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Monday, October 31, 2011 from 3:00 – 4:00 pm, HS/HSL Weise Gallery 

Free treats!  Prizes!  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans! Enjoy Halloween snacks and celebrate Harry Potter with the HS/HSL (costumes optional).  Complete the Potter Puzzle before or during the event for a final chance to win one of four $25 gift certificates.

 The exhibit “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine” is on display from September 18 – November 5 in the HS/HSL Weise Gallery.  For information, click here or call 410-706-7996.

National Medical Librarians Month – Come help us celebrate what we do!

Take a break and join us at the Library for refreshments on Wednesday, October 26^th, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m., to celebrate National Medical Librarians Month. Mix and mingle with the librarians of HS/HSL and learn about all the different ways we can work together to enhance the work you do!

The HS/HSL offers free workshops to all University of Maryland, Faculty, Students, and Staff and UMMC Staff. This weeks workshop:

Facebook Privacy in 30, Tuesday October 25th, 12:30pm-1pm

Psychosocial Instruments, Wednesday October 26th, 12pm-1pm

For full course descriptions and registration, click here

Ever wish you could take potions class like Harry Potter? Take a break from your academic routine at the HS/HSL on Wednesday, October 19th for the next event in the Harry Potter Series.

Lecture: The Medicinal Magic of Modern Compounding: Potions Class for the 21st Century

Richard Dalby, Professor and Associate Dean, School of Pharmacy

Wednesday October 19th,  12:oo pm – 1:00 pm, Distance Education Room Lower Level (LL02)

Professors Richard Dalby and James Polis will provide a modern twist on Potions Class by explaining how pharmacists compound medications to meet critical patients care needs. Using colored dyes in place for drugs, they will demonstrate how creams, thermosetting gels, powder papers or capsules can deliver customized medications to patients.

The exhibit “Harry Potters World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine,” is on display at the HS/HSL Weise Gallery from September 18th – November 5th. For more information click here or call 410-706-7996.

The HS/HSL offers free workshops to all University of Maryland, Faculty, Students, and Staff and UMMC Staff. This weeks workshop:

RefWorks, Wednesday October 19th, 12pm-1pm

For full course descriptions and registration, click here

The HS/HSL offers free workshops to all University of Maryland, Faculty, Students, and Staff and UMMC Staff. This weeks workshops:

Grant Proposal Writing, Tuesday October 4th, 1pm-4pm

Locating the Evidence, Tuesday October 5th, 12pm-1pm

For full course descriptions and registration, click here

The Historical Collections Room will be close from October 3rd – October 7th. It will reopen Monday, October 10th.

Please come to the HS/HSL’s Weise Gallery, September 26th from 4:30 pm-6:00 pm for the opening reception of the Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine exhibit. Cake will be provided and you can enter into a drawing for a special prize by answering questions about the exhibit. For further details about the exhibit click here.

Harry Potter is coming to UM! Visit “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine”, an exhibit on display at the Health Sciences & Human Services Library from September 18 – November 5. The exhibit uses the National Library of Medicine’s History of Medicine collections to explore the world of Harry Potter, its roots in Renaissance science, and the ethical questions that affected not only the wizards in J.K. Rowling’s books, but also the historical thinkers featured in the series. Exhibit panels present the works of 15th- and 16th-century scholars and explore their perceptions of natural philosophy, medicine, and magic. Renaissance texts are used to highlight some of the fantastic creatures and plants featured in the novels.

More information about Potter-themed events will be coming soon!

For information on the exhibit and related programs, click here or call 410-706-7996.