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Square pan of yellow cornbread, showing cracks typical of quick breads
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  • Juli McLoone
Recipe of the Month: Malinda Russell’s Indian Meal Batter Bread (1866)
Malinda Russell’s A Domestic Cook Book, published in Paw Paw, MI in 1866 is the oldest known cookbook by an African American woman. A free woman of color from Tennessee who had moved to Michigan to escape violence during the Civil War, Malinda Russell wrote her cookbook in hopes of raising money to return to Tennessee and reclaim her property. This blog post highlights her recipe for cornbread
Beyond the Reading Room
People gathered around a table, some taking notes
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  • Kate Meyrick
Reading, Thinking, Analyzing, and Reflecting on Interview Data in a Workshop Setting
The Learning Programs and Initiatives (LPI) librarians wanted to understand English 124 student needs better, so we interviewed English 124 instructors, and then designed a workshop-style group data analysis session for colleagues in LPI. In this post, I reflect on the process of planning and administering the group data analysis workshop activity, the conversations that came from it, thoughts on the effectiveness of this analysis strategy, and ways it will impact our teaching practices in the future.
Tiny Studies
A photo of a table next to a column on a gray and green tiled floor. The table has a variety of candy and stickers on it, and hanging off the front of the table are three signs. There are two identical small signs on either end of the table: "Sticker and Candy sale! / Stickers: $1 / Candy: 2 for $1". The large sign in the middle is blue vinyl cut lettering on posterboard: " Future Educators at the University of Michigan".
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  • Elizabeth Maureen Hamill
Vinyl Cut Club Sign
Vinyl cut sign for a club on campus.
Lab Notes
A photo of a dark skinned figure standing in front of a computer desk and chairs. The figure is wearing a white long sleeve shirt under a dark green short sleeved collared shirt. On top of that they are wearing a white apron that goes down to their knees, with a blue vinyl-cut logo of the University of Michigan College Democrats group.
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  • Jolene Rebekah Frey
Vinyl Cutting Aprons
Vinyl cutting aprons for a pancake fundraiser.
Lab Notes
A red 3D printed earring stand on a wooden table with Hello Kitty dolls in the background. The stand is tall and uses A-stand legs to stay upright. There are two rungs to hold earrings on, and each rung holds about five pairs of hanging earrings or hoops
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  • Vivienne Renee Dacres
3D Printed Earring Stand
A 3d printed earring stand for hoops and hanging earrings.
Lab Notes
A picture of a collection of bones on a wooden table. In the foreground, a series of metatarsal bones laid out on a notepad with each bone labeled. On the right is a laptop computer, and in the background on the table is a full model reconstruction of a right foot with all the bones connected. In the far back, on the table, is a rolled UM research poster.
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  • Maeve Ann Lyon
3D Printed Human Metatarsal Bones
3D printed metatarsal bones for a research presentation.
Lab Notes
A 3d printed webbed red hand used as a stand to hold a silver watch. The hand is stood fingers down, wrist up, on a wooden windowsill.
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  • Liam Guy Hoffman
3D Printed Watch Stand
3d printed webbed hand watch stand.
Lab Notes
A small white 3d printed model of a fighter jet on a dark gray background
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  • Alexander Darius Bidari
3D Printed Jet Model
3D printed jet model for instructional help.
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A 3d printed white rounded rectanglular strip. Along the right side is a strip of small squares, and in the middle of the rectangle is two small parallel rectangular cut-outs.
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  • William Keene Kappler
3D Printed Wound Monitoring Prototype
3D printed prototype for a wound monitoring device for M-HEAL Team
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Two 3D printed white vertebrae stacked on top of each other on a beige table. Each vertebra has a hollow center on top and a cylindrical plug on the bottom.
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  • Sabina Belle Cumming
3D Printed Interconnecting Vertebrae
3D printed connecting vertebrae for a project team.
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