Today in History: Presidential Inaugurations at Teachers College, 1887-2018
3 days ago
Today in History: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
6 days ago
Today in History: First Thanksgiving
13 days ago
Today in History: Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe Is Signed
20 days ago
Today in History: Georgia O'Keeffe Is Born
24 days ago
"We are all potentially “next in line.”" Commemorating World AIDS Day
4 days ago
Stories Worth Telling: USAID in Afghanistan
4 months ago
Happy May Day! Working on the Dartigue Collection
56 months ago
125th Anniversary: Call for Actors
70 months ago
A Gift for Paul Monroe
90 months ago
The Learning Theater Revealed
13 days ago
The Learning Theater Revealed
13 days ago
Jennifer Govan
3 days ago
On December 4, 1952, a high pressure mass descended on Thames River Valley, causing residents to burn extra fuel to offset sudden cold temperatures. Air pollution, namely smoke, soot, and carbon dioxide from industries, cars,and consumers, then caused extremely heavy smog to spread over hundreds of miles. Within a few days, it was so thick …
For a year -- if not more -- after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, reaping unimaginable destruction, citizens near and far -- including our very own library staff -- volunteered in relief efforts down in New Orleans; parishes were inhabitable, governmental responsibility seriously questioned, life exacerbated by the highly charged political climate. As one colleague described, it was …
Today in History: The Great Smog
12 months ago
Post a comment.