Category Archives: Special events

UPDATED: Junto program (pdf) ———- Dear Friends and Colleagues, We’re just a few days shy of the deadline for paper proposals (22 February) and about six weeks shy for this year’s Midwest Junto meeting (1-3 April) here at UNL, and … Continue reading →

UPDATE: The Valentine’s exhibit will remain open through Friday, March 11! ————- A new exhibit in the lobby of the History of Science Collections opens today: A Valentine’s Celebration: Matters of the Heart from Science, Stage & Story This joint … Continue reading →

Need a break while studying for finals? Come view the current exhibit, featuring notable treasures of the History of Science Collections by Nicolas Copernicus, Andreas Vesalius, William Harvey, Johann Kepler, Galileo and Isaac Newton. In addition, rare works related to … Continue reading →

The OU Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies will be hosting a lecture by Duke Pesta, Professor at Oklahoma State University, on Thursday, November 18th at 4:30 in Kaufman Hall, room 139. The title of the presentation is: “From Dissection … Continue reading →

== For undergrad program news on courses, our minor, and other events in the hsci dept. — including info on our proposal for a Major in the history of science, technology, and medicine, see our site at: http://scipop.typepad.com/hsci_undergrads/ == You … Continue reading →

Public lecture: “The End of the Democracy of Science” When and where: August 31, 2010, Tuesday, 7-9 pm, Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Who: Prof. Martin Melosi, University of Houston Martin Melosi is … Continue reading →

Are you a faculty member or graduate student in the history of science? We will kick off the Fall semester with an Orientation to the Collections the first week of classes. Where and when: Bizzell Library, 5th floor, Harlow Room, … Continue reading →

Performance A play by Michael Frayn, directed by Susan Shaughnessy: 8 p.m. Sept. 9, 10, 11 3 p.m. Sept. 12 Max Weitzenhoffer Theatre This play, based on the 1941 meeting in Copenhagen of physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, is … Continue reading →

Jens Rud Nielsen and the 20th-century revolution in physics A new exhibit will open after Labor Day, September 7, in the lobby of the History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries, to celebrate the centennial of the Homer L. … Continue reading →