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- Michigan State University Women's Resource Center Program Coordinator Lydia Weiss hosts a panel discussion entitled "Protest, Power & Perseverance: Women in the Civil Rights Movement." Dr. Freya Anderson Rivers, MSU PhD candidate Jewell Debnam, Dr. Eva L. Evans, and Mrs. Carmen Benavides discuss their personal experiences in and research on the American Civil Rights Movement of the ninteen-sixties. Rivers recalls being the first black woman to enroll at Louisiana State University in 1964 and Debnam explains her research on the involvement of women throughout the movement. Evans reflects on her experiences as the Chair of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and Benavides talks about her career as a Lansing school district principal. The panelists also discuss their views on the progress of the civil rights movement in America and the work that still needs to be done to insure universal human rights. They answer questions from the audience. Sponsored by MSU Women's Resource Center, the MSU Center for Gender in Global Context and the American Association of University Women (AAUW). Held at the International Center on the campus of Michigan State University.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-11-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Dr. George Eyster, DVM, describes his forty-four year career in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University. Eyster recalls his farm upbringing, his journey to veterinary medicine and MSU, the evolution of the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine and his role in creating one of the strongest veterinary cardiology programs in the country. Eyster also discusses his pioneering work in veterinary medicine, the major changes in the field during his career, his fondness for MSU and his colleagues and the various leadership roles he played during his career. Part of the Michigan State University Faculty Emeriti Association Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Colin Allen, provost professor at the University of Indiana Bloomington, delivers a talk titled "Darwin's Semantic Voyage: Exploration and Exploitation of Victorian Science in the Reading Notebooks." Allen discusses his research project in which the full text of 670 books found in Charles Darwin's reading notebooks is analyzed by using topic modeling to explore the semantic distance between each book in the notebook. Allen rigorously describes the methodology behind topic modeling and the algorithms which his team used to produce their results and details the ways in which the results have aided in understanding Darwin's influences and research patterns over the course of his career. Allen answers questions from the audience. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries Colloquia Series, cosponsored by the Philosophy Department and the Digital Humanities Program in the College of Arts and Letters. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-10-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- An interdisciplinary panel composed of Michigan State University faculty members participates in a discussion entitled, "All about auto." Panelists describe their individual research and explore areas such as race car driver physiology and safety, innovation and research behind autonomous vehicles, the biomechanics behind the design of automobiles, the history of the auto industry in cities such as Flint, Grand Rapids and Detroit, and the social, political, and economic implications of autonomous cars from an urban design perspective. Panelists are: Dr. Tamara Reid Bush, College of Engineering; Dr. David Ferguson, Department of Kinesiology; Dr. Lisa Fine, Department of History; Dr. Hayder Radha, College of Engineering; and Dr. Mark Wilson, School of Planning, Design, and Construction. Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, Dean of the Honors College, convenes the session and moderates questions from the audience with the help of John P. Beck, Professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-03-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- An unidentified U.N. delegate advocates that more scientific research should be spent on combating the effects of old age. Date unknown.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- A Michigan State University faculty panel discusses, "Salt Water Encounters: Conducting Research Beneath, Beside, and Across the Oceans". Panelists describe their unique research and discoveries in the areas of undersea geography, vulcanism, chemical and isotope analysis, geopolitical impacts of transoceanic migration and trade, preservation of rare, mid-ocean islands as parks, and preservation of unique cultures and communities in the face of global sea-level rise, climate change and economic forces. Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, Dean of the Honors College, convenes the session and moderates questions from the audience. Part of the series "Sharper Focus/Wider Lens" sponsored by: MSU Honors College; Lyman Briggs College; James Madison College; the Colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Natural Science; Arts and Humanities; the Departments of Community, Agriculture, Recreation, and Resource Studies; Geological Sciences; History; Zoology; and the School of Planning, Design, and Construction.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-02-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Turfgrass expert Dr. James Beard explains how and why he decided to specialize in turfgrass mangement. Beard describes numerous aspects of managing turfgrass and grasslands for parks, sports, and conservation, suitable types of turfgrass for various climates, and how climate change affects turgrass management. He talks about teaching and researching at Michigan State University and how the program has grown. Beard recounts the contributions of Michigan Agricultural College botanist W.J. Beal to the field of turfgrass research. Beard is interviewed by Michigan historian and author Keith Widder solidifying MSU as the strongest public repository of turfgrass literature in the world.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-02-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Peter Limb, Michigan State University Librarian and Africana Bibliographer introduces David Robinson, University Distinguished Professor of History and David Wiley, Director of the MSU African Studies Center who both interview John M. Hunter, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography. Hunter tells of his field research in the Gold Coast, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, and Nigeria in the mid-1950s, while serving as an MSU professor abroad. He also discusses the census mapping model he developed and used in Ghana in 1960, which was funded by UNESCO and became a model used in many African countries. Other topics covered include medical geography, socio-economic geography, river blindness, schistosomiasis, elephantiasis, guinea worm disease and seasonal hunger.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-05-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Albert Sparrow, MD, talks about being the first fully trained pediatric cardiologist in the state, when he came to the Department of Pediatrics and Human Development in the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University. Sparrow discusses his pioneering research during a period of tremendous progress in heart surgery, treating infants and children and developing procedures to manage small patients. Sparrow says that many ground breaking open heart surgical techniques for infants came from overseas where ethical and legal considerations allowed for more human subject experimentation. He also talks about his mentors at MSU, the great freedom he was given by the college to develop his skills and comments on the move of the MSU College of Medicine to Grand Rapids, MI. Part of the Michigan State University Faculty Emeriti Association Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- An interdisciplinary panel composed of Michigan State University faculty members participates in a discussion entitled, "Water wars: our H2O futures." Panelists describe their individual research on fresh water resources, threats to the water supply, and the impact of chemical and waste water pollution on the water supply. Panelists are: Joan Rose, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, David Hyndman, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Jade Mitchell, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, and William Taylor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, dean of the MSU Honors College, convenes the session. MSU Professor John P. Beck moderates questions from the audience.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-09-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection