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New podcast puts transgender movement in context

Transcripts is a new podcast that puts the transgender movement in context. Using oral histories…

Mark EngebretsonJune 17, 2020

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A 400-year-old map is a precious gift

Call it cross-cultural, call it precious, call it extraordinary: The 400-year-old Matteo Ricci Map uniquely…

markengeJune 16, 2020

Screen shot of Big 10 Geo Portal's website, includes a global map.

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‘Everything happens somewhere’

Data about COVID-19 and much, much more can be accessed via the Big Ten Academic…

markengeJune 3, 2020

Map of housing in neighborhood around Lake Harriet

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Mapping Prejudice documents history of racial injustice through restrictive housing deeds

The May 25 death of George Floyd, 46, at 38th and Chicago in South Minneapolis,…

Mark EngebretsonMay 29, 2020

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Transposing musical research

In the style of a jazz trio, Cecily Marcus, Maura Coonan, and Jessica Abbazio created…

markengeMay 29, 2020

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Library support has not wavered during COVID-19

Even though our buildings have been closed since March 18, 2020, in response to the…

Mark EngebretsonMay 27, 2020

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Duo lingua

Separated by language and location, librarians Brian Vetruba and Sarah G. Wenzel nonetheless join as…

markengeMay 27, 2020

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What drives Amy Riegelman

Amy Riegelman finds inspiration in intellectual curiosity. An expert in reproducibility, she applies her own…

Mark EngebretsonMay 19, 2020

Claire Stewart, Betsy Friesen, Shane Nackerud, and Wendy Lougee with Betsy and Shane dressed as the Blues Brothers

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Sharing the spotlight

Betsy Friesen was one of the 12 U of M employees to recently receive the…

markengeMay 8, 2020

Some memoirs of the life of Job, from the James Ford Bell Library, which was recently accessed by students in a small college in Ohio.

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Making discoveries easier

To help them navigate, students and researchers launching on voyages of discovery in our Libraries’…

markengeMay 6, 2020

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New podcast puts transgender movement in context

A 400-year-old map is a precious gift

‘Everything happens somewhere’

Mapping Prejudice documents history of racial injustice through restrictive housing deeds

Transposing musical research

Library support has not wavered during COVID-19

Duo lingua

What drives Amy Riegelman

Sharing the spotlight

Making discoveries easier

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