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Amelious Whyte, Sun Yung Shin, Lisa German, and Malaika Grant

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Another great season of the Friends Forum

“I always say that when I come to a Friends Forum event, I expect to…

Karen Carmody-McIntoshApril 20, 2023

Fold out book with illustrations of many different types of mushrooms

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Celebrating spring with ’Wangensteen in bloom‘

On April 7, 2023, the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine held its latest…

Mark EngebretsonApril 17, 2023

Sun Yung Shin reads from her work at the Pankake Poetry reading. Photo by Luke Logan

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Pankake Poetry with Sun Yung Shin

The 14th Annual Pankake Poetry reading, named for librarian Marcia Pankake, took place on April…

Karen Carmody-McIntoshApril 14, 2023

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Ryn Gagen joins the Health Sciences Library as a Medical School Librarian

Ryn Gagen, MLIS, is new to their role as the Medical School Librarian, but they…

Erinn AspinallApril 14, 2023

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Librarian Lindsay Matts-Benson brings her information literacy chops overseas

“Fake news” did not begin during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign and it will not…

markengeApril 7, 2023

Pencil sketch for an illustration by Brian Selznick for the book “The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins,” a children's picture book biography of Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins.

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Kerlan acquires original Brian Selznick pencil sketch

Thanks to a generous donation by Carol Erdahl — one of the former and founding…

Mark EngebretsonApril 7, 2023

Data Analyst Kate Knowles parlays physical maps used by the U. S. Census into digital Shapefiles.

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From Top Secret to top of mind

Making a wealth of government information accessible — ideally, anywhere, anytime — is the goal…

markengeApril 5, 2023

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Musical Impressions with Briand Morrison

By Katie Miller “I have something in common with my father,” jazz guitarist Briand Morrison…

Mark EngebretsonMarch 31, 2023

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Children and parents first

Three years after her death, Esther Wattenberg is worthy of recognition both as one representative…

markengeMarch 27, 2023

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Five Bay Landscapes

The original drawings created for the book, “Five Bay Landscapes: Curious Explorations of the Great…

Karen Carmody-McIntoshMarch 23, 2023

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UMN Libraries news and events have moved to www.lib.umn.edu/news

Another great season of the Friends Forum

Celebrating spring with ’Wangensteen in bloom‘

Pankake Poetry with Sun Yung Shin

Ryn Gagen joins the Health Sciences Library as a Medical School Librarian

Librarian Lindsay Matts-Benson brings her information literacy chops overseas

Kerlan acquires original Brian Selznick pencil sketch

From Top Secret to top of mind

Musical Impressions with Briand Morrison

Children and parents first

Five Bay Landscapes

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