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Mar 14 2016

March 14 is Pi Day!!!

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March 14 is Pi Day!!!

It is during Spring Break. But never fear, we WILL be celebrating Pi Day – just on March 21 not March 14!

Apple Pie Bites

Come to our Pi Day Celebration from 3:14 until 5:00 p.m. on March 21st in the Seamans Center Student Commons and enjoy free pie bites, lemonade, and coffee!

Then get a team together – or pull in spectators – and compete in trivia contests! Show off your knowledge of Pi and pie!!

Pi is one of the most famous and mysterious of numbers. Defined as the ratio of the circumference of a circle to it’s diameter, Pi seems simple. However, it turns out to be an irrational number. Because it is irrational it cannot be expressed exactly as a fraction and the decimal representation therefore never ends, nor does it ever settle into a permanent repeating pattern. Scientists have calculated billions of digits of Pi, starting with 3.14159265358979323…. with no end in sight. It could be calculated to infinity and there would be absolutely no way to know which number would come next.

Want to see what 100,00 digits of Pi look like? Go here.

Mark your calendar and come to Pi Day – March 21st, 3:14 to 5:00 p.m. in the Seamans Center Student Commons. Don’t forget we have free apple pie bites (while supplies last), lemonade, and trivia contests!

Take a break on the first day back from spring break – you don’t want to miss out on all the fun!

Be there or be square!!

 



Happy Pi Day Domino Spiral, 10,059 dominoes were used in this Pi Day Spiral.

 

Resources:

Adrian, Y. E. O.. The pleasures of pi,e and other interesting numbers. 2006. Singapore : World Scientific. Engineering Library QA95 .A2 2006

Happy Pi Day (3.14) Domino Spiral. March 13, 2011. youtube.com

Other Resources:

Stunning images transform Pi into circular rainbow-hued works of art. March 3, 2016. dailymail.com

Interesting Facts about Pi. 2016. Buzzle.com

Pi Jokes. 2016. Jokes4us.com 

The Pi Song. Originally sung by Hard ‘N Phirm. Sept. 17, 2006. youtube.com

Mar 11 2016

Special Collections Weekly Update 3/11/2016

Image of Tim ShipeNewsfeed: Meet Dorothy Wirtz, by Annie Tunnicliff, Dorothy Wirtz Graduate Research Assistant in the Iowa Women’s Archives http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa/2016/03/03/meet-dorothy-wirtz/ Public History Partners Follow the Trail of a Dismantled and Lost Medieval Manuscript, by Colleen […]

Mar 11 2016

Medical History Innovation : Selected Pioneers | John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin | Open House, Thurs. March 31, 4-7pm

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Curie. Traité de radioactivité. 2 vols. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1910.

Visit the annual Open House in the John Martin Rare Book Room at Hardin Library on Thursday, March 31 from 4-7pm.

34 books will be on display, with a focus on medical innovations from 1527-1936.

For more information on the History of Medicine Society, or to donate, please see:  http://hosted.lib.uiowa.edu/histmed/index.html

 

 

Mar 11 2016

Public Talk March 24, 2016 at 4:00PM “Jewish Women and Community Life in Iowa”

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Jewish Women in Iowa Announcement

 

WE DID SO MUCH BEYOND THE HOME

JEWISH WOMEN AND COMMUNITY LIFE IN IOWA

A talk by Jeannette Gabriel, Graduate Research Assistant, Jewish Women in Iowa Project, Iowa Women’s Archives

 

Join us to hear the untold stories of Jewish women’s involvement in community activities throughout Iowa history, whether in cities with robust Jewish populations or in small towns where only one or two Jewish families lived.

 

Thursday, March 24, 2016  4:00-5:30 p.m.

Iowa Women’s Archives, 3rd Floor, Main Library, University of Iowa


Reception at 4:00 p.m. — Talk will begin at 4:30 p.m.

RSVP lib-women@uiowa.edu   Questions?  319-335-5068

Save this event to your profile on the University of Iowa Calendar of Events.

Presented by the Iowa Women’s Archives at the University of Iowa Libraries in celebration of Women’s History Month.

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact (name of person or department) in advance at (telephone number).

Mar 8 2016

Database of the Week: Business Videos from Business Source Complete

Each week we will highlight one of the many databases we have here at the Pomerantz Business Library.

The database: Business Videos from Business Source Complete

Though you may think of Business Source Complete (BSC) primarily as an article database, keep this in mind: BSC also contains some great video content.  This resource contains more than 50 video lectures on a variety of business topics.

Business Source Complete Home

Where to find it: You can find it here, and under “Best Bets!” on our Databases A to Z page.  From the Business Source Complete mainpage, click on “Business Videos” (see image).

Use it to find:

  • Video lectures from the Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series.
  • Lecture text in downloadable PDF format (see image).

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Tips for searching:  

  • Search using keywords like finance, economics, management, marketing, globalization, etc.
  • To browse a complete list of the videos available, search for “Harvard FSS”.

 

Note: These videos are in Adobe Flash format. Some mobile devices may not be compatible.

Business Source Complete Video Example

Want help finding video content in Business Source Complete? Contact Jim or Kim to set up an appointment.