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Front view of the needle holder
  • Avi Niketan Patel
These are simple inflation needle holders that can be mounted to a wall.
Image showing a dark green sweater on a green cutting mat. The sweater has tomatoes on a vine sewn onto it. The tomatoes are made out of 2 different plaid fabrics one red and one green.
  • Julia Draper Watt
An upcycled sweatshirt using an old sweater and scrap fabric.
Cover of Hera by Jennifer Saint
  • Vicki J Kondelik
Hera is author Jennifer Saint's retelling of the story of an often-vilified figure from Greek mythology: Hera, wife of Zeus and queen of the gods on Mount Olympus. Hera is usually depicted in mythology as jealous and vengeful, especially toward Zeus' many lovers and their offspring. We see this side of her in Saint's novel, but we also see the reasons why Hera acts as she does. In the novel, she comes across as, if not a sympathetic character, certainly a complex, multi-layered one, and we also see a more admirable side to her.
Happy dog, with his tongue hanging out, being petted by a student.
  • Leah Juliette Gouin
Students hung out with furry friends, made puppy-themed buttons, and picked up cool swag, like posters, sticky notes, and candy!
Four students playing Jenga.
  • Cecilia Valentina Ledezma Herrera
Students enjoyed an evening of board and video games in the Computer and Video Game Archive. Pop into the CVGA to play, and tell them the Ambassadors sent you!
The image contains a model of the weapon Merciless from the game Destiny 2 on a background of grass. The item is largely a light blue or teal color with golden accents. There is additionally a black grip and a small stock attached to the futuristic scifi item.
  • Harrison Andrew Lewis
First set of prints in order to create video game prop.
entry into the Oka Tadoku room
  • Katrina Klaphake
Discover how Mayumi Oka was inspired to reimagine a space for the study of language in an immersive unique approach.
  • Jardine Nkechi Olita Allen
Using the Vinyl Cutter at the Shapiro Design Lab, I created custom t-shirts for my student organization, Black Students in Aerospace. The process was hands-on, creative, and a perfect opportunity for team bonding and learning!
Title page of Doctor Iohanns Reuchlins' Missiue (1505)
  • Gabriel Mordoch
Curated by Helmut Puff and Pablo Alvarez in 2017, the exhibit "Reforming the Word: Martin Luther in Context" prompted an intriguing discovery: the presence in our collection of twelve books that once belonged to the Jewish Community Library of Berlin. This blog post delves into the circumstances that brought these books to our library.
Students studying in the background, with a laptop and tablet in the foreground.
  • Denise Leyton
In April 2023, the U-M Library opened a newly renovated floor, the Clark Commons, on the 3rd floor of the Shapiro Library. During the first year the Clark Commons was open (April 2023-May 2024), we collected a number of data points to assess whether the design goals for the public spaces on the floor were being met and to try to capture use trends. Throughout this initiative, a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods were used to capture both attitudinal and behavioral data in order to document lessons learned from this renovation that could be applied during future renovations.