Good evening. My name is Kathleen