from your childhood and beyond -- think bead lizards, origami, friendship bracelets...
Join us on Thursday, Nov. 21, 6:30-8:30 p.m. for a book reading and conversation with author Taiyon J. Coleman. Coleman’s new book, “Traveling Without Moving,” includes an essay about the University of Minnesota’s Mapping Prejudice Program.
The Kerlan Collection contains over 100 years of children’s picture book history. Join us on a journey that takes you from the iconic W.E.B. Du Bois’ Brownies’ Book to the Caldecott Award-winning “Snowy Day” to the work of Ezra Jack Keats Award recipients. The exhibit spans galleries on four floors, illuminating the diversity of children’s picture books.
Unlock your creativity with our Introduction to CAD Software in Fusion 360, where you'll learn to design and model your very own LEGO brick. Perfect for beginners, this hands-on course will guide you through the basics of 3D design, bringing your ideas to life one brick at a time.
Learn how to make heat-safe potholders just in time for your holiday cooking needs! In this workshop, we'll teach you what you need to know about introductory sewing and fabric layering, and you'll walk away with the perfect customized tool to add to your kitchen.
Join Iyekiyapiwin Darlene St. Clair (Dakota, a citizen of the Lower Sioux Indian Community), faculty member at the U of M College of Education and Human Development, and Lisa Von Drasek, U of M Children’s Literature Research Collections, for a workshop exploring how to select and evaluate children’s books for the classroom, library, and home.
The Kerlan Collection contains over 100 years of children’s picture book history. Join us on a journey that takes you from the iconic W.E.B. Du Bois’ Brownies’ Book to the Caldecott Award-winning “Snowy Day” to the work of Ezra Jack Keats Award recipients. The exhibit spans galleries on four floors, illuminating the diversity of children’s picture books.
Join us for Make Mondays at the Toaster, a crafting meetup for everyone! Bring your own work in progress, or we'll have a Make of the Week for you to try. Hang out and meet other crafters and makers each week in a chill, low-pressure environment. Recurs weekly; come when you can, for however long you can. All experience levels welcome!
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