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Indiana University Commission on Multicultural Understanding
Summary:
The Commission on Multicultural Understanding was established in 1982 at Indiana University. The organization strove to make IU an environment in which students could feel safe and at home, regardless of race, age, religion, ability, gender, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status.
Features discussion of financial and legal implications of investment/divestment in South Africa, moderated by Prof. James Vaughan. Includes guest speakers Donald Tuttle, professor of finance at Indiana University; John C. Harrington, president of the Working Assets Money fund; and economist William Greenough, director of the Indiana University Foundation and former chairman of the TIAA-CREF.
A spotlight shines on a Volkswagen as an announcer reveals that the Volkswagen appearance has remain unchanged for ten years while internally it has been constantly improved.
A boxing manager and a reporter discuss the features of the Pontiac they are riding in as a boxer runs behind the car. The manger explains how they are guaranteed to win the next fight because he promised the boxer a new Pontiac if he wins.
A spotlight searches a field of cars before locating a Ford Fairlane. The Fairlane is presented as a compact car that still retains a spacious interior.
Benjamin Strout (Cinematographer), George Hales (Director)
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2 shorts from the ASSIST series together on 1 reel, "Overview of ASSIST" and "The changing field of special education."
Examines the important role of the associate instructor (AI) in a classroom situation with emphasis on AI skill development in the mainstreaming of mildly handicapped individuals. Suggests that the best way to assist these individuals is not through segregated training but rather through the mainstreaming approach, where the person is afforded a more normal classroom experience. Discusses two case histories and outlines a plan for remediation.
Waters, Dorothy (narrator), Waters, Robert (narrator)
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Dorothy Waters grew up in the Black Oak neighborhood of Calumet Township and her parents owned farm land near the Chase Street spring in Small Farms. Waters and her siblings pulled weeds in their fields at night and quenched their thirst by drinking from the well on Chase Street. "We would pull weeds, we'd run up and down that big sand hill. And then we walked down and we get a drink at that spring. ... I just loved drinking from that spring."
This was one of a group of excerpts gathered under the subject heading of Black Oak Spring for a digital and in-person exhibit of the Spring at Small Farms Oral Histories. The digital exhibit can be seen at https://iusbarchives.omeka.net/exhibits/show/spring-at-small-farms/home.
Little Calumet River Basin Development Commissioner David Castellanos credits Lake County Commissioner Roosevelt Allen for first bringing the Chase St. Spring to his attention. He talks with people who gather water there and describes several reasons why individuals use the spring. He also addresses the illegal dumping that takes place on Chase Street and the clean-up he helped organize there.
This was one of a group of excerpts gathered under the subject heading of Use of the Spring Today for a digital and in-person exhibit of the Spring at Small Farms Oral Histories. The digital exhibit can be seen at https://iusbarchives.omeka.net/exhibits/show/spring-at-small-farms/home.
Connie Standifer recalls the community use of the Chase Street Spring when she was growing up. She remembers that people traveled to Small Farms to collect water from the artesian well, sometimes drawn by its "miraculous healing" properties. She says, "And there were people from all over... All different types of license plates. From, Utah…Illinois, Nevada."
This was one of a group of excerpts gathered under the subject heading of Community Use of the Spring for a digital and in-person exhibit of the Spring at Small Farms Oral Histories. The digital exhibit can be seen at https://iusbarchives.omeka.net/exhibits/show/spring-at-small-farms/home.
Waters, Dorothy (narrator), Waters, Robert (narrator)
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Dorothy and Robert Waters describe a gravel road on their family farm that connected the Black Oak spring to the Chase Street spring. The road made a relatively straight east-west line between the two springs, and was used to move farm machinery between fields.
This was one of a group of excerpts gathered under the subject heading of Black Oak Spring for a digital and in-person exhibit of the Spring at Small Farms Oral Histories. The digital exhibit can be seen at https://iusbarchives.omeka.net/exhibits/show/spring-at-small-farms/home.
Lecture presented by Steffanie Strathdee, PhD (Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences, Harold Simon Distinguished Professor, University of California San Diego Department of Medicine; Co-Director, Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics) on November 11, 2021. This lecture was sponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society, IU School of Medicine History of Medicine Student Interest Group, IUPUI Medical Humanities & Health Studies Program, and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library.
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the most pressing global health issues of the 21st century and is worsening with the COVID-19 pandemic. With existing antibiotics losing potency and limited classes of antibiotics in the pipeline, alternatives are needed to battle multi-drug resistant bacterial infections ("superbugs"). Through the lens of her family’s personal experience with a deadly superbug infection, Dr. Strathdee’s presentation focuses on the medical history of viruses that attack bacteria (bacteriophage, or phage) and how they have been used to treat superbug infections for over 100 years. Dr. Strathdee also discusses the reasons why bacteriophage therapy fell out of favor in the West (drawing from research conducted by medical historian Dr. William Summer), recent advances in phage therapy that led to the founding of the first dedicated phage therapy institute in North America (IPATH), and the role of her family’s case in the process.
Lecture presented by Rachel Lance, PhD (Assistant Consulting Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University) on February 10, 2022. This lecture was part of the Stark Neurosciences Research Institute Seminar Series and was co-sponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society, IU School of Medicine History of Medicine Student Interest Group, IUPUI Medical Humanities & Health Studies Program, and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library.
This talk examines the deaths of the crew members of the Civil War submarine H.L. Hunley as a case study of blast trauma injury patterns. The lungs are the most easily injured organs in a blast and often drive the overall risk level of the exposure. Dr. Lance discusses the developing topic of blast neurotrauma and traumatic brain injuries (TBI) that so frequently affects today’s veterans. The pulmonary and neurological risk of blast trauma to the crew of the Hunley formed a portion of Lance’s doctoral research on underwater blast trauma, and her experiments on the topic are described in her 2020 book: In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine.
Home movie capturing a trip to Miami. Primarily shows footage taken from a car driving through downtown (mainly focusing on hotel exteriors), the ocean, and neon signs of more hotels and clubs taken at nighttime. A group gathers a hotel pool to swim, lounge, and play cards. The beach is visible in the distance.
Salaam performs music from the Middle East and Nothern Africa. Members of the ensemble discuss improvisation in Middle Eastern music, Turkish and Arabic scales, and the history of the clavichord. Musical selections are from Turkey, Tunisia, Iraq, and Andalucia.
A group of girls about 12 years old talk about boys, growing up and the physical changes which occur during adolescence. Superficial changes of growth, skin, body hair and body contour are discussed as well as the more complicated phenomena of glandular problems, sexual maturation and the reproductive function. Reproductive systems of both the male and female are explained. Emotional changes are dealt with as well as the importance of personal hygiene and health.
Practical flower arranging for the home, featuring Miss Eve Porter of Montclair, New Jersey. Items discussed are the different types of flower containers and the combinations of flowers and forms for effective exhibition.
