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Programming & Pizza January
Join experienced staff from Libraries, Liberal Arts Technology and Innovation Services, and Research Computing at our monthly Programming & Pizza on January 26. We’ll connect you with an expert for 30 minutes of hands-on help. Must sign-up in advance.
Find out more »First Fridays: February 2018
The Archives and Special Collections at the University of Minnesota contains more stories of nice and not-so-nice Minnesotans than you can shake a Pronto Pup at. From the selfless and heroic local innovators and activists to the insular recidivists throughout its history, Minnesota’s historical extremes will be highlighted in the 2017-2018 First Fridays season.
Find out more »Valentine’s Crafternoon
Homemade valentines are the best! Come to the Bio-Medical Library's Makerspace and use 3D printers, cross-stitch, vinyl cutters, virtual reality, and more to create something for the ones you love. We'll have projects ready (or bring your own ideas) and people to help you out.
Find out more »A Russian in Love
Love is the theme of the day! And also the theme of 19th-century European lyric poetry resulting in the Golden Age of Russian poets. Join Anatoly Liberman as he reads from great authors who have been rarely or never translated into English. Modeled on John Gielgud’s one-man show, The Ages of Man, the reading features the progress of love from its timid beginning, through its pangs of jealousy — a sweet remembrance of former joys and love after death. Bring your Valentine!
Find out more »Exhibit reception for Mysterious Beauty
The exhibit reception for Mysterious Beauty: Photographs and Installations by Thomas Rose takes place Thursday, February 15, 5:00 p.m. at the Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library. Free and open to all; reservations requested.
Find out more »PAWS at Wilson Library
PAWS (Pet Away Worry & Stress) sessions feature registered therapy animal teams—including dogs, bunnies, chickens and other therapy animals. Sessions are FREE and open to the University of Minnesota community. PAWS will visit Wilson Library once a month, 11:30 a.m. through 1:30 p.m. through April.
Find out more »No Private Matter
Join us for an exhibit reception celebrating the art installation No Private Matter, co-sponsored by the Minnesota State Arts Board and the University Libraries. Meet the artist and attend the discussion on art as advocacy, education, and community. The event takes place Thursday, February 22, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at Wilson Library.
Find out more »Programming & Pizza February
Join experienced staff from Libraries, Liberal Arts Technology and Innovation Services, and Research Computing at our monthly Programming & Pizza on February 23. We’ll connect you with an expert for 30 minutes of hands-on help. Must sign-up in advance.
Find out more »Friends Member Appreciation Event
Digging through attics and archives, Minnesota filmmaker Mick Caouette taps the power of archival documents to illuminate history. Through the lens of his current APT/PBS project Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare and others, he explores the importance of research to create accurate public history. Hear him speak February 25 at the Friends of the Libraries Member Appreciation Event.
Find out more »Building a Community Archives: Thinking Ahead
Building a Community Archives: Thinking Ahead: Please join us to celebrate the yearlong residency of Community Archivist, Bush Fellow, and Documentary Photographer Abdi Roble with the Immigration History Research Center Archives (IHRCA), University of Minnesota Libraries.
Find out more »First Fridays: March 2018
The Archives and Special Collections at the University of Minnesota contains more stories of nice and not-so-nice Minnesotans than you can shake a Pronto Pup at. From the selfless and heroic local innovators and activists to the insular recidivists throughout its history, Minnesota’s historical extremes will be highlighted in the 2017-2018 First Fridays season.
Find out more »Writing the Plains, Conserving the Future – POSTPONED to March 19
Join Joseph and Anthony Amato and William Hoffman on March 19, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., for a discussion of the book Conservation on the Northern Plains: New Perspectives.
Find out more »Exhibit Celebration | ‘Digging up the Past’
Join us March 19, 5:00 p.m., to celebrate an important exhibition of materials documenting African American history across University of Minnesota Libraries collections: "Digging up the Past — Hidden African American Histories Across Collections."
