These signs were on the door of the Study Abroad office at UMD in the Spring of 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, when some staff and students had returned to campus and some were still working and attending school from home. They read: "WE'RE OPEN, BUT WORKING REMOTELY!"; "Want to Study Abroad? Chat with us online! [web address]"; "We want to ...
Created:
2021-03-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
These photographs were taken in the Spring of 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, when some staff and students had returned to campus and some were still working and attending school from home. They show signs posted in seating areas in the Kirby Student Center to encourage students and staff to social distance. Many of the signs are humorous. Th...
Created:
2021-03-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
These photographs were taken in the Spring of 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, when some staff and students had returned to campus and some were still working and attending school from home. They show a variety of signs in the Kirby Student Center, placed to encourage social distancing. Some of the signs are blocking seats to discourage studen...
Created:
2021-03-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
The stickers were located on the first floor of the library near the circulation desk, and were intended to encourage people to stay six feet apart while waiting in line. They read: "PHYSICAL DISTANCING STAND HERE" and contain two pawprints. The stickers were originally red and gold, UMD's colors, but the creator notes that one year into the pan...
Creator:
Aue, Shana
Created:
2021-03-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
These photos were taken in the Spring of 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. One side of the table tent reads: "PUH-LEASE don't move the couches, tables or chairs closer together. #KirbyLOVESYOU" and the other side reads: "ALSO Wear a mask. Stay 6 ft. apart. Clean your table. Keep being amazing. #KirbyLOVESYOU"
Created:
2021-03-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This poster was displayed on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus during the COVID-19 pandemic. It reads: "Stop The Spread of COVID-19. Stay Apart. My M Community Is Safer Because I Do My Part." At the bottom of the poster is a hyperlink for all University of Minnesota safety guidelines.
Creator:
University of Minnesota
Created:
2021
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This poster was displayed on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus during the COVID-19 pandemic. It reads: "Stop The Spread Of COVID-19. Stay Home If You Feel Unwell. Our M Community Is Safer Because We Do Our Part." Below this text are three graphics with text beneath each: "Get Vaccinated," "Respect Mask Usage," and "Get Tested." At the bo...
Creator:
University of Minnesota
Created:
2021
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This poster was displayed on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus during the COVID-19 pandemic. It reads: "Stop The Spread of COVID-19. Stop! Put On Your Mask Before Entering. My M Community Is Safer Because I Do My Part." Below this text are three graphics with text beneath each: "Wash Your Hands," "Stay Apart," and "Wear a Mask." At the b...
Creator:
University of Minnesota
Created:
2021
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Content of a digital sign that was displayed on screens around the University of Minnesota Duluth Campus. The sign reads "Stop the Spread of COVID-19" at the top. Below are three graphics with text beneath each: "Wash Your Hands," "Stay Apart," and "Wear a Mask." At the bottom of the sign is a hyperlink for all UMD safety guidelines. The sign ap...
Creator:
University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2021
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This flowchart was designed for students living off campus to make decisions in the case of a confirmed or possible case of COVID-19. At the top of the document is the text: "Students living off campus—steps to take with a confirmed or possible COVID-19 diagnosis. Off-campus housing is considered any privately rented apartments or houses near ca...
Creator:
University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2021
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Drawing of a raccoon-like creature washing its hands in an indoor space. There are several other objects in the room, including a purse with a face on it. The drawing also includes the title of the peice, "Wash," the artist's name, "Toko Nakajima," and the date "3/31/2020." The artist is 11 years old. Created for the Duluth Interdisciplinary Chi...
Creator:
University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2021
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This sign is in a hallway seating area. It reads: "+ STOP THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 + STUDY SAFE IN THIS SPACE. Wear your face covering. Maintain physical distance from others when moving around this space. Avoid moving tables and chairs around in the space. Please wipe down your area as you leave with the supplies provided. Wash your hands. Stay a...
Creator:
Aue, Shana
Created:
2021-03-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This poster was displayed on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus during the COVID-19 pandemic. It reads: "Stop The Spread Of COVID-19. Study Safe In This Space. Wear Your Face Covering. Maintain Physical Distance From Others When Moving Around This Space. Avoid Moving Tables And Chairs Around In The Space. Please Wipe Down Your Area As You...
