: For Students, Faculty, and Staff 
New Additions to the Toaster Team Bring a Fresh Wave of Creativity and Innovation
This past year, the Toaster has welcomed two new staff members: Steven Bleau, the Makerspace…
Ai-Quynh Bui — Toaster AmbassadorApril 18, 2024
Learning how to treat Alzheimer’s disease with Virtual Reality
A new first-person program in the Virtual Reality Studio is helping medical students understand Alzheimer’s…
Adria CarpenterApril 2, 2024
The Travels of Adam Olearius: Introducing a StoryMap by Emmey Harris
Introduced by Anne Good, Assistant Curator of the James Ford Bell Library One of the…
Anne GoodMarch 4, 2024
Carlson students explore problem solving at the Toaster Innovation Hub
The Impact Lab, a duo of classes focused on problem solving and applied action for…
Ai-Quynh Bui — Toaster AmbassadorFebruary 12, 2024
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
PAWS celebrates its 10-year anniversary
PAWS celebrated its 10th anniversary at Wilson Library last November as over 280 students took…
Adria CarpenterDecember 6, 2023
Using special collections to reimagine the classroom
Tomorrow’s dentists, orthodontists, and practitioners are experiencing the profession’s history firsthand and reimagining its future,…
Adria CarpenterSeptember 18, 2023
The library program saving students $183,000
It’s no secret that college textbooks are getting more and more expensive. The Consumer Price…
Adria CarpenterAugust 7, 2023
Meet three outstanding library student employees
The University of Minnesota Libraries couldn’t function without the work of its dedicated student employees.…
Adria CarpenterMay 25, 2023
UMN students present their research projects at the annual Spring Symposium
Attending one of the top 10 public research institutions in the nation, University of Minnesota…
Adria CarpenterApril 28, 2023