Richard Klemme, Dean and Director, UWEX Cooperative Extension, celebrates the first 100 years of Cooperative Extension Service. The 1862 Morrill Act set up colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts providing for the instruction mission. The 1887 Hatch Act set up agricultural experiment stations providing for the research mission and the Smith-Lever Act in 1914 provided for the extension mission.
Michael Edmonds, Deputy Director, Library Archives, Wisconsin Historical Society, explains why the Wisconsin Historical Society owns one of the nation’s richest archives on the civil rights movement. For 50 years researchers have turned to these archives to find letters, diaries, meeting minutes, photographs and other primary sources related to the uprisings and unrest of the mid 20th century.
Yoshiko Herrera, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, moderates a panel discussion with UW-Madison experts: Scott Gehlbach, Professor, Department of Political Science, Ted Gerber, Professor, Department of Sociology, Andrew Kydd, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, David McDonald, Professor, Department of History, on the relationship between Ukraine and Russia.
Dick Campbell, Aviation Historian, explores the mystery of the World War II American B-24D Liberator, Lady Be Good. The plane, lost in a bombing raid on Naples, Italy on April 4, 1943, was discovered nearly intact in 1958 and the remains of all but one of the crew members have been found. This lecture was recorded at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh.
Barry Stapleton, Director, Ward Irish Music Archives, Milwaukee, discusses the origins of the Milwaukee Irish Fest and talks about the Ward Irish Music Archives, the largest public collection of Irish music in America. The collection includes more than 40,000 Irish recordings and memorabilia.
Jody LePage, Co-Author, "Sister: An African American Life in Search of Justice," presents the oral history autobiography of Sylvia Bell White. The story focuses on Sylvia Bell White's post-World War II migration to Milwaukee and her pursuit of justice for her younger brother's racially charged murder.
Bruce A. Johnson, Technical Director, University Place, Wisconsin Public Television, takes us on a fast paced romp through three quarters of a century of technological progress. Learn how new technologies are changing the ways we consume visual media.
Deborah Blum, Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, UW-Madison, joins University Place Presents host Norman Gilliland to delve into the history of spiritualism and the Society for Psychical Research in America. Notable in the group was psychologist and philosopher William James, who risked his reputation in an attempt to find proof of life after death.
Dave Nelson, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biochemistry, UW-Madison, discusses the contributions of Henry Lardy at the Institute for Enzyme Research. As a graduate student at UW-Madison, Lardy helped make possible the artificial insemination of heifers and cows through his invention of the semen extender--the beginning of long career of discovery and invention.
Kevin Hampton, Curator, Wisconsin Veterans Museum, shares the history of Civil War Colonel Arthur MacArthur, Douglas MacArthur’s father. Arthur MacArthur exhorted his soldiers at Missionary Ridge with the exclamation of "On, Wisconsin!" a phrase now near and dear to UW-Madison. MacArthur went on to serve as Governor-General in the Philippines.