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Composing music in the 21st century
(University of Missouri, MU Libraries, 2013)
Jumping Hurdles: How to Succeed in Writing Gay Biographies
(University of Missouri--Columbia. MU Libraries, 2013)
Genes, Culture, and Evolution
(University of Missouri--Columbia. MU Libraries, 2015)
Nineteenth Century Humorists in Australia and the US
(University of Missouri--Columbia. MU Libraries, 2012)
People in 19th century Australia and the United States often faced many of the same hardships, hazards and quirks of the environment. In both countries people often coped by laughing. This lecture will look at examples of ...
Hidden Child Holocaust Survivor
(University of Missouri--Columbia. MU Libraries, 2013)
How to Clip an Angel's Wings: Angels in America's Transfer from Straight Play to Opera
(University of Missouri--Columbia. MU Libraries, 2013)
Missouri Statewide Lake Assessment Program [video]
(2023)
One of the prizes for the 2023 Undergraduate Research Project Contest was awarded for this video by Sasha Goodnow.
Food revolution 1700-present
(2012-03)
This kickoff event for the 2012 Life Sciences Symposium discussed changes in the human diet since 1700.
Where did we come from?: new insights into our oldest ancestors
(University of Missouri--Columbia. MU Libraries, 2012)
Perhaps no subject fascinates us more than the mystery of our origins and evolution. Teams of scientists working throughout the world are recovering record numbers of fossils of our earliest ancestors, and these fossils ...
Commentary on J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library contributions to the National Network of Libraries of Medicine
(2011)
The Associate Director of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Mid-Continental Region, Claire Hamasu, offers congratulations to the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library and provides commentary on the library's ...
"Big winner": nuclear fear in the U.S. before and after 9/11 [videorecording]
(University of Missouri--Columbia. MU Libraries, 2010)
This lecture discussed the retrospective climate at the end of the twentieth century in which lessened fears of large scale death and destruction were the result of the end of the Cold War. An examination of Don DeLillo's ...
Art and human nature [videorecording]
(University of Missouri--Columbia. MU Libraries, 2010)
This lecture explored the two culture phenomenon between the sciences and the humanities, using the terms 'art' and 'human nature' to explore some terminiological tensions between the two cultures.
Visions of transparency: the human body and social order [videorecording]
(2011-03)
Professor Engelstein's lecture on early scientific views of the human body opened the exhibit Controlling Heredity: The American Eugenics Crusade 1870 - 1940.
Albert Lord and the study of oral traditions [videorecording]
(2011-02)
This presentation honors the landmark achievements of Albert Bates Lord, one of the founders of the field of studies in oral tradition, and celebrates the generous donation of his and Mary Louise Lord's personal libraries ...
Religion and the professions, or, why we all need to "get" religion [videorecording]
(University of Missouri--Columbia. MU Libraries, 2011)
This lecture addressed the importance of understanding religion by current and future professionals.
Personal congratulations to Deb Ward and Barb Jones of the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library
(2011)
Director of the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library at the University of Utah and of the Mid-Continental Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Jean Shipman, offers congratulations to Deb Ward and ...
A Glimpse at Science in the Antarctic
(University of Missouri, MU Libraries, Faculty Lecture Series, 2012)
The presentation will take a look at some of the USA's Antarctic science activities operated under the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs, how to do science in the Antarctic, the McMurdo logistics facility, a ...
Four women: a conversation about Nina Simone, Billy Holiday, Camilla Williams and Mary J. Blige
(2012-02)
This discussion, part of the We Listen Series presented during Black History Month, explored aspects of four prominant African American women singers and their place in American culture.
Welcoming remarks and congratulations from John Denbo
(2011)
Director of the Phelps County Regional Medical Center, John Denbo, offers congratulations to the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences library on its anniversary and provides commentary on the creation of the Mayhec Digital Library ...
MU Libraries' 150th Anniversary Federal Depository Library Program 1862-2012
(University of Missouri, MU Libraries, Department of Government Documents, 2012-05)
Federal Depository Library Program Anniversary
: Of over 1,200 participating libraries, MU is the 15th oldest in the nation. We are the 6th oldest academic library in the FDLP. U.S. Superintendent of Documents/Assistant ...