Find out more »Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Help create and improve Wikipedia pages Art+Feminism is a do-it-yourself and do-it-with-others campaign teaching people of all gender identities and expressions to edit Wikipedia. This national campaign is devoted to improving the coverage of cis and transgender women, feminism, and the arts on Wikipedia. Edit-a-thons take place in March at hundreds of institutions across the globe. The University of Minnesota Digital Arts, Sciences, & Humanities program is hosting this Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for the Twin Cities region. FREE…
Find out more »2018 Kerlan Award Ceremony
Join us for the award ceremony honoring Matthew and Jennifer L. Holm, winners of the 43rd Annual Kerlan Award in children's literature. The award is given in recognition of singular attainments in the creation of children's literature and in appreciation of the generous donation of resources to the Kerlan Collection for the study of children's literature.
Find out more »PAWS at Wilson Library
PAWS (Pet Away Worry & Stress) sessions feature registered therapy animal teams—including dogs, bunnies, chickens and other therapy animals. Sessions are FREE and open to the University of Minnesota community. PAWS will visit Wilson Library once a month, 11:30 a.m. through 1:30 p.m. through April.
Find out more »Rutherford Aris Memorial Lecture
Alexandra Gillespie presents this year’s Rutherford Aris Memorial Lecture in Medieval Communication Technologies. The lecture will be held March 29, 2018 in Elmer L. Andersen Library, Room 120. Gillespie is Professor of English and Medieval Studies and Director of the Old Books New Science Lab at the University of Toronto.
Find out more »Make or Break: Women in Technology Rich Spaces
Join us for a panel discussion about women in technology rich spaces. The event brings together women from across campus to discuss barriers that might exist and how we can address them. March 30, 9:30 a.m. at Walter Library, room 101. Advance registration is required. Space is limited to 50 participants.
Find out more »Programming & Pizza March
Research Programming Consultations Served with a Slice Do you have an idea for a web design project but need a little technical guidance? Want to set up your computer with a development environment so you can experiment with scripting or web apps? Have a large or high-dimensional data set you’d like to visualize with D3.js or HighCharts? Need a hand fine-tuning an SQL query? Curious about Git, GitHub, or GitHub Pages? Want to know what tools are available for simple…
Find out more »First Fridays: April 2018
The Archives and Special Collections at the University of Minnesota contains more stories of nice and not-so-nice Minnesotans than you can shake a Pronto Pup at. From the selfless and heroic local innovators and activists to the insular recidivists throughout its history, Minnesota’s historical extremes will be highlighted in the 2017-2018 First Fridays season.
Find out more »Science Quiz Bowl 2018
Science Quiz Bowl kicks off CSE Week! The event is a double-elimination bracket quiz bowl tournament that challenges teams to best each other through an afternoon of science, pop culture, and miscellaneous trivia. Join us Sunday, April 8 at Walter Library.
Find out more »Pankake Poetry Reading with Margaret Hasse
Join us April 11, 2018 for the annual Pankake Poetry Reading, featuring Margaret Hasse, in Elmer L. Andersen Library, beginning at 4:00 p.m.
Find out more »RESERVATIONS Closed — The Experimental City: Film Screening
RESERVATIONS Closed — The Experimental City," by Chad Friedrichs. A conversation with Friedrichs and Tom Fisher, the Director of the Minnesota Design Center and the Dayton Hudson Chair in Urban Design, will follow the screening.
Find out more »Programming & Pizza April
Join experienced staff from Libraries, Liberal Arts Technology and Innovation Services, and Research Computing at our monthly Programming & Pizza on April 20. We’ll connect you with an expert for 30 minutes of hands-on help. Must sign-up in advance.
Find out more »Art and Archives Lunchtime Talk featuring Valerie Caesar, photographer and writer
Valerie Caesar — an artist in residence at the Archives and Special Collections — will talk about her work using historical sources at the University of Minnesota Libraries to inspire and create works of art on April 20, noon to 1:00 p.m.
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