Alumni Spotlight #4: Diamond Eagles Society with Debbie Smatresk, Dr. Cathy Bryce, and Nicole Sprowl transcript

Alumni Spotlight #4: Diamond Eagles Society with Debbie Smatresk, Dr. Cathy Bryce, and Nicole Sprowl

Podcast produced by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) that features an interview with UNT Alumni Debbie Smatresk and Dr. Cathy Bryce, co-founders of the UNT Diamond Eagles Society, and the group's organizer, Nicole Sprowl. They discuss the process of creating the Diamond Eagles Society, as well as the goals, operations, and accomplishments of the organization. They also discuss the focus of the organization's grants for 2020.
Date: September 2, 2020
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Episode 49: Photojournalism In Times Of War with Thorne Anderson transcript

Episode 49: Photojournalism In Times Of War with Thorne Anderson

Podcast produced by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) that features an interview with Thorne Anderson, Endowed Chair for Narrative & Multimedia Journalism in the Mayborn School of Journalism at UNT. Susan and Thorne discuss his motivation behind being a photojournalist in war-stricken areas, and reflect on his experiences in the field.
Date: September 16, 2020
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Episode 48: Documenting Iraq's Missing Modern Art with Dr. Nada Shabout transcript

Episode 48: Documenting Iraq's Missing Modern Art with Dr. Nada Shabout

Podcast produced by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) that features an interview with Dr. Nada Shabout, Professor of Art History and Coordinator of the Contemporary Arab and Muslim Cultural Studies Initiative at UNT. Susan and Dr. Shabout discuss a project run by the Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey (AMCA) to map the teaching of Art History related areas. They also discuss various aspects of modern art in the Arab world, including colonialism and the documentation of works that went missing from Iraq's Museum of Modern Art after the fall of Baghdad in 2003.
Date: September 9, 2020
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Episode 50: Human Trafficking In America with Dr. Given Kachepa transcript

Episode 50: Human Trafficking In America with Dr. Given Kachepa

Podcast produced by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) that features an interview with Dr. Given Kachepa, owner of Inwood Dental in Dallas. Susan and Dr. Kachepa discuss his childhood experience as a victim of human trafficking, and the importance of educating people on the topic in order to help other human trafficking victims.
Date: September 23, 2020
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Episode 51: The Search for Black Holes and Quasars with Dr. Ohad Shemmer transcript

Episode 51: The Search for Black Holes and Quasars with Dr. Ohad Shemmer

Podcast produced by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) that features an interview with Dr. Ohad Shemmer, astrophysicist and Associate Professor at UNT. Susan and Dr. Shemmer discuss terms related to astrophysics, including the difference between being an astronomer and an astrophysicist, and the relation between black holes and quasars. They also discuss his inspiration behind becoming an astrophysicist, and how discoveries in the field allow scientists to understand the universe.
Date: September 30, 2020
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Witnesses to History: A Conversation with Norman F. Gant, Jr. captions transcript

Witnesses to History: A Conversation with Norman F. Gant, Jr.

Video of an interview of Dr. Norman Gant regarding his rememberances of being a Dallas medical student at the time of the assassination of JFK, including his participation in removing a bullet from the body of officer J. D. Tippit.
Date: September 27, 2023
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evening with Dory Wiley: Kennedy Assassination, The Ultimate "Who done it?" captions transcript

An Evening with Dory Wiley: Kennedy Assassination, The Ultimate "Who done it?"

Video of a presentation by Dory Wiley providing an overview of the lecture series about the 60th anniversary of the assassination of JFK. He also discusses the day of the assassination, with a summary of research, investigations, and the discovery of new material during the last sixty years.
Date: September 14, 2023
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library