Creator:
University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2021
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This poster was displayed on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus during the COVID-19 pandemic. It reads: "Stop The Spread Of COVID-19. Symptoms? Get Tested If You Have Fever Or Chills, Loss Of Taste Or Smell, Cough, Sore Throat, Shortness Of Breath Or Difficulty Breathing, Congestion Or Runny Nose, Fatigue, Nausea Or Vomiting, Muscle Or Bo...
Creator:
University of Minnesota
Created:
2021
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In the past, new conjectures about fundamental constants were discovered sporadically by famous mathematicians such as Newton, Euler, Gauss, and Ramanujan. The talk will present a different approach – a systematic algorithmic approach that discovers new mathematical conjectures on fundamental constants. We call this approach “the Ram...
Creator:
Kaminer, Ido (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology)
Created:
2021-04-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Modern Machine Learning (ML) represents everything as vectors, from documents, to videos, to user behavior. This representation makes it possible to accurately search, retrieve, rank, and classify different items by similarity and relevance. Running real-time applications that rely on large numbers of such high dimensional vectors requires a ded...
Creator:
Liberty, Edo (Pinecone)
Created:
2021-01-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
The scattering transform is a wavelet-based feed-forward network originally introduced by S. Mallat to improve our theoretical understanding of convolutional neural networks (CNNs). Like the front end of a CNN, it produces a latent representation of input signal through an alternating sequence of convolutions and non-linearities. Following Malla...
Creator:
Perlmutter, Michael (University of California, Los Angeles)
Created:
2021-11-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
This digital sign was displayed on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus during the Fall 2021 semester. At the bottom of the sign is a vaccine graphic next to the words "Get The Vax" and a hyperlink to UMD's vaccine information page. This image was also used for social media posts and posters on campus.
Creator:
University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2021
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
The content of the Twin Ports Mask Brigade website shortly before it was taken down. This content was downloaded on March 4, 2021, and the website was retired on March 31, 2021. Included are: a graphic of four emoji faces of various skin tones, all wearing white face masks, and the words "THANK YOU!" above them in black text; a message from the ...
Creator:
Twin Ports Mask Brigade
Created:
2021-03-04
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
The Gromov-Hausdorff (GH) distance provides a flexible notion of dissimilarity between datasets. It is known that computing the GH distance between finite metric spaces leads to NP-Hard computational problems. This is true even for finite ultrametric spaces, which are highly structured metric spaces satisfying the so-called 'strong' triangle ine...
Creator:
Mémoli, Facundo (The Ohio State University)
Created:
2021-02-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
This colorful poster reads: "If You're Not Wearing It Right, It's Like You're Not Wearing It At All." The first part of the sentence is on a background of bright green. Above it is a green check mark and a cartoon face wearing a face mask properly over its nose and mouth. The second part of the sentence is on a red background. Above it are two r...
Creator:
University of Minnesota Duluth Health Services
Created:
2021-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This photograph, taken inside the vaccination clinic, includes people waiting in line to receive vaccines and an area where people sat for the required fifteen minutes after being vaccinated. This clinic was held inside the curling club in Eveleth, MN. Visible on the walls are the flags of the USA, Canada, Minnesota, and other nations, as well a...
Creator:
Pittman, Kim
Created:
2021-03-25
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This photograph, taken inside the vaccination clinic, includes tables where people completed registration forms prior to receiving vaccinations and an area where people sat for the required fifteen minutes after being vaccinated. This clinic was held inside the curling club in Eveleth, MN. Visible on the walls are the flags of the USA, Canada, M...
Creator:
Pittman, Kim
Created:
2021-03-25
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This photograph, taken inside the vaccination clinic, includes people waiting to receive vaccines and tables where people completed registration forms prior to being vaccinated. This clinic was held inside the curling club in Eveleth, MN. Visible on the walls are the flags of various nations, as well as signs for businesses and organizations tha...
Creator:
Pittman, Kim
Created:
2021-03-25
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
A sandwich board sign reading "COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic Today." The sign was located at the St. Louis County Public Health COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic held at the Range Recreation Center (curling club) in Eveleth, MN.
