February 10, 2022 Just Imagine…Letting Voices Be Heard Born in 1931, James West grew up in Jim Crow Virginia. As a child he would take apart appliances to see how they worked, a typical activity for many future...
February 3, 2022 Just Imagine … Dry Cleaning and Civil Rights Thomas Jennings was born in 1791 to a free Black family in New York City. He grew up to be a highly acclaimed tailor and operated a very popular clothing...
January 27, 2022 Just Imagine…a New Breed of Innovation Luther Burbank, born in rural Massachusetts in 1849, grew up under the long shadow of the Great Famine in Ireland, a famine that killed a million people and led millions...
January 20, 2022 Just Imagine…Being Humane Henry Dunant grew up in a family known for its civically-minded humanitarian work in Geneva, Switzerland. His father worked to improve the lives of orphans and ex-prisoners. His mother worked...
January 13, 2022 Just Imagine…Innovations Better than the First Thomas Edison is widely known as the most prolific inventor in US history. His invention of the lightbulb is credited with lighting America. What is less well known is that...
January 6, 2022 Just Imagine…Innovating with Big Ideas When we think of innovations, we generally think of devices and their applications for our daily lives. Innovations can also be big ideas. Consider for example the following innovations: A...
December 16, 2021 Just Imagine…Genius and Discrimination Emmy Noether was born to a Jewish family in Erlangen, Germany, in 1882. Her father was a professor of mathematics at the University of Erlangen. She passed exams in French...
December 8, 2021 Think About…11 Topics on Course Design for Collaborative Discussions I wrote a "Think About" series of messages that were designed for educators who want to engage students in more active learning using collaborative class discussions. These messages have been...
December 3, 2021 LGBTQ+ Experiences of Prom Over 7 Decades Session 3 of a Film & Conversation Series on LGBTQ+ Generations On November 18th, we watched Take Me to Prom, a short film about LGBTQ+ experiences of the adolescent milestone of...
