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Fall 2025 Message from the Dean Dean's Communication
September 10, 2025
Welcome! I hope the start of the fall semester has been full of opportunity and exploration. The MSU Libraries is thrilled to see our students back, and I wanted to take a moment to share some important updates as we get back into the momentum of the academic year.Fall semester hours. Regular hours following the summer semester resumed…
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December 08, 2025
Elise Jajuga
EAST LANSING, Mich., Nov. 2025 – Last month, the Michigan State University Libraries celebrated a recent endowment established by Professor Emerita Jyotsna G. Singh with a reception highlighting a new exhibit curated in part by Singh herself.The exhibit “Europe and Empires of the East — Ottomans, Safavids, Mughals: Encounters and…
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November 12, 2025
If you tuned into WKAR-TV in the 1950s, you might have caught programs explaining how to pack a healthy lunch or giving you advice on how to talk on the telephone politely.Other shows leaned on the expertise of Michigan State University professors for topics like art and music and gave young people a chance to ask about potential careers…
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Encounters and Exchanges Physical & online exhibit
October 01, 2025 – February 06, 2026
1st Floor
Featuring rare books, travel anthologies, maps, and atlases from the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections, this exhibit reveals a world of fascination, exchange, and rivalry. Discover how these encounters shaped the European imagination and helped create a "Global Renaissance."
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Africa Past, Present, and Future: Celebrating 65 Years of the MSU African Studies Center Physical exhibit
August 18, 2025 – December 29, 2025
1st Floor
In 2025, the MSU African Studies Center (ASC) celebrates its 65th anniversary, a remarkable achievement with many impactful years of service. Drawn from the extensive Africana collections of the MSU Museum, MSU Broad Art Museum, and MSU Libraries, these exhibitions explore the University’s deep relationship with the African continent…
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A Campus and a War: Michigan State University and Vietnam Physical exhibit
July 06, 2025 – October 03, 2025
1st Floor
Exhibit exploring MSU's complex role in the Vietnam War; from its Cold War-era technical assistance programs to campus activism, through archival materials, photographs, and historic media. It traces how MSU’s global ambitions collided with a divisive conflict, leaving lasting marks on the university and the Lansing community, including…
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