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Party like it’s your birthday: Walter Library 100
Party like it’s your birthday: Walter Library 100
Did you know Walter Library is turning 100 years old? Let’s celebrate during Homecoming week!...
Did you know Walter Library is turning 100 years old? Let’s celebrate during Homecoming week!...
Bring your homework and your friends and join us at the Weisman Art Museum (WAM)...
Join the Humphrey School of Public Affairs and the University Libraries on Sept 28, 6 p.m., at the Humphrey School for an engaging book talk with author Sam Freedman.
Join us at Wilson Library (west bank) for PAWS (Pet Away Worry and Stress) from UMN...
Learn about using EndNote to import citations, customize your account, and format your bibliographies and...
Visit the Andersen Horticultural Library, located at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, for a pop-up exhibit exploring the world of fungi! Morels, puffballs, and the poisonous jack-o-lantern mushrooms are just a few species you will find in Minnesota. Stop by on Sept. 29, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., to see mushroom books and illustrations from our rare book collection dating back to 1788, browse mushroom field guides and cookbooks, and learn how to make art from fungi!
Join Leesa Kelly, Executive Director of Memorialize the Movement (MTM), to learn about the amazing work her and her team are doing at the intersection of grassroots organizing, protest art, and social justice. Better yet, learn about Community Creates, a year long program done collaboration with the Liberal Arts Engagement Hub connecting UMN students with local businesses, organizations, activities, organizers, and storytellers!
Get started 3D printing! No experience needed. We'll learn how to download the software that goes with the 3D printers, and download a model from Thingiverse to turn into an amazing 3D print. Join the Toaster Ambassador Lauren for this Beginners Workshop.
This session will demonstrate real workflows and tools for backing up and versioning your research...
Join us on Oct. 6 for the first event in the 2023-24 First Fridays season, featuring presentations from the Performing Arts Archives and from the central processing unit at the Archives and Special Collections. Please register to attend in person or online. ASL interpreters will be present for all First Fridays events.
Shop for used books, CDs and DVDs in a wide variety of subjects. This sale, organized by the Friends of the Andersen Horticultural Library, typically raises $10,000-$12,000 for the library. This sale takes place Friday, Oct. 6 through Sunday, Oct. 8, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, at MacMillan Auditorium, located in the Oswald Visitor Center at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska, Minnesota. Tickets must be reserved in advance of your visit to the arboretum.
Ready for midterms? Have tests, papers and projects or a mountain of homework? Do you...
Shop for used books, CDs and DVDs in a wide variety of subjects. This sale, organized by the Friends of the Andersen Horticultural Library, typically raises $10,000-$12,000 for the library. This sale takes place Friday, Oct. 6 through Sunday, Oct. 8, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, at MacMillan Auditorium, located in the Oswald Visitor Center at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska, Minnesota. Tickets must be reserved in advance of your visit to the arboretum.
This workshop will cover: learning from a quant about the value of the Bloomberg Terminal on the job; practicing on the terminal in small teams to access data and do project analysis; learning how MFM and FQF help prepare you for Quantitative Finance/Data Science jobs. This is an important resource to have access to on campus, with two terminals on the East Bank at Walter Library.
Shop for used books, CDs and DVDs in a wide variety of subjects. This sale, organized by the Friends of the Andersen Horticultural Library, typically raises $10,000-$12,000 for the library. This sale takes place Friday, Oct. 6 through Sunday, Oct. 8, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, at MacMillan Auditorium, located in the Oswald Visitor Center at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska, Minnesota. Tickets must be reserved in advance of your visit to the arboretum.
Join us to celebrate children’s literature at the annual Kerlan Awards! The Kerlan Award Committee, led by chair Alex Genis, has selected two recipients of the 2023 Kerlan Award to be presented on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023 at Elmer L. Andersen Library: Laurie Hertzel, former editor of the Star Tribune Book Review and past president of the National Book Critics Circle; and award-winning artist/writer Lauren Stringer. This hybrid event takes place in person and online.
Join us on Oct. 11 for the Launch Party of Phase 3 of the Tretter Transgender Oral History Project in the Performance Hall of the Open Book Building. Meet our new Oral Historian Jae Yates, learn about where the Transgender Oral History Project is heading in Phase 3, and gather in community to celebrate all of the history we’re documenting! Light refreshments will be provided.
Please join us on Oct. 12 to celebrate the launch of Dianna Hunter’s latest publication, “Clouded Waters,” a mystery/romance novel set in what we now call the Mesabi Range in Minnesota, published by Holy Cow! Press. While reading, Dianna will be accompanied by local musician Lisa Kane. Following the reading, we will have the opportunity to explore the Dianna Hunter Papers collection, which is archived in the Tretter Collection at the University of Minnesota Libraries. The collection’s curator, Aiden Bettine, will be available to help guests explore the papers, and enjoy a tour of the Tretter Collection housed in the Elmer L. Andersen Library’s geology-friendly underground caverns (pre-registration required).
Join us at Wilson Library (west bank) for PAWS (Pet Away Worry and Stress) from UMN...
Join us at Wilson Library (west bank) for PAWS (Pet Away Worry and Stress) from UMN...
Every student experiences stress, and it's important to find your strategies for taking care of yourself. This is a part of a series of workshops on VR for Stress Reduction, this one being focused on meditation. In this workshop, we will use an app called Hoame to experience a guided meditation exercise, and you will learn how you can borrow a VR headset if you decide to make this part of your strategy.
Do you consider yourself a Swiftie? A casual fan? Do you like bracelet making? Or...
