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New books and Events & Workshops
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- Kara Swisher
Part memoir, part history, Burn Book is a necessary chronicle of tech’s most powerful players. From “the queen of all media” (Walt Mossberg, The Wall Street Journal), this is the inside story we’ve all been waiting for about modern Silicon Valley and the biggest boom in wealth creation in the history of the world...
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Choose your enemies wisely : business planning for the audacious few
- Patrick Bet-David with Greg Dinkin
When you think about your enemies, you get emotional. You feel like you won’t let anything—or anyone—stop you. Patrick Bet-David, shows how to harness that emotion to turbocharge your business, dominate this year, and grow for generations after. But first, you need to choose your enemies wisely.
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Advertising revolutionary : the life and work of Tom Burrell
- Jason P. Chambers
Over a forty-year career, Chicagoan Tom Burrell changed the face of advertising and revolutionized the industry’s approach to African Americans as human beings and consumers. Jason P. Chambers offers a biography of the groundbreaking creator and entrepreneur that explores Burrell’s role in building brands like McDonald’s and Coca-Cola...
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April 02, 2024 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
DSL VR Room (Main Library, 2 West)
The VR lab is back! Whether you’re a VR first-timer, an immersive data visualizer, a researcher or a developer, an artist in search of a new medium, an instructor curious about how to use the tech in class, a student of storytelling, or some other type of human being, VR Open Hours are for you! Take our HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and other headsets for a spin, and talk to us about your ideas. We love to connect people with hardware, software, and each other. Participants can log into their personal accounts to access VR content they own, or explore the content we have available, including real student projects and industry tools: Paint, sculpt, animate, and work with 3D models/environments Immersively visualize data, anatomy, molecules, math equations, historical sites and events, or even comics. Learn language, circuitry, lab chemistry, medical procedure, extended-reality (or "XR," including VR and 360) media production. Play games for transportive narrative, exercise, team building, or just plain fun. Explore the great outdoors, real-world geography, or hypothetical interior designs. Simulate colorblindness, astronaut experience, a rollercoaster ride, etc. Develop your own VR experiences, or use VR tools to develop interactive experiences of any kind. Deploy VR to support your course or research. Record and/or share screens and workspaces with others in real time.
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April 04, 2024 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
DSL VR Room (Main Library, 2 West)
The VR lab is back! Whether you’re a VR first-timer, an immersive data visualizer, a researcher or a developer, an artist in search of a new medium, an instructor curious about how to use the tech in class, a student of storytelling, or some other type of human being, VR Open Hours are for you! Take our HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and other headsets for a spin, and talk to us about your ideas. We love to connect people with hardware, software, and each other. Participants can log into their personal accounts to access VR content they own, or explore the content we have available, including real student projects and industry tools: Paint, sculpt, animate, and work with 3D models/environments Immersively visualize data, anatomy, molecules, math equations, historical sites and events, or even comics. Learn language, circuitry, lab chemistry, medical procedure, extended-reality (or "XR," including VR and 360) media production. Play games for transportive narrative, exercise, team building, or just plain fun. Explore the great outdoors, real-world geography, or hypothetical interior designs. Simulate colorblindness, astronaut experience, a rollercoaster ride, etc. Develop your own VR experiences, or use VR tools to develop interactive experiences of any kind. Deploy VR to support your course or research. Record and/or share screens and workspaces with others in real time.
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April 05, 2024 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Makerspace Flex Space Classroom
Upcycle and decorate a used container to create a beautiful planter! Learn how to plant your seed with fertilizer from the MSU Grow Green Vermicompost Program. Grow your own basil plant from our Seed Library!