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A tufted ring-necked budget pecker is a rare breed indeed, conceived in the mind of economist Clemen

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It’ll be hard to say goodbye to the current exhibition *Ok, I’ll Do It Myself: Narratives of Intrepi

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Today is the anniversary of the 1895 discovery of the X-Ray by German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Rontg

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After you’re done voting check out the latest exhibit in the @penndentalmed library! *Thomas E

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This is the last week to check out the exhibition *OK, I’ll Do It Myself: Narratives of Intrep

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This lion comes from a manuscript dating between 1227-1237 from Padua. It consists of a brief explan

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Well, did you? With the help of Clement Winston, we are still clinging to the last dregs of Hallowee

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Happy Halloween! *A Century of Horror* is from Theodore Dreiser’s Library—thus explaining why the au

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If you’re feeling roguish on this mischief night we recommend reading and sharing scary stories—unli

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While there is still speculation, the current decided death date of Geoffrey Chaucer is on this day,

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This week’s #SpineTingling challenge entry is from the expansive library of Theodore Dreiser. We lov

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On Friday, October 26th the Kislak Center is holding an all-day symposium and celebration of contral

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An article over on @urichmond ’s Bunk History site has recently been brought to our attention. Check

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Mark your calendars! There will be a symposium and celebration of Marian Anderson Friday, October 26

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This week’s #SpineTingling entry is a book about the war against demons. We pulled out this spine fr

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This evening at 5:00 the Special Collections Processing Center is holding a show-and-tell of women’s

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A vampiric bat is out on the hunt for budget raisers in this drawing by Clement Winston. An economis

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These marginal illustrations were found in a 11th-century medical work. The manicule and strong-feat

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The second entry we’ve found for @um_spec_coll and @pemlibrary ’s #SpineTingling challenge are

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Some say that Lief Erikson Day should replace Columbus Day as a federal holiday since Erikson is arg

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