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Reached out and began speaking with the u. S. Public Health Service in january because we get began thinking about how we document the story, so it has been a slow process for us and we ramped up since we have come home, to think about collecting. Steve at what point did you pandemic would stretch into the summer and into the fall and potentially the winter . We definitelyns, have thought about the difficulties that are inherent in making a vaccine and so we this pandemicre would last if her amount of time, that we would need to remain at home for some months while a vaccine was being created. What is dont know happening, as you know, and so we are still taking things week by week in the museum. What do your job duties and how has it changed over the last few months . I oversee historians of medicine and science, and we have been planning an exhibit on the history of medicine for the museum. We started that four years ago, so when the pandemic was beginning, we were very deep into the
The happy task of introducing your president and my friend marnie sandweiss. I want to give you a version of what ive been describing as an intellectual wedding toast. Will present this room as a las vegas wedding chapel and tell the story of marnie and me and her work, which got us all here. Let me start with the magical alchemy of graduate school. All of us led headed thinkers turned into gold tone scholars and teachers picture a process of something that works Something Like this. Imagine a group of students as a cohort. The cohort becomes class mates once in a while they become lifelong friends. So, colleagues, cohort, classmate, colleagues, and that golden thing, a friend. I am cheating a little because money came to yale to study with harlem are a year after me and she was in the History Department and i was in that racked up group of students in american studies. clapping not a cold or exactly but we did become friends, puzzling over readings, yawning over brilliant, but sometim
Maryland hosted this event. In maryland hosted this event. Good afternoon. I am the president of st. Marys college of maryland, the National Public honors college. It always makes me smile to say that. I am delighted to welcome you to this afternoons discussion, spiro agnew and the origins of Donald Trumps america. The centers joint initiative, the site of marylands first capital, the goal is to promote understanding of values, traditions through discussions of historical issues. The director joins me here this afternoon. Thank you, tony, for being here. Charlie must growth what the chair of the department of history here at the college is also with us flooding this afternoon. Our History Department is opportunities for active, offering many certain opportunities for research and options for studying functions abroad. Courses and programs help our students develop a deeper understanding of themselves, their culture, and humanity in general. Thank you, charlie, for being here this after
Remotely, but we began thinking about the pandemic in january. We are a division of medical historians and we followed the news pretty carefully, especially news about Public Health. We reached out and began speaking with the Public Health service in january because we thinking about how to document this story. It has been a slow process for us. Steve at what point did you realize the pandemic would stretch into the summer and now the fall and potentially into the winter . Alexandra as historians, we thought about the difficulties inherent in making a vaccine, so we were pretty sure it would last for quite a while. For a fair amount of time. We would remain at home while a vaccine was being created. We still dont know what is happening, as you know, and so we are still taking things week by week in the museum. Steve so before mid march, what were your job duties and how has it changed over the past couple of months . Alexandra i oversee a division of historians of medicine and science