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On this day in 1912, Woodrow Wilson was elected the 28th President of the United States. Did you know that the 1912 election was a 4-way contest and that Wilson won the election with less than 50% of the popular vote?

While Woodrow Wilson is probably best remembered for the League of Nations, did you know that he also ordered the U.S. Navy to occupy Veracruz, Mexico?

Check out books about Woodrow Wilson and
- and the campaign of 1912 that apparently was the start of modern American politics
- the League of Nations
- the occupation of Veracruz

               

Professor Nitesh Chawla will be the speaker at the November 9 CIS-ECE Research Colloquium Series. Professor Chawala, from the University of Notre Dame, will talk about “Connecting the Dots for Health Care.”

You can find a multitude of journal articles by Professor Chawla listed in Google Scholar. Remember to use the link on the library’s website when you search Google Scholar. If you don’t, you won’t be able to see what articles the Mardigian Library has access to.

Michelangelo completed painting the ceiling and the lunettes of the Sistine Chapel in October 1512. On this date 500 years ago, Pope Julius II inaugurated the Chapel with a Mass.

See video of the Sistine Chapel in the Art and Architecture in Video database.

The library also has a dozen books and a videocassette about the Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo. Check out one (or more) today!

Election day is almost here and you might find it helpful to know what will be on your ballot. Find out by going to Publius.

Information that Publius will tell you:
• Who is running for which offices
• What proposals or referendums you will vote for (or against)
• The location of your polling place and its hours

This Friday, November 2, Dr. Sarah Veatch, Assistant Professor of Biophysics and Physics at the University of Michigan, will speak at the Natural Sciences Colloquium. Dr. Veatch’s presentation will be “Lipid Rafts Reach a Critical Point.”

And, if the presentation didn’t tell you enough about lipids, you can find more of Dr. Veatch’s research through the Summon Search tool on the library’s home page.

Have you been reading anything for fun lately? I’ve been reading The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime. It seemed to me to be appropriate with the Tigers in the World Series. This book helps explain some of the things that are happening behind the scenes that lead up to beanballs and bench-clearing brawls, among other things. I recommend it for any baseball fan -- or those who might want to be fans just because the Tigers did so well this season.

What are you reading for fun? What’s it about? Would you recommend it?

Today is the anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations. Don’t know much about the United Nations? Do you know something, but wish you knew more? The Mardigian Library has more than 130 books about some aspect of the United Nations, including many e-books. Check out one (or more).

Dr. Sonia M. Tiquia-Arashiro, Associate Professor of Biology and Microbiology at UM-Dearborn, will be the guest speaker at the Natural Sciences Colloquium on Friday, October 26. Dr. Tiquia-Arashiro’s presentation will be “Isolation and screening of carboxydotrophs isolated from composts and their potential for butanol production.”

Want to read about some of Dr. Tiquia-Arashiro's research? Access journal articles through the library’s Summon discovery tool.

Some people might not think musical scores are as interesting as the Tigers scores. But, if you attended last night’s Fair Lane Music Guild concert, you might think otherwise. If you attended the concert, you heard Brahm’s Horn Trio, among other pieces. If you are musically inclined, you might be interested to know that the score for Horn Trio in E-flat major, Op. 40 can be found in the library’s collection. The library also has scores and recordings of other music by Brahms, Mozart, and Strauss. Check them out!

On Friday, October 19, Dr. Anne Danielson-Francois, Assistant Professor of Biological Science at UM-Dearborn, will be a guest speaker at the Natural Sciences Colloquium. Dr. Danielson-Francois’ presentation will be “Mating Behavior and Sperm Competition in Spiders”.

Read some of Dr. Danielson-Francois's work through the library’s Summon discovery tool.

The list of new books and other materials added to the library’s collection in September has been posted. Click on “…more New Arrivals” on the library’s home page. Or, go directly to http://library.umd.umich.edu/newbooks/.

Professor Jie Wu will be the speaker at the October 19 CIS-ECE Distinguished Lecture Series. Professor Wu, IEEE Fellow from Temple University, will talk about “Utility-Based Routing and its Applications in Dynamic Wireless Networks.”

One e-book edited by Professor Wu is in the library’s collection: Handbook on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspect of Sensor, Ad Hoc Wireless, and Peer-to-Peer Networks. Take a look!

Dr. Wu has been a prolific author with nearly 100 journal articles listed in the Scopus database. To read papers, click on "View at publisher" or "Article Linker.” Note that full text of all papers may not be available.

An immigration reform forum will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, October 19 in 1030 CASL. If you want to learn more about United States immigration policies, the library has dozens of books available for you to check out. Thousands of journal articles, magazine and newspaper articles, books and book chapters, etc. are also available through the library’s Summon discovery tool.

Did you see the new Ben Affleck movie Argo about the rescue of American diplomats during the Iran Hostage Crisis? Want to know more about events that the movie deals with? Check out books and video in the library’s collection, including Our Man in Tehran: The True Story Behind the Secret Mission to Save Six Americans During the Iran Hostage Crisis and the Foreign Ambassador Who Worked With the CIA to Bring Them Home. Thousands of newspaper, magazine, and journals articles as well as dissertations and e-books are also available online through the Summon discovery tool.

Join us in the Mardigian Library at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 18 for the opening reception of the Armenian Research Center’s exhibition celebrating the 500th anniversary of the first Armenian printed book.

Dr. Levon Avdoyan, Armenian and Georgian Area Specialist at the Library of Congress, will speak on “The Three Eras of Armenian Literature.”

Armenian language printed books from the 17th century to the present will be on display in the library. The exhibition runs until Friday, November 16.

The exhibition is co-organized with the Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum in Southfield, and is sponsored by the Robert Ajemian Foundation. For group tours, contact the Armenian Research Center at 313-593-5181.