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News from August 2023

See all upcoming Libraries events — including our featured events, workshops, and exhibits — on the UMN Twin Cities Events Calendar.

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Pallas, Cats, and Pallas Cats at the James Ford Bell Library

Anne Good, Assistant Curator of the James Ford Bell Library, talks about the history of the Pallas Cat (aka otocolobus manul or, in the 18^th century, felis manul).

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Year of Open Science: A dose of innovation

From the first “weeds and seeds” medicines to today’s synthesized pharmaceuticals, the face of pharmacology is changing, literally.