Bobbie Wren Banks, a training specialist with Women's Action for a New Direction, discusses the "fourth wave" in the nuclear disarmament movement. Recorded October 27, 2008 as part of the "Brown Bag Lecture Series" of the University of...
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2008; Campaign debates -- United States; Archives -- Acquisitions;
Andy Mullins, executive assistant to the chancellor, described the application and planning process for the presidential debate held at the University of Mississippi on September 26, 2008. Andy Harper, special assistant of media, played film clips...
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2008; Foreign correspondents -- United States; Foreign news -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century;
A panel of journalists from around the world discuss their reporting on U.S. politics and elections, and the perceptions shared by their countrymen of the 2008 presidential election. Sponsored by the Croft Institute for International Studies....
Competition, International; Competition; Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- United States; Science -- Study and teaching -- United States;
Norman R. Augustine, who served as committee chair of the National Academies' Rising above the Gathering Storm, is the retired chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation. He serves on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and...
Mississippi League of Women Voters; Suffragists -- Mississippi -- Archives; Women -- Political activity -- Mississippi; Women legislators -- Mississippi;
Panelists include political papers archivist Leigh McWhite, and Cora Norman and Fran Leber of the League of Women Voters of Mississippi. Discussion topics include the library's Special Collections resources for researching women in politics...
Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Disaster relief -- United States; Emergency management -- United States;
Panelists Tracie L. Washington (Louisiana Justice Institute), Reilly Morse (Mississippi Center for Justice), and John M. Barry (author, Rising Tide) discuss the successes and failures of the recovery effort after Hurricane Katrina including the...
Medical care -- Political aspects -- United States; Medical care -- United States;
Dr. Dan Jones, Immediate Past President of the American Heart Association, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Dean of the Medical School at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, discusses health care in America. One of several "academic...
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2008; Campaign debates -- Mississippi -- Oxford;
Highlights from the preparation for the first presidential debate of 2008, held at the University of Mississippi on September 26. Includes interviews with University Chancellor Robert Khayat, Vice Chancellor Andy Mullins, and Shepard Smith of Fox...