Creator:
Pittman, Kim
Created:
2021-03-25
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This photograph, taken inside the vaccination clinic, shows two people at the registration table. Both people are wearing face masks. Visible on the table are a large digital clock, two laptop computers, Clorox wipes, and hand sanitizer. This clinic was run by St Louis County Public Health, and was held at the local curling club.
Created:
2021-03-25
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Vincenta Jasiewicz immigrated to the United States from Poland at the age of 16. After her first husband tragically died, she remarried and raised 5 children in a Polish enclave of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her story is told by her granddaughter.
Creator:
Brandenburg, Ashley
Contributor:
Rolland, Isabella
Created:
2021-03-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
This poster was displayed on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus during the COVID-19 pandemic. It reads: "Wash Your Hands, The Most Important Way You Prevent The Spread Of Infection. Total Time 20+ Seconds. Wet Your Hands. Apply Soap By Rubbing Palm To Palm. Clean Your Hands Front And Back With Interlaced Fingers. Scrub Your Thumbs And Fin...
Creator:
University of Minnesota
Created:
2021
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This decal was placed on doors around the University of Minnesota Duluth campus. It reads: "Stop The Spread of COVID-19, Wear A Mask If You Are Not Vaccinated Or If You Want To. Support Other Who May Choose To Wear A Mask." The text is red on a gold background. The sign also includes a line drawing of a face mask.
Creator:
University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2021
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
The whiteboard was located on the second floor of the KAM Library. It reads: "Masks MUST be worn at all times - Over your NOSE + MOUTH. ONLY sit at marked spots - 1 person/table. ALL people must maintain 6' distance. Please follow these few protocols to help us keep the library open." Also visible in the photograph are a hand sanitizer dispenser...
Creator:
Aue, Shana
Created:
2021-03-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This digital sign was displayed on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus. It is titled "Why I Got The Vax..." and includes a photograph of UMD student Abbey Sweetman, Senior, Economics, German, International Business minor. Also included is a quote from Abbey: "I got the COVID-19 vaccine to play my part in keeping our community safe and heal...
Creator:
University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2021
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This digital sign was displayed on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus. It is titled "Why I Got The Vax..." and includes a photograph of UMD student Anna Thome, Junior, Computer Analytics. Also included is a quote from Anna: "I chose to get vaccinated because I felt I had an obligation to myself, my family, and my community to keep everyon...
Creator:
University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2021
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This digital sign was displayed on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus. It is titled "Why I Got The Vax..." and includes a photograph of UMD student Annie Counihan, Senior, Student Body President, Political Science, Hispanic Studies, Environment and Sustainability. Also included is a quote from Annie: "I got the COVID-19 vaccine to keep my...
Creator:
University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2021
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This digital sign was displayed on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus. It is titled "Why I Got The Vax..." and includes a photograph of UMD student Eli Sailer-Haugland, Senior, Computer Science, Mathematics. Also included is a quote from Eli: "I have decided to get vaccinated to protect the health of not only myself, but my community. I e...
Creator:
University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2021
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This digital sign was displayed on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus. It is titled "Why I Got The Vax..." and includes a photograph of UMD student Jordyn Thomas, Senior, Biology, Psychology. Also included is a quote from Jordyn: "I chose to get the Covid vaccine because I believe in the science that created it, in protecting those around...
Creator:
University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2021
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This digital sign was displayed on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus. It is titled "Why I Got The Vax..." and includes a photograph of UMD student Shannon King, Graduate Student, Chemistry. Also included is a quote from Shannon: "I chose to get vaccinated in order to protect my family, friends and most of all, our community. I wanted to ...
Creator:
University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2021
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In this short video, the creator reflects on winter in Duluth during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how it makes her feel. She compares the carefree winters of her childhood to the worry and stress she is experiencing now. She ends by discussing the importance of finding beauty and joy in the moment, and living with intention and mindfulness. The cr...
Creator:
May, Deborah
Created:
2021-01
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This photograph shows a University of Minnesota Duluth employee's home workspace. From the creator: "This is a photo of my workspace at home, where I have been working almost exclusively since March 12, 2020 (with only occasional trips to the UMD campus). Besides the technological equipment (computer, two monitors, keyboard, mouse, laptop which ...
