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MU Award for Academic Distinction

The University of Missouri Award for Academic Distinction Ceremony scheduled for this evening in Ellis Library has been canceled.

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Undergraduate Research Contest

The MU Libraries Undergraduate Research Contest seeks to recognize and reward outstanding research conducted by MU undergrads. Two $500 prizes may be awarded, one for an individual project and one for a group project. Deadline for submission is May 15, 2015.  All majors are eligible. For information on how to apply, visit https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/researchcontest.

home Resources and Services Everything Is Toxic: Do We Need Superheroes or Historical and Scientific Literacy to Survive in a Toxic World?

Everything Is Toxic: Do We Need Superheroes or Historical and Scientific Literacy to Survive in a Toxic World?

Wednesday, March 12 at 11:00 am to 12:00 pm 

Ellis Library Colonnade 

Everything is Toxic: Do We Need Superheroes or Historical and Scientific Literacy to Survive in a Toxic World?

Dr. Tim Evans is the Toxicology Section Leader Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory and Associate Professor Department of Veterinary Pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Evans is the recipient of a 2013 Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, and dressed in mask and cape, “The Antidote” is Tim Evans’ alter ego, spicing up the field of toxicology at MU for 12 years.

This event is part of the Ellis Library Special Collections Exhibit, “Superhero Science: Fact and Fiction in Superhero Comics,” and is affiliated with the MU Life Sciences and Society Symposium “Decoding Science.” For more information, visit http://lssp.missouri.edu/decodingscience/events.

home Resources and Services BrowZine: New App Allows You to Browse Journals on Your Tablet

BrowZine: New App Allows You to Browse Journals on Your Tablet

BrowZine, a new application optimized for iPad and Android tablets and phones, allows you to browse, read and follow thousands of the libraries’ top scholarly journals. To download and find out more, visit https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/browzine.

home Resources and Services, Special Collections and Archives God’s Trombones by James Weldon Johnson

God’s Trombones by James Weldon Johnson

This month's final post in our series celebrating African-American artists and writers brings together two greats of the Harlem Renaissance: James Weldon Johnson and Aaron Douglas.  Johnson was multi-talented: an educator, writer, attorney and musician, he was the author of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a leader of the NAACP, and the first African-American professor at New York University.  God's Trombones is considered one of his most important works.  Douglas was one of the leading artists of the Harlem Renaissance.  He developed a distinctive style that blended modernism with African influences and was highly influential in the development of later African-American artists.

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home Resources and Services Thousands of Datasets Available for Immediate Download

Thousands of Datasets Available for Immediate Download

MU Libraries has long provided data for quantitative research, but now it’s easier than ever.  Through our membership in the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), MU affiliates may conduct online analysis, download data in SPSS, Stata or other ready-to-use formats, and take part in special educational opportunities at steeply discounted rates.  Contact Data Archives librarian Marie Concannon for more information, or visit our Data Sets for Quantitative Research website. 

home Resources and Services, Special Collections and Archives A fragment of a fifteenth-century gradual

A fragment of a fifteenth-century gradual

The Fragmenta Manuscripta collection is again the source of this week's feature.  It's a fragment from a fifteenth-century gradual in Latin, possibly from England.  Note the square musical notation on a four-line staff.  The staff here agree that we particularly like the face in profile added to the large initial.  More information at the Digital Scriptorium.

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home Resources and Services Engineering Library Study Rooms

Engineering Library Study Rooms

The semester is well under way and our study rooms are becoming very busy.  Please remember to be courteous to your fellow students as you all must share in the use of these rooms.  A group is allowed to reserve a room for two hours at a time.  After the two hours, and if no one else needs to use the room, your group may reserve another two hours.  Read the full engineering study room policy at the bottom of this page.

home Resources and Services Design Your Own Scientific Superhero! Win $100 Gift Card!

Design Your Own Scientific Superhero! Win $100 Gift Card!

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Mizzou Superhero Challenge:
Design Your Own Scientific Superhero

Contribute to STEM literacy and design a superhero based on real science. You could win tickets for Bill Nye’s talk at Mizzou on March 15 and a $100 gift card to the Mizzou Store! Entries should include the following:

  • Your superhero’s name, superpower, and weaknesses
  • The scientific basis for your superhero’s powers and weaknesses
  • A poster-sized drawing or computer rendering of your superhero (up to 24”x36”)
  • Optional: descriptions of your superhero’s sidekick, nemesis, and love interest

Register at http://library.missouri.edu/specialcollections/superhero/ by MARCH 9, 2014.

Finalists will be judged during a poster session at Ellis Library on March 11 from 1  to 3 p.m.

The top three will be announced during Dr. Tim Evans’ program for Superhero Science at Ellis Library on March 12 at 11 am.

Dress as your favorite superhero or supervillain–or your own!

Superhero Science will be on display in Ellis Library March 3-28, 2014.

Affiliated with Decoding Science: Bridging the Gap. Engaging the Public.

http://lssp.missouri.edu/decodingscience

 

 

home Resources and Services The Black Experience: Readings and Reactions

The Black Experience: Readings and Reactions

 

Wednesday, February 26 at 1:00pm to 2:30pm 

Ellis Library, Colonnade Columbia, MO 65211

The Black Experience: Readings and Reactions

MU faculty Wilma King, Anand Prahlad, Scott Brooks, Charles Menifield, Berkley Hudson and Flore Zephir will read and discuss excerpts from published work.

Sponsored by the MU Black History Month Committee