The Map of the Week for October 16th demonstrates uses for the time-animation capabilities of ArcGIS by chronologically depicting the locations of all nuclear weapons tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site and how they can be presented through a video format. #MapMonday Visualizing Nuclear Weapons...
It that time of the year! Where everything adds a nuance of Pumpkin Spice and gets a little spookier...
“Across the distance there comes a change. The horizon is melted away; the mountains are all blurred. Distant chains appear to part and to become peaked islands. The sky seems water; the water, sky. Soon substance and shadow are indistinguishable. In plainer words, it is...
As fall semester ramps up, Creative Spaces is expanding opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to access 3D printers, 3D scanners, virtual reality equipment, and more! Visit the Knowledge Commons on Level 2 and check our the available 3D printers. Try our new filament purchasing...
Isaac Bromley-Dulfano and Luise Poulton love Galileo — photograph by Ben Bromley Thank you, Dean Henry White, College of Science and Dean Darryl Butt, College of Mines and Earth Sciences for the opportunity to present at the Frontiers of Science, last Thursday night. Rare Books had a...
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="233"] Liber Moamin falconrii de Scientia venandi per aves et quadrupeds[/caption] “In quantum enim sunt reges non habent propriam delectationem nisi venationem” — Moamin “A wise falcon hides his talons.” — Proverb Facsimile. The so-called “Wiener Moamin” was created on the Italian penisula in the...
“A library is as much a scientific instrument as a telescope.” — Luise Poulton Pioneers of Science: Ten Thousand Pages That Shook the World now online. Euclid’s Elements of Geometry was first printed in 1482, just as soon as one of the early masters of movable type...
“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing” THE RAVEN Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Easthampton, MA: Cheloniidae Press, 1986 First published in 1845, Poe’s narrative poem The Raven tells of a talking raven’s mysterious visit to a distraught lover, mourning the loss of his love named...
Greetings, This is Robert Nelson, Audio Projects Librarian & Head of the Audio-Visual Services unit within Creativity & Innovation Services (CrIS) of the Marriott Library. This past summer, Tony Sams (New Media Specialist) and myself needed to recruit a new student employee. Our successful candidate was Nathan...
The Map of the Week for October 2nd introduces scholars to the wide-ranging work of acclaimed artist Feliks Topolski as well as the artist’s self-published opus of over 25-years entitled: “The Topolski Chronicle“, available for viewing through the Fine Arts & Architecture Library. #MapMonday The Topolski...