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The Wonders of Brutalist Architecture – Part 2 | blarrow | June 2021

Library Event: A Conversation with Author Min Jin Lee | This Week @ UC San Diego | May 2021

UC San Diego Projects win prizes in design competition | Daily San Diego News | May 2021

Library Event: A Conversation with Author Min Jin Lee | Giving Impact | May 2021

A conversation with Min Jin Lee & GAAD | Academic Affairs News | May 2021

An afternoon with UCSD photographer Erik Jepsen | UCSD Guardian | May 2021

Blocky and Raw: Is Brutalism Architecture Making a Comeback? | HowStuffWorks | May 2021

The most beautiful and iconic libraries in the United States | MSN | February 2021

Get a Crash Course in Modernist Architecture With 8 Styles That Define the Movement | My Modern Met | February 2021

A conversation with Kevin Young: February 24 | Academic Affairs News | January 2021

These 19 Striking Buildings Exemplify the Best of Brutalist Design Around the Globe | Departures | January 2021

A Conversation with Kevin Young – A Geisel Library 50th Anniversary Signature Event (February 24) | Giving Impact | January 2021

"Create Your Own Geisel" 50th Anniversary Contest | Academic Affairs News | January 2021

The Geisel Library / William Pereira & Associates | ArchEyes | January 2021

Honoring Our Library of Dreams | Triton Monthly | January 2021

Honoring our "Library of Dreams" | This Week @ UC San Diego | December 2020

Architectural Masterpiece: Paving the Way for the Future | This Week @ UC San Diego | November 2020

UC San Diego projects win prizes in design competition | La Jolla Light | November 2020

Geisel Library: Architectural Masterpiece Turns 50 | Giving Impact | October 2020

These San Diego projects got top prizes for design. What do you think? | San Diego Union-Tribune | October 2020

Architectural Masterpiece: Paving the Way for the Future — A Geisel Library 50th Anniversary Signature Event (November 18) | Giving Impact | October 2020

The Athenaeum presents ‘Zandra Rhodes: Some Artworks’ in La Jolla | SD News | October 2020

Five Decades, Counless Memories | This Week @ UC San Diego | September 2020

Geisel Library, UC San Diego's 'Mothership,' Turns 50 | La Jolla Light | September 2020

UCSD’s Geisel Library turns 50 as the place to ‘think and wonder, wonder and think’ | San Diego Union-Tribune | September 2020

UCSD To Launch Celebration For 50th Anniversary Of Geisel Library | Patch | August 2020

UCSD to mark 50th anniversary of Geisel Library with year-long celebration starting in September | La Jolla Light | August 2020

UCSD to celebrate 50th anniversary of Geisel Library | FOX 5 San Diego | August 2020

UC San Diego Begins a Yearlong Celebration to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Iconic Geisel Library | Library Journal's infoDOCKET | August 2020

Day in Review (August 3–7, 2020) | Association of Research Libraries | August 2020

Celebrating an iconic library's 50th anniversary | University of California | August 2020

UCSD To Launch Celebration For 50th Anniversary Of Geisel Library | KPBS | August 2020

UCSD's Geisel Library Turns 50, University Announces Year-Long Celebration | NBC 7 San Diego | August 2020

From the Archives: Library called heart of UC San Diego at dedication in 1971 | U-T San Diego | March 2020

Inside the Icon: Geisel Library | San Diego Magazine | October 2017 

Books and Bytes | Triton Magazine | September 2014

National Library Week: Most Beautiful Libraries Around the World | ABC News | April 2013

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