Creator:
Vavrosky, Laura
Created:
2021-04-03
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Description from the creator: "MASKING is an experimental video by Joellyn Rock, created during the evolving pandemic of 2020-2021. The visual narrative draws from historical imagery of plague and pandemic masks, theatrical and ritual masques, protective masks designed for science and medical use, and homespun mask-making rising to meet the supp...
Creator:
Rock, Joellyn
Created:
2020 - 2021
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In this Christmas letter to family and friends, Celia Domich reflects on the past year and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected her life. Celia lives alone with her dog, Banks. The letter is full of humor, as Celia notes that she has had some COVID symptoms, such as brain fog and fatigue, for years, and that at the beginning of the pandemic sh...
Creator:
Domich, Celia A.
Created:
2020-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
The photographer describes the image: “Arne Vainio, MD, is my husband of over 23 years. His paternal grandparents emigrated from Finland near the turn of the 20th century. He had/has so much love for his grandmother Amanda. She grew large gardens, picked blueberries, took sauna, made Finnish bread, spoke little English, and she sewed and knitted...
Creator:
Vainio, Ivy
Created:
2020-05
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Abbey DeLisle at a free community mask distribution event organized by the Duluth chapter of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). DeLisle is holding two plastic bags containing cloth masks, and is wearing gloves, a cloth mask, and a Black Lives Matter t-shirt. The photographer describes the image: “This photogr...
Creator:
Vainio, Ivy
Created:
2020-06
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
We present a novel active learning algorithm for community detection on networks. Our proposed algorithm uses a Maximal Expected Model Change (MEMC) criterion for querying network nodes label assignments. MEMC detects nodes that maximally change the community assignment likelihood model following a query. Our work is inspired by detection in the...
Creator:
Kushnir, Dan (Nokia Bell Labs)
Created:
2020-11-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
In this work we discuss the problem of active learning. We present an approach 2 that is based on A-optimal experimental design of ill-posed problems and show 3 how one can optimally label a data set by partially probing it, and use it to train 4 a deep network. We present two approaches that make different assumptions on 5 the data set. The fir...
Creator:
Haber, Eldad (University of British Columbia)
Created:
2020-11-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Photograph of a plastic cup of quarters at a laundry room. A handwritten sign in the cup reads: "Free to anyone who needs them, we are in this TOGETHER :)". Small handwritten notes near the cup read: "Thank you :)" and "Grateful for NICE neighbors :) Stay safe, everyone". The contributor describes this photo: "Act of Kindness we did for elderly ...
Creator:
Rehbein, Rachel
Created:
2020-05-29
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This essay by a University of Minnesota Duluth faculty member documents the day of September 23, 2020, six months into the COVID-19 pandemic. It is written in the style of a timeline, with activities described along with the time of day they occur. Included are details about working from home, assisting children with online schooling, exercise, ...
Creator:
Dauner, Kim
Created:
2020-09-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
These ten embroidered patches were created by Advantage Emblem & Screen Printing, a local business in Duluth, Minnesota. From the creator: "Advantage Emblem creates embroidered patches and lapel pins for organizations nationwide. As of 2020 we have we have over 5000 different patch designs. We create patches for different activities, historical ...
Creator:
Advantage Emblem & Screen Printing
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Advertisement shows instructions for three at-home cocktail kits, which were available for pick-up during the COVID-19 pandemic. The kits are for Vikre Gals of November, Vikre Spruce Gin Gimlet, and Vikre Honor Brand Old Fashioned. Vikre Distillery is a local business in Canal Park in Duluth, Minnesota.
Creator:
Vikre Distillery
Created:
2020-03-18
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In this talk I will introduce the back-and-forth method, a new algorithm to efficiently solve the optimal transportation problem for a general class of strictly convex transportation costs. Given two probability measures supported on a discrete grid with n points, the method computes the optimal map in O(n log(n)) operations using O(n) storage s...
