Owen Science and Engineering Library

Chelsea Leachman has many passions, and she can hardly pick a favorite.  It may be publishing a book or visiting every national park in the United States. Instructing classes and meeting with science and engineering students at WSU, however, are perhaps the most rewarding. “They’re really joining this conversation that’s happening in the world, and […]

Since she was 7, Aiko Yamada has always been known as the “plant person.” When a family friend and biologist visited her from Honduras, her mother’s home country, Yamada knew for sure that plants were her path. Trying to make conversation with Yamada, the friend asked about her favorite color, to which she replied, “blue.”  […]

Yes, she wears a cardigan. Yes, she owns a cat.  But Emily Cukier also has purple hair, which sets her apart from the librarian stereotype, she said.  Science Librarian Cukier always felt comforted by libraries growing up, surrounded by the musty smell of old books and basking in silence. She said it drove her to […]

Growing up in southwestern Ohio surrounded by corn and crickets, Science Librarian David Luftig always saw agriculture as home.  In 2019, Luftig joined the Owen Science and Engineering Library as its first science librarian in two years. Transitioning from an engineering and physical science librarian at the University of Dayton to his current position opened […]