Cue the symphony - it's Make Music Day! Learn about the elements of an orchestra in Newsbank or watch/listen to musicians performing in the Medici database.
Celebrate Juneteenth by exploring recipes that were published in newspapers. And, check out other Juneteenth stories in Access World News!
Wellness begins with a single step. Take a look at some tips from the Chiang Rai Times (Thailand) and add to your wellness routine. Be sure to check out the books and magazines in the MSMU Libraries' collection.
Today is World Environment Day!
Keep it green! Explore conservation, animal activism, ecosystems, sustainability tips, and more in Newsbank's Access World News Database.
Look under Suggested Topics and click on "Environment Studies," where Newsbank provides a wealth of international and local news sources.
Also, check out our EcoFlix films (sign in to QuickSearch to watch).
Celebrate Pride Month by reading ~ The Georgia Tech Technique has a short list. Look for these titles and others in your MSMU Libraries.
On this day in 1859, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer and physician, was born.
Check out the Sherlock Holmes stories or watch some films on Kanopy.
Keep up with Papal Conclave news in the New York Times.
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This month, we celebrate the rich tapestry of history and culture within Asian and Pacific American communities.
Find articles about Asian American authors in NewsBank and watch films in Kanopy.
The school year is wrapping up, and finals are upon us. Students are preparing to move on to their summer plans, and our seniors are anticipating the long-awaited culmination of their time at The Mount, Commencement. May can feel like a time of endings and beginnings, but it is also AAPI Heritage Month and Jewish Heritage Month!
Rather than looking at these communities independently, a common treatment, let's explore the beautiful and vibrant community existing at the intersection!
The LUNAR Collective is an “organization by and for Asian American Jews” that “cultivates connection, belonging, and visibility for Asian American Jews through intersectional community programming and authentic digital storytelling.” In LUNAR’s exploration of Asian-Jewish identity, they created a video series where members of this community discuss different aspects of identity through a different cultural lens in every episode.
The first episode focuses on food, and can be viewed here:
LUNAR: Episode 1: The Taste of Connection
Another discusses representation in media:
LUNAR: Season 2: Episode 2: Representation: Are We There Yet?
Each year on April 22nd, Earth Day serves as a global call to action for environmental awareness and sustainability. It is an opportunity to reflect on our impact on the planet and explore ways to foster a more sustainable future. One of the most powerful tools for change is knowledge- and the MSMU Libraries offers a wealth of resources to deepen your understanding of environmental issues. Check out our Earth Day display at Coe Library (Chalon Campus) and explore insightful titles such as Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells, and Soil by Camille T. Dungy. This Earth Day take the opportunity to learn, engage, and contribute to a more sustainable world—one book at a time!!
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on "a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise" (Elizabeth Gilbert). Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings--asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass--offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. In reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.
It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible--food shortages, refugee emergencies, climate wars and economic devastation... The Uninhabitable Earth is both a travelogue of the near future and a meditation on how that future will look to those living through it--the ways that warming promises to transform global politics, the meaning of technology and nature in the modern world, the sustainability of capitalism and the trajectory of human progress.