Engaging Professionals and the Public: Outreach Efforts of the Friends of the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology

Nineteen hundred and sixty-eight was a vintage year for student activists. Conflicts between students and faculty were the rule rather than the exception. When they occurred in medical schools they frequently focused on the teaching of the social and preventive aspects of medicine. Such was the case at the University of Michigan, where "frustration with the public health course" led students into an open confrontation with the School of Public Health. In the discussions which followed, a number of changes were agreed upon.

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Women in 1900: Gateway to the Political Economy of the 20th Century. By Christine E. Bose. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001. Pp. xi, 257. $22.95, paper.

The Journal of Economic History ◽

10.1017/s0022050701005824 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 61 (4) ◽

pp. 1146-1147

Author(s):

Ann Harper Fender

Keyword(s):

Labor Force ◽

Social Research ◽

Population Characteristics ◽

University Of Michigan ◽

The Public ◽

Temple University ◽

Feminist Scholar ◽

Race Ethnicity ◽

The University ◽

University Consortium

Economic historians have to respond favorably when sociologist–feminist scholar Christine Bose early in her text writes, “This book is intended to provide a historical perspective on contemporary issues that all too often are analyzed only in terms of the present” (p. 3). She returns frequently to this theme, stressing that female participation in the labor force began long before the late 1960s. Of course, numerous economic historians have noted that such participation began long before 1900 and their work, unsurprisingly, exhibits stronger understanding of historical economic conditions than does Women in 1900. Bose's intent, however, is not to study women throughout U.S. history; rather, she analyzes data on 29,673 women included in the Public Use Sample of the 1900 census to re-estimate female labor-force participation, and determine the effect of gender, race, ethnicity, and class on that participation. Her most valuable contribution comes through matching her sample observations with county economic data obtained through the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan. She uses these data to generate what she calls contextual variables, basically regional and urban or rural location of the sample respondent, and average female manufacturing wage and population characteristics of the respondent's county.

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THE PEDIATRICIAN AND THE PUBLIC

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.5.6.1025 ◽

1950 ◽

Vol 5 (6) ◽

pp. 1025-1038

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

General Practice ◽

University Of Michigan ◽

The Public ◽

School Of Medicine ◽

Health Supervision ◽

Pediatric Education ◽

Ultimate Objective ◽

The University ◽

Do So

THIS issue concludes the series of four papers which were planned to initiate a discussion on the future of pediatric education. Dr. William L. Bradford is professor of pediatrics and assistant dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester, and Dr. James L. Wilson is professor of pediatrics at the University of Michigan. It is hoped that this series of articles will stimulate others to express their views or to ask questions and state criticism. The letter from Dr. Leona Baumgartner to Dr. Hugh McCulloch is concerned with a communication from Dr. William F. McGuire, of Wichita. The letter from Dr. J. B. Richmond, of Chicago, has to do with the communication from Dr. Hugh Thompson which was published in the February 1950 issue of this column. The ultimate objective of pediatric training is better health supervision for our children. The scope of its application is broad, for pediatrics is general practice limited only by age. The majority of students who receive this training do so for the purpose of practice, a few remain in academic work, primarily teaching and research, and many devote time either directly or indirectly to preventive medicine and public health, fields for which the training is particularly suitable.

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Changes in Washington Affect the DDT Battle

DDT Wars ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190219413.003.0014 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Charles F. Wurster

Keyword(s):

Environmental Protection Agency ◽

Environmental Law ◽

Law School ◽

University Of Michigan ◽

Court Order ◽

The Public ◽

Court Of Appeals ◽

Pesticide Regulation ◽

The Government ◽

The University

Late in 1970, President Nixon proposed and Congress approved creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in the process transferring the Pesticide Regulation Division from USDA to EPA. For pesticide regulation, this was no minor matter. The transfer was from USDA, an agency that primarily protected pesticide manufacturers and promoted their products, to EPA, an agency that was directly charged with protecting the environment. That was to make a large difference in how the DDT issue would be resolved. The first administrator of EPA was William D. Ruckelshaus, an attorney with a sterling record of public service in government. The other major item was the decision on DDT from the DC Court of Appeals. On January 7, 1971, the court ordered Ruckelshaus to immediately cancel all registrations of DDT and to determine whether DDT was “an imminent hazard to the public” and therefore should be suspended. The court was clearly annoyed by USDA’s failure to give adequate reasons for not suspending, so “it will be necessary to remand the case once more, for a fresh determination” of the matter of suspension. The court had taken away the discretion usually afforded a federal agency and ordered it to take action. This was an unprecedented decision. EPA had only been created on December 2, 1970; Ruckelshaus barely had time to find his telephone before this court order landed on his desk as his first order of business. Perhaps the most important part of this decision was that EDF survived USDA’s motions to throw our case out of court. The standing for citizens to sue the government, previously unavailable, had now been established by this precedent-setting decision. This was the firm beginning of what we now call “environmental law.” But you should not take the legal conclusion of a lowly scientist (me). Instead, here are the words of Joseph L. Sax, a professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School, from his September 30, 1973, letter in support of EDF’s application for the Tyler Ecology Award (we did not get it).