Creator:
Jacobs, Matthew (University of California, Los Angeles)
Created:
2020-11-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Data classification, where the goal is to divide data into predefined classes, is a fundamental problem in machine learning with many applications, including the classification of 3D sensory data. In this paper, we present a data classification method which can be applied to both semi-supervised and unsupervised learning tasks. The algorithm ...
Creator:
Rapinchuk, Ekaterina (Michigan State University)
Created:
2020-09-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Photograph of a colorful drawing that includes work-at-home activities such as student consultations, research help, and book selection, as well as "tea," "lunch," "snacks," and "girlfriend." From the creator: "I created this in response to library director Matt Rosendahl's suggestion that we use National Library Week as a way to highlight our s...
Creator:
David, Mags
Created:
2020-04-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In this short essay, Native elder Sharon Doolittle Shuck discusses driving, running errands, and gathering with family during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the essay describes a trip she took from Duluth to East Bethel, Minnesota to attend her niece's daughter's graduation party in July of 2020. Originally she had planned to take the bus and st...
Creator:
Shuck, Sharon Doolittle
Created:
2020-07
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
An instrumental song arranged and performed by Gaelynn Lea Tressler. In her interview for Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Seperation (SWaBS) Gaelynn, a professional musician, discusses the role in her life of writing and performing music during the COVID-19 pandemic. This song was originally released in 2015. This item is related to "Interview ...
Creator:
Tressler, Gaeylnn Lea
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
A video of Israel Malachi flying his small plane on a route following the St. Louis River to the Thomson Dam in Thomson, Minnesota, then north and east back to the Duluth International Airport. Malachi wrote and recorded the original music in this video. In his interview for Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Seperation (SWaBS) Malachi, a musician...
Creator:
Malachi, Israel
Created:
2020-05-25
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Image compression, as a subset of image processing, intersects many areas of applied mathematics. In this talk, I will describe and compare the "classic" view of image compression, such as the JPEG algorithm and it's variants, against the "new kid on the block", namely compression using neural networks (NN). I will survey the relative merits of ...
Creator:
Finlay, Chris (Deep Render)
Created:
2020-10-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
We study the problem of prediction of binary sequences with expert advice in the online setting, which is a classic example of online machine learning. We interpret the binary sequence as the price history of a stock, and view the predictor as an investor, which converts the problem into a stock prediction problem. In this framework, an investor...
Creator:
Drenska, Nadejda (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Created:
2020-11-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Drawing of a rocket ship full of people and animals, in black ink. A sign hanging from the rocket reads "Apollo 4/8/20", and the drawing also includes the artist's name "Toko N." The artist is 11 years old. Created for the Duluth Interdisciplinary Chirographic Technology Association (DICTA) Pendemic project, a series of drawing prompts done at t...
Creator:
Nakajima, Toko
Created:
2020-04-08
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Drawing of a rocket ship about to launch, in black and orange ink. Created for the Duluth Interdisciplinary Chirographic Technology Association (DICTA) Pendemic project, a series of drawing prompts done at the beginning of the pandemic in the spring of 2020. DICTA consists of UMD participants from humanities, arts and sciences (faculty and staff...
Creator:
Minor, Elizabeth C
Created:
2020-04-20
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Drawing of the Caduceus (medical symbol), done in gold and black ink. Created for the Duluth Interdisciplinary Chirographic Technology Association (DICTA) Pendemic project, a series of drawing prompts done at the beginning of the pandemic in the spring of 2020. DICTA consists of UMD participants from humanities, arts and sciences (faculty and st...
Creator:
Twu, Krista Sue-Lo
Created:
2020-04-27
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
The starting point for this work is the following observation: there exists a phase field approximation of the Willmore flow that seems to prevent, at least numerically, the appearance of self-intersections. Recall that the phase field approximation method allows to approximate the singular energy of singular functions by smooth energies of smoo...
Creator:
Masnou, Simon (Université Claude-Bernard
Created:
2020-09-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
From the creator: "Used my own phone camera along with editing from my laptop to create a time lapse video of me working on my final projects in my last week of college at UMD. Instead of being on campus with my colleagues I was stuck at home and couldn't be with them for one last time and truly say goodbye."
