In honor of the 155th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s first inauguration, join us in the Sidney E. Frank Digital Studio for a 3D hackathon at noon on March 4, 2016. We’ll use a 3D scanner and other tools to study “Parlor Monuments to the Illustrious Dead,” a 19th century Lego-like children’s game about the Civil … Event | A President Lincoln Hackathon with Parlor Monuments to the Illustrious Dead
The Brown University Library celebrates Josiah S. Carberry Day every February 29, occurring only in a leap year. In celebration, there will be fresh fruit and cookies available in the lobby at the Rockefeller Library and the Friedman Center at the Sciences Library. Consider leaving your loose change in a Brown jug (AKA “cracked pot”). … Carberry Day | Leap Year
A “new star” appeared in the constellation Perseus in 1901 and was observed by Professor Winslow Upton at Brown’s Ladd Observatory. Eleven year-old H.P. Lovecraft also saw the cosmic sight, which inspired him to include the nova in his weird tales of horror. Discover the story and history of Nova Persei 1901 through the collections of the Brown University Library … Event | The Story of Nova Persei 1901
You might not expect a university library to be saying goodnight at 8:30 p.m., with many students studying into the wee hours. But for a few weeks now, the Sciences Library has been doing just that. Only, it isn’t saying goodnight to Brown students. It’s saying goodnight to patients at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. The Library … Goodnight Lights at the Sciences Library
Thousands of Little Colored Windows : Brown University’s Stamp Collections is now on exhibit at the John Hay Library. This exhibition is curated by students in Professor Steven Lubar’s Museum Collecting and Collections class (Fall 2015). Over the course of the semester, the students delved into Brown University Library’s extensive stamp collections. Their research uncovers the breadth … Exhibit | Thousands of Little Colored Windows : Brown University’s Stamp Collections
On Wednesday, February 24, 2016 from 4 – 5:30 p.m. in List Art Auditorium (120), Maud Mandel, Dean of the College and Professor of History and Judaic Studies, will moderate a panel of four Brown faculty members who will discuss their own “Experiments with Digital Education at Brown.” This event is free and open to the public. … Event | Panel: Experiments with Digital Education at Brown
The works displayed in this exhibit were created by students in Professor Dietrich Neumann’s lecture course, “Modern Architecture,” which surveys the “classic” period of European and American modern architecture from the turn of the century to the 1950s. Students were asked to create a model based on a building or industrial design object of this time period. Date: January 25 … Exhibit | Works from Modern Architecture: A Course with Professor Dietrich Neumann
Scheduled to open in February, the Rockefeller Library’s Digital Studio will offer flexible work stations, 3D modelling equipment, and an audio/video recording suite. As University Librarian Harriette Hemmasi told The Brown Daily Herald this past September, the new space is intended to be “a production space for individual and collaborative scholarship.” Following a somewhat different … What to Expect in the Digital Studio
Slavery was a historical reality in the Americas, but many have little sense of the devastating impact of the “peculiar institution” on the lives of those who bore the burden of its chains and the brunt of its brutality. A new exhibit at the John Hay Library seeks to tell this side of the story … Exhibit | Vestiges of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
All campus libraries will close on Wednesday, December 23 at 5 p.m. The John Hay Library will be open 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.on Monday, December 28, Tuesday, December 29, and Wednesday, December 30. All other Brown University Libraries will remain closed during the holiday break and will reopen on Monday, January 4, 2016. (The John … Library Hours and Closures During Winter Break