Spend the weekend with folks from the Toaster and The Test Kitchen — your favorite Washington Ave, student-inspired Sandwich and Donut spot. Participants in the Tinker @ the Toaster Design Challenge will work in teams to identify and deliver creative ways to communicate and brand the story behind the Test Kitchen and, most importantly, those delicious donuts.
Learning anatomy is made easier using virtual reality tools! In this workshop, you will learn how to borrow and use a Meta Quest 2 and how to use the app Primal VR to study anatomy at home or in our Studio.
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, and we will teach you how to do this!
Early construction of Walter Library begins in 1922. This event has been CANCELLED. Please attend...
Early construction of Walter Library begins in 1922. Walter Library is turning 100 years old!...
Discover how virtual reality can enhance your learning and be applied during the design process or to showcase work. This workshop is for anyone but would be useful for College of Design students in particular. In this workshop, you will learn how to convert a Sketchup model into a virtual environment, sketch in 3D using Open Brush and Gravity Sketch, and you will hear about various apps for design: Sentio VR, Arkio, and more!
Come to the First Annual Midwest Queer & Trans Zine Fest on Oct. 21-22, 2023 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Celebrate LGBTQ History Month by joining us on the second floor of the Open Book Building in downtown Minneapolis. The Midwest QT Zine Fest brings together queer and trans artists, zine makers, collectives, and small presses to share their work with zine enthusiasts and LGBTQ community members. Over 70 local and regional exhibitors will have their work for sale, ranging from hand made zines to small-run publications.
Come to the First Annual Midwest Queer & Trans Zine Fest on Oct. 21-22, 2023 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Celebrate LGBTQ History Month by joining us on the second floor of the Open Book Building in downtown Minneapolis. The Midwest QT Zine Fest brings together queer and trans artists, zine makers, collectives, and small presses to share their work with zine enthusiasts and LGBTQ community members. Over 70 local and regional exhibitors will have their work for sale, ranging from hand made zines to small-run publications.
Learning anatomy is made easier using virtual reality tools! In this workshop, you will learn how to borrow and use a Meta Quest 2 and how to use the app Primal VR to study anatomy at home or in our Studio.
Every student experiences stress, and it's important to find your strategies for taking care of yourself. This is a part of a series of workshops on VR for Stress Reduction, this one being focused on meditation. In this workshop, we will use an app called Hoame to experience a guided meditation exercise, and you will learn how you can borrow a VR headset if you decide to make this part of your strategy.
Recently, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a memo requiring that all...
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, and we will teach you how to do this!
Learn about using EndNote to import citations, customize your account, and format your bibliographies and...
Join us on Oct. 25 to celebrate a new exhibit of materials from the Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies. “disrupt! decentralize! distribute! DIY Printing in the Queer Underground” is installed on the second floor of the Open Book Building in downtown Minneapolis.
Meet with fellow students on Zoom and learn how to use Zotero to create your...
We will share the latest updates on the August 2022 White House Office of Science and Technology Policy memorandum “Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research.” No policies have changed yet, but funding bodies have been releasing guidance and drafts of plans that will be in place by the end of 2025.
Join us to learn more about federal mandates around public access to articles and data, how agencies are responding, what this means for researchers here at the University of Minnesota, and how the University Libraries can support researchers who are required to make their research publicly accessible.
Join us at Wilson Library (west bank) for PAWS (Pet Away Worry and Stress) from UMN...
Join us Friday, Oct. 27 for the opening reception of Dance Roots: Minnesota’s Movers and Shakers, an exhibit celebrating the breadth and depth of Minnesota's dance community preserved in the University’s Performing Arts Archives. Enjoy refreshments as you mix and mingle over this rare exhibition. A reading of the new book Grace & Grit with the author Georgia Finnegan will begin at 6:30 p.m. Please register if you plan to attend the event.
Discover how virtual reality can enhance your learning and be applied during the design process or to showcase work. This workshop is for anyone but would be useful for College of Design students in particular. In this workshop, you will learn how to convert a Sketchup model into a virtual environment, sketch in 3D using Open Brush and Gravity Sketch, and you will hear about various apps for design: Sentio VR, Arkio, and more!
If you've ever wanted to learn about audio recording or podcasts, this is the workshop for you! Come learn about the different types of audio equipment you can use to record (including ones for free checkout at the U of M Libraries!) as well as methods for planning, preparing for, and editing your recordings. Staff will be on hand to answer questions, do small demos, and provide you with resources to use as you embark on your audio adventure. Podcasting 101 will be a hybrid workshop.
Learning anatomy is made easier using virtual reality tools! In this workshop, you will learn how to borrow and use a Meta Quest 2 and how to use the app Primal VR to study anatomy at home or in our Studio.
The Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine will be holding our second annual Halloween Pop-Up Exhibit, on Tuesday, October 31st from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. in the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine in Phillips-Wangensteen Building (room 2-330) showing a selection of our most bone-chilling books. Are you brave enough to join us?
Discover how virtual reality can enhance your learning and be applied during the design process or to showcase work. This workshop is for anyone but would be useful for College of Design students in particular. In this workshop, you will learn how to convert a Sketchup model into a virtual environment, sketch in 3D using Open Brush and Gravity Sketch, and you will hear about various apps for design: Sentio VR, Arkio, and more!
In this session, participants will learn about the fundamentals of the video production process, from planning to distribution. Topics covered will include storytelling, image and audio selection, media reuse, interviews, attribution, sharing your project, and campus support resources. Session time will be 30 minutes.
Join us on Nov. 3 for an event in the 2023-24 First Fridays season, featuring presentations from the Upper Midwest Literary Archives and the University Archives. Please register to attend in person or online. ASL interpreters will be present for all First Fridays events.
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