Creator:
Willis, Luke
Created:
2020-05
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Photographs, poetry, musings, quotes, and a featured story are included in this mixed media digital zine created by Christopher O’Brien, who lives and works in the small, rural town of Finland, Minnesota. In his own words, Christopher describes his creative project in this way: “’A Space Between Seasons’ is a digital zine consisting of photos, v...
Creator:
O'Brien, Christopher
Created:
2020-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This photograph is one of a set of three. From the creator: "These photos were taken on April 7, 2020. They show signs teachers made and hung in the windows of Lester Park School for their students. These pictures were used in posts on the Department of Education Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook pages with the text "Heartwarming messages from t...
Creator:
Vigen, Brianne
Created:
2020-04-07
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This script and storyboard were written by Blake Thomas and created with the intention of being produced by the performers of Take It With You, the nonprofit organization that produces hour-long, originally scripted, live radio theatre podcasts. These productions include voice actors, original music, and sound effects and are normally performed ...
Creator:
Thomas, Blake
Created:
2020-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Photograph of a schedule for the contributor's daughter's at-home school day on Friday, April 17, 2020. The schedule is written in several different colors on a whiteboard. Activities are: Wake up, PBS, Breakfast; Brush Teeth, Hair; Check School Email; Reading Homework; Math Homework; SNACK/BREAK TIME; Science Homework; Read 20 min; LUNCH - CLAS...
Creator:
Rehbein, Rachel
Created:
2020-04-17
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This photograph shows the home workspace of a University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) employee, which she used while working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The image includes a wooden desk and chair, a laptop sitting on a stack of books, a keyboard, an additional monitor, a notebook, and a ceramic mug. The laptop screen is displaying the C...
Creator:
Jones, Kayleen
Created:
2020-09-15
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Photograph taken at the creator's home in Cloquet, Minnesota. From the creator: "This picture captures my daughter enjoying minimal supervision while I'm working from home. Day 9 of quarantine.
Creator:
Radosevich, Tara
Created:
2020-03-26
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Cardboard boxes filled with paper bags of breakfast food, ready to be distributed to residents at the Steve O'Neil Apartments, which include CHUM's 6-unit Emergency Family Shelter and 44 units of permanent supportive housing for families with children who have experienced long-term homelessness.
Creator:
Churches United in Ministry (CHUM)
Created:
2020-04-08
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is the forth in a series of four podcasts that journalist Paul Lundgren created from interviews he conducted for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant funded project, Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Separation (SWaBS). For this project, Paul interviewed a number of business owners from the Lincoln Park Craft District in Dul...
Creator:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
We consider the ramifications of utilizing biased latent position estimates in subsequent statistical analysis in exchange for sizable variance reductions in finite networks. We establish an explicit bias-variance tradeoff for latent position estimates produced by the omnibus embedding in the presence of heterogeneous network data. We reveal an ...
Creator:
Sussman, Daniel (Boston University)
Created:
2020-09-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Remote sensing data from hyperspectral cameras suffer from limited spatial resolution, in which a single pixel of a hyperspectral image may contain information from several materials in the field of view. Blind hyperspectral image unmixing is the process of identifying the pure spectra of individual materials (i.e., endmembers) and their proport...
Creator:
Lou, Yifei (University of Texas at Dallas)
Created:
2020-09-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
This Boomerang video shows a healthcare worker wearing a face shield and walking towards the entrance of a building. The video is taken from a parking lot. The text over the video reads "This is what healthcare workers are doing to keep us safe. Wear A Mask." The video also includes an animated mask. From the creator: "Boomerang video I took out...
Creator:
Cirilli, Katherine
Created:
2020-07
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This Boomerang video shows a healthcare worker wearing a face shield and walking near a building. The video is taken from a parking lot. The text over the video reads "Riverwood is taking serious precautions. Want to help? Wear a mask. Wear A Mask." The video also includes an animated mask. From the creator: "Boomerang video I took outside my ho...
Creator:
Cirilli, Katherine
Created:
2020-07
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
From the creator: "My husband, Andrew Broadmoore, is a doctor (hospitalist at Essentia). With the PPE (personal protective equipment) shortage, several people, including his parents, brought him masks."
Creator:
Broadmoore, Amy
Created:
2020-04-01
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
