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Congratulations to Our 2014 Graduates!

[ezcol_1half] [/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end]Bryanne Estes will be graduating with a BA in English with a concentration in Transnational and Post-colonial Literature. She plans to look for a job in the publishing field.[/ezcol_1half_end] [ezcol_1half][/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end]Alyssa Grigsby will be graduating with a Master of Arts in Library & Information Science. She is currently searching for a librarian positionContinue reading “Congratulations to Our 2014 Graduates!”

Interdisciplinary Textbook and Food Drive

From April 21-May 9, patrons can do good at the library. Textbooks will be donated to World Wide Books, a non-profit organization which recycles used books and promotes literacy. Food goes to benefit migrant farmworkers in Iowa and must be non-perishable, sealed, and unexpired. Donations may be placed in the red box at our 3rdContinue reading “Interdisciplinary Textbook and Food Drive”

​An evening of Irish music & mystery featuring author Erin Hart and musician Paddy O’Brien

Event details: Thursday, May 1, 2014, 7:00 p.m. Shambaugh Auditorium, Main Library Hart and O’Brien in their St. Paul home. [Image via twincities.com]  Celebrate 30 years of conservation at the University of Iowa with an evening of Irish music and mystery. Detective fiction writer Erin Hart will share how the discovery of the ninth centuryContinue reading “​An evening of Irish music & mystery featuring author Erin Hart and musician Paddy O’Brien”

The Father of Biomechanics: Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, 1680-1681

Borelli. [Image via wikipedia.org] Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608-1679) was an Italian Renaissance physicist who sought to make mechanical laws applicable to all physiological phenomena. Borelli, who studied at Padua under Galileo, regarded the human body essentially as a machine whose functions could be explained by the laws of physics. He mentored Marcello Malpighi– who wentContinue reading “The Father of Biomechanics: Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, 1680-1681”

Ibn Butlan’s Tacuini Sanitatis (1531)

Image via the guardian.com, credit Royal Society This images are from a 14th century translation of Arabic doctor Ibn Butlan, who died circa 1068. Butlan’s title roughly translates to “health report.” The report addresses the impact of nature, emotional states, daily life, and meteorological conditions on health. Butlan wrote that his book concerned “the sixContinue reading “Ibn Butlan’s Tacuini Sanitatis (1531)”

Permanent Exhibit Honors Dr. Hardin

A permanent exhibit honoring Dr. Robert C. Hardin, for whom the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences is named, is now on display near the Library’s 3rd floor entrance.  In addition to performing pioneering research in blood banking and transfusion and in diabetes, Dr. Hardin was instrumental in the current design of the University of Iowa’s healthContinue reading “Permanent Exhibit Honors Dr. Hardin”