UNI Museum
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1 | Former UNI provost continues "no confidence" streak at NEIU Northern Iowan 119:54, p.1 |
Former UNI provost Gloria Gibson received a vote of no confidence at UNI in March of 2012. She was named president of Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) in March 2018. She received her second vote of no confidence in December of 2022; photos. | |
2 | Woman crush Wednesday at the UNI Museum Northern Iowan 119:44, p.4 |
The UNI Museum located in Rod Library is posting historical photos on "Women Crush Wednesday" to celebrate important women throughout UNI's history for Women's History Month; photo. | |
3 | Panther Portrait: Woman crush Wednesday at the UNI Museum Northern Iowan 119:44, p.5 |
Five photos that came from various social media posts from the UNI Museum for their Women crush Wednesday series celebrating Women's History Month; photo. | |
4 | DigUNI showcases archaeology program with campus excavation Northern Iowan 119:16, p.4 |
For Family Weekend, DigUNI is hosting an open house for anyone to come and experience an excavation site firsthand. Aubrey Schafbuch interviews Donald Gaff who shares the benefits of having events like this and invites everyone to join; photo. | |
5 | "Whose Voice" museum exhibit Northern Iowan 118:12, p.4 |
The UNI Museum on the first floor of Rod Library opened a new exhibit titled "Whose Voice". This exhibit asks the question who has the authority to tell these artifact's stories; photo. | |
6 | "The Earth is a House of Stories" staged in UNI Art Gallery Northern Iowan 118:4, p.4 |
"The Earth is a House of Stories" exhibit opens in the Gallery of Art; photos. | |
7 | Bringing pandemics to life across all generations Northern Iowan 117:25, p.4 |
Departments across the Rod Library curated a display about the 1918 influenza pandemic and the current COVID-19 pandemic; photo. | |
8 | Library exhibit explores WWI impact Northern Iowan 116:28, p.5 |
The exhibit "World War I: Lessons and Legacies" is on display in the Rod Library Learning Commons through February 15. The exhibit is courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, the National Museum of American History, U.S. World War I Centennial Commission, and Smithsonian Women's Service. It includes artifacts from the UNI Museum and documents and photos from the Special Collections and University Archives. Two lectures will happen in conjunction with the exhibit: "Warriors, Caregivers, and Patriots: Women's Experiences in the First World War," by associate history professor Emily Machen, and "For the Fallen: Military Cemeteries of the Western Front," by associate history professor Thomas Connors; photos. | |
9 | Panther Portrait: Get Social @Rod Northern Iowan 116:3, p.5 |
Rod Library held a building-wide event on September 4, 2019. Each department at Rod held their own information sessions and/or events that highlighted their departments' functions; photos. | |
10 | RodCon 2019 Northern Iowan 115:49, p.1 |
Rod Library's RodCon, a mini comic-con held April 13, welcomed about 3,000 visitors; photo. | |
11 | UNI Museum unveils mastodon tusk Northern Iowan 115:47, p.1 |
A mastodon tusk found by a man in Hampton, Iowa in the early 1900s was later donated to the UNI Museum in 1934. After undergoing conservation beginning in 2014, the tusk as of April 2 is on display as part of the museum's exhibits in Rod Library; photo. | |
12 | UNI Museum shows ceramics exhibit Northern Iowan 115:12, p.1 |
The UNI Art Gallery and UNI Museum is showing a co-curated exhibit "Cultural Impressions: Identities Molded in Clay"; photos. | |
13 | Frederick Douglas festival coming to library Northern Iowan 115:5, p.5 |
To mark the 200th anniversary of Frederick Douglass's birthday, the Rod Library will host the "Power of Words" festival September 18-22; photo. | |
14 | Welcome back with Rock the Stacks Northern Iowan 113:1, p.1 |
The UNI Museum hosts its first "Rock the Stacks" event, with local performance groups Kitsch, Peas and Carrot, and TWINS; photos. | |
15 | Museum roars back to life Northern Iowan 112:19, p.1 |
After its Hudson Road location closed to the public in 2012, the UNI Museum has re-opened in Rod Library. It features three new exhibits: Lighting Up: Drug Culture Around the World; Dia de los Muertos; and Elements of Design: Historical Symbolism in Material Culture; photo. |
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16 | Museum seeks funds Alumnus 70:4, p.4 |
The UNI Museum seeks funds for a new building, collections transfer, exhibit development, and other projects. |