Tag: displays
Exhibit on display: From DNA to Beer
The McGoogan Library of Medicine will be hosting From DNA to Beer: Harnessing Nature in Medicine and Industry, on the 6th floor of Wittson Hall from November 12th to December 14th. The traveling exhibit, created by the National Library of Medicine in cooperation with the National Museum of American History, explores some of the processes, […]
Nov 11, 2018
In the library with an art collection
By Dawn Wilson If you don’t have time to visit the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. or even to take a trip to the Durham Museum, you can still satisfy your creative side by wandering around the McGoogan Library. Many of the same photographs that are on exhibit at the Library of Congress and […]
Feb 9, 2015

In 1997, British author J. K. Rowling introduced the world to Harry Potter and a literary phenomenon was born. Millions of readers have followed Harry to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where he discovers his heritage, encounters new plants and animals, and perfects his magical abilities. Although a fantasy story, the magic in […]
Aug 1, 2014
New exhibit: Medieval Medical Illustrations
View the latest panel exhibit in the library’s Linder Lounge: Though a Mirror Darkly: The Art of Medieval Medical Illustrations. The artists and draftsmen of medical books in the Middle Ages appreciated just as much as we do today the value of pictures in the conveying of certain kinds of information. Pictures could be used […]
Nov 5, 2010
Thanks to the following endowment funds, the library has added, to date, 71 titles to the book collection. Some of these books are now displayed inside the library’s entrance on the 6th floor. Edgar Adler Alice Buffett George Hays Morris Margolin Paul Marx COM Class of 1977 in honoring Drs. W.K. and Norah Metcalf Howard […]
May 4, 2010
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