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SALT/HET Cooperation in Education and Public Outreach

Transactions of the International Astronomical Union ◽

10.1017/s0251107x00000559 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 152-156

Author(s):

Mary Kay Hemenway ◽

Sandra Preston

Keyword(s):

State Of The Art ◽

Educational Outreach ◽

Public Outreach ◽

Educational Programming ◽

University Of Texas ◽

The Public ◽

Astronomical Research ◽

Education And Public Outreach ◽

The University ◽

Future Plans

AbstractThe “Science with SALT” meeting in March 1998 opened avenues of cooperation between SAAO and the University of Texas at Austin in education and public outreach. This paper will review past interactions and future plans. SAAO personnel have visited the HET and McDonald Observatory and have taken part in planning meetings for the Texas Astronomy Education Center museum area and educational programming. Discussions concerning the extension of the daily radio show StarDate (English), Universo (Spanish) and Sternzeit (German) versions to a southern hemisphere version are underway. In addition, we are cooperatively planning a workshop to discuss an international collaborative for educational outreach for state-of-the-art telescopes for which a regional collaborative in southwestern U.S. (SCOPE) serves as a model. The towns of Sutherland and Fort Davis are discussing forming a “twin-town” relationship. Projects and plans that link cutting-edge astronomical research to classrooms and the public will be reviewed.

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Formidling fra felt i den digitale tidsalder

Primitive Tider ◽

10.5617/pt.8396 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 95-108

Author(s):

Leif-Inge Åstveit

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Public Outreach ◽

Stone Age ◽

The Public ◽

Archaeological Practice ◽

Western Norway ◽

Spare Time ◽

New Research ◽

The University ◽

Archaeological Excavations

Most archaeologists agree that public outreach is an important part of archaeological practice. Communication of fresh results from excavations and new research creates both legitimacy and greater understanding of our activities. In Norway, large scale archaeological excavations are often funded by the public sector, and public outreach is considered an important way of giving something back to society. Still, reaching out to the public is often downgraded during stressful fieldwork and considered as something you do when (or if) you have some spare time. This is unfortunate, because fieldwork is what most people associate with archaeology and has a huge potential when it comes to public outreach. In 2017-2019 the University of Bergen carried out a large excavation project, Sotrasambandet. While excavating 12 sites, we wanted to reach the public as well, to present fresh findings, introduce them to our methods, tell stories from the excavation and of course of what Stone Age life in Western Norway could have been like. In total, we produced 56 films and several different texts, and used social media as well as “open day” (evt. public day?), talks and small exhibitions to reach people. The films got great feedback, and were appreciated by schoolchildren, politicians and journalists alike.

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Lifting the Veil

The Public Historian ◽

10.1525/tph.2018.40.3.232 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 40 (3) ◽

pp. 232-251 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dana R. Chandler

Keyword(s):

Public Outreach ◽

Large Collection ◽

The Public ◽

Photographic Images ◽

University Archives ◽

The Veil ◽

The University ◽

Audio Media

Tuskegee University’s rich archival collections have remained hidden to the public for many years. To alleviate the problem, the University Archives focused on a multilevel process of digitization and public outreach. This paper focuses on Tuskegee’s endeavors to digitize its large collection of photographic images, negatives, and audio media. The process of learning about proper equipment and techniques has propelled the archives into one of the top digitizing archives among HBCUs, receiving over 850,000 hits (45 percent from abroad) in seven years.

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Novae in the Magellanic Clouds

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100073334 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 46 ◽

pp. 96-101

Author(s):

J.A. Graham

Keyword(s):

Large Magellanic Cloud ◽

Magellanic Cloud ◽

Magellanic Clouds ◽

University Of Michigan ◽

The Past ◽

Spectroscopic Information ◽

Objective Prism ◽

The University ◽

Small Cloud ◽

Low Dispersion

During the past several years, a systematic search for novae in the Magellanic Clouds has been carried out at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. The Curtis Schmidt telescope, on loan to CTIO from the University of Michigan is used to obtain plates every two weeks during the observing season. An objective prism is used on the telescope. This provides additional low-dispersion spectroscopic information when a nova is discovered. The plates cover an area of 5°x5°. One plate is sufficient to cover the Small Magellanic Cloud and four are taken of the Large Magellanic Cloud with an overlap so that the central bar is included on each plate. The methods used in the search have been described by Graham and Araya (1971). In the CTIO survey, 8 novae have been discovered in the Large Cloud but none in the Small Cloud. The survey was not carried out in 1974 or 1976. During 1974, one nova was discovered in the Small Cloud by MacConnell and Sanduleak (1974).

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