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Toaster Makerspace Workshop: Intro to Crochet

Ever wanted to learn to crochet, but weren't sure where to start? Join us as…

Emerson IronstoneSeptember 29, 2025

Intro to Sewing and Embroidery

Learn how to use sewing and embroidery machines to make anything involving fabric! During this…

Emerson IronstoneSeptember 22, 2025

Intro to Vacuum Forming

Learn how to use a vacuum former to make a chocolate bar mold! During this…

Emerson IronstoneSeptember 22, 2025

Outstanding Student Library Employee Joseph Stoll helps a student on their project in the HSL Makerspace on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

Health Sciences Libraries News Wangensteen Library

This year’s Outstanding Student Library Employees can do it all

At the Health Sciences Education Center, you’ll find three outstanding student library employees who are…

Adria CarpenterApril 23, 2025

Occupational therapy students visit the Virtual Reality Studio and Makerspace on March 4, 2025. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

Health Sciences Libraries News

Future occupational therapists are transforming the field with virtual reality and 3D printing

Isaiah Wills and Cole Nelson, instruction support staff, prepare for class in the Virtual Reality…

Adria CarpenterMarch 27, 2025

A person place their hands together in fist and the fingers have writing that spell out Toast Day.

The Toaster Blog

Students celebrate five years of creation and innovation at The Toaster on Toast Day!

On Feb. 25, 2020, the Toaster Innovation Hub opened its doors to all University of…

Megan DavisMarch 4, 2025

The University Archives talks about the early mascots Freshman students at the University of Minnesota during Welcome Week on Friday, August 30, 2024. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

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The Libraries welcomes the Class of 2028

In the week before Labor Day, the University of Minnesota Libraries helped welcome roughly 7,300…

Adria CarpenterSeptember 9, 2024

Abby Zumbrunnen and Anupama Rao, two peer research consultants, pose for a candid portrait at Walter Library on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)

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Three exceptional student employees who keep the Libraries running

Every year members of the Friends of the Libraries’ awards committee recognizes three outstanding student…

Adria CarpenterMay 31, 2024

A student in the Virtual Reality Studio reaches one arm out in the direction of the camera. They are wearing a black headset and holding a controller in either hand. In the background, two more students look at a simulated grocery store on a projector screen. One student is wearing a headset.

Health Sciences Libraries News

Occupational therapy students explore the future of assistive technology at the Makerspace and Virtual Reality Studio

Students exploring different virtual reality experiences in the VR Studio on Feb. 12, 2024. (Photo/Jade…

Emerson IronstoneFebruary 26, 2024

$Students practice repairing a fractured femur with medal rods, on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. (Photo/Adria Carpenter)$ Health Sciences Libraries News

Twin City high schoolers learn the basics of orthopaedic surgery in the Makerspace

Tomorrow, these young women will change the fields of orthopaedic surgery and engineering. But today,…

Adria CarpenterJanuary 18, 2024

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