• Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion: Great Gatsby

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald Great Gatsby, Chapters 1-4. (1925) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected text. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION If you think you will be attending the session, please send Max …

  • Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion: Richard Feynman

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    Richard Feynman “Surely, You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman?“ “A Map of the Cat?“ “O, Americano, Outra Vez!” “Safecracker Meets Safecracker” (1985) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION …

  • Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion: Petronius–Satyricon

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    Petronius Satyricon, Volumes 1 & 2. (early 1st century CE) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION If you think you will be attending the session, please …

  • 51 Predecessor Institutions

    Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library

    51 Predecessor Institutions From the collections in the Archives, this exhibit highlights artifacts, publications, memorabilia, and other historical items from 51's predecessor institutions: the Milwaukee State Teachers College, Milwaukee State Normal School, and Milwaukee Downer College. Go Normals, Gulls, Cardinals!

  • THE PORTFOLIO

    Fourth Floor Exhibition Gallery, Golda Meir Library

    Special Collections at 51 is a collection of print-based primary sources, from books and periodicals to posters, broadsides, pamphlets, brochures, and sheet music. It also holds hundreds of original prints, many of them in published portfolios. As a sampling, this …

  • Latine Heritage Month

    American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States +2 more

    For this year's Latine Heritage Month, 51’s Distinctive Collections (Archives, Special Collections, and American Geographical Society Library) are hosting a month-long pop-up exhibit featuring an array of rare and unique materials that show the diverse cultures of Latin America and …

  • Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion

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    Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion Hannah Arendt's The Human Condition, Prologue and Chapter 1 (1958) Hannah Arendt For the month of September, we will discuss the Prologue and first chapter of The Human Condition, arguably the most influential work of German-American philosopher Hannah …

  • Spooky! Scary! Places! 

    Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library

    Check out the exhibit cases near the first floor Grind to see some materials of the American Geographical Society Library (located on the third floor, east wing), some of which will have you quaking in your boots! 

  • Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion Thomas Paine’s Common Sense (1776)

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    Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion Thomas Paine's Common Sense (1976) For the month of October, we will discuss Thomas Paine's wildly influential American revolutionary tract Common Sense, radically advocating full independence from the British crown. Common Sense has been called "the most incendiary and …

  • 2025 Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture

    Fourth Floor Conference Center, Golda Meir Library

    Register for Event Gabriela Nagy, 51 assistant professor of psychology, will present the 2025 Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture. The title of her talk is “Resilience, Resistance, and Rhetoric:  What Latino/a Immigrants Teach Us About Health and Humanity.” This talk challenges …