Seeley G Mudd Library at Lawrence University

Announcing the 2026 Mudd Library Summer Coffeehouse Series!
July 8: Summer Reads
July 22: 250 Years of the Declaration of Independence
August 5: Party on the Plaza
Each begins at 10 am.
Mudd Library first floor or front plaza.

We're so excited to welcome Lawrence University and Milwaukee-Downer alumni back to campus for reunion! Don't forget to visit the Mudd Library while you're here!

Sisters Icy and Esther both worked with Cindy at the Circulation desk over their time at Lawrence and are now both Lawrence graduates! Esther just graduated this year, and Icy graduated a few years back and just completed her PhD at the Cleveland School of Music! Congratulations to you both!

We're so excited to welcome author Marjorie Liu '00 back to campus as this year's commencement speaker!

🎓🎉We've got a pop-up grad cap decorating station!! 🎓🎉Seniors- if you've wanted to decorate your cap, but didn't have the time or supplies- this is for you!! The library is open 8 am to 5 pm Thursday and Friday this week. Be sure to come by and decorate!
It's brought to you by your friends in the Lawrence University Makerspace , the Office of the First Year Dean, and the Mudd Library.

We wish all of our students the best of luck on their final exams, presentations, projects, papers, performances, etc.!
As usual, the library hours change as the final exam period and school year wind down. For more details, see the library calendar: https://thor.lawrence.edu/calendar/main.php?view=month&calendar=library
Text on the image reads: Spring Term finals week library hours
Monday, June 8: 8 am to midnight
Saturday, June 13 : Closed
Tuesday, June 9: 8 am to midnight
Sunday, June 14: Open for Commencement
Wednesday, June 10: 8 am to 8 pm
Thursday, June 11 & Friday, June 12:
8 am to 5 pm
Wednesday, June 10: 8 am to 8 pm

Which is your favorite grandfather clock in the Mudd Library? Both were donated to Milwaukee-Downer College in 1902 by Kate Flanders Duryea (MD class of 1868) in honor of her parents, and are referred to as the Flanders clocks. These, along with 6 other grandfather clocks came to LU circa 1965 as a result of the consolidation. This week, the more ornately carved of the two library clocks was repaired by a local clock repair person/horologist. To get to the clock face mechanism, several parts needed to be carefully removed.

There's still time to stop by to see the Ethnic Studies 110 class exhibit- Untold Stories: Building Counternarratives through Rebellion. The exhibition will remain up through June 9th. The students chose a wide range of fantastic historic artifacts & digital humanities projects to show rebellion- maps, TV shows, food, newspaper ads, photographs, and more!

Want to see some of the amazing work from 2026 studio art seniors but not able to see the exhibit in person? Wondering what works were shown in 2015? We have photos of exhibits going back to 2012 in Lux, our institutional repository! Take a look!
https://lux.lawrence.edu/art_se2026/

Congratulations to all the students who were honored and celebrated for their achievements at today's Convocation in the Chapel. We've seen so many of you working hard in the library all school year! This convo also included a wonderful remembrance of Professor Danielle Joyner, who passed away this spring.