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NEW WEBSITE DESIGN LAUNCH MARCH 22nd!

Learning Commons — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:59:14 +0000

The Library Learning Commons will launch a re-designed website on Friday March 22nd. In a Nut-Shell: Same Access Point/ URL You Don’t need to do anything differently to access the site’s homepage Same information and services More information and services New look New navigation (the way you get to things will be different- hopefully, easier) [...]

March Week#2 Trivia Answers

Learning Commons — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:17:46 +0000

1- Rosalind Franklin. Her work was used by Watson and Crick (the “discoverers” of the DNA double helix) without her knowledge. The two men went on to win the Nobel Prize (along with another male scientist who had done some parallel work); Franklin was never mentioned. (sources: http://www.rosalindfranklinsociety.org/about/rosalind-franklin, http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/retrieve/Narrative/KR/p-nid/183) 2- Rachel Carson. Her book was [...]

Questions for Women’s History Month Week Two!

Learning Commons — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:20:19 +0000

February Week#2 Trivia Questions This week, we’re looking at a few of the many women to have made great contributions to science. What was the name of the woman whose data was used in the discovery of the structure of DNA, yet who never received formal recognition of her achievement? What woman wrote the book [...]

March Research Challenge Week #1

Learning Commons — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:15:23 +0000

February Week #4 Master Winner Jonathan Miller The Harlem Renaissance was an African American cultural movement also called the “New Negro Movement”. It happened in the 1920s-1930s (McMillian, 2012). Langston Hughes wrote “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” (Poetry Foundation). Zora Neale Hurston wrote “Their Eyes Were Watching God” (Library Of Congress). References Library of Congress. [...]

February Research Challenge Week #4

Learning Commons — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:14:16 +0000

Week #3 Master Winner Jonathan Miller Week #3 Answers 1. What year did baseball become segregated? 1867 National Association of Baseball Players banned interracial play (Encyclopedia of American Studies) 1887 Adrian Cap Anson refused to take the field with a black opponent (Holway) 1890 the ban was ubiquitously followed and ended interracial play (Encyclopedia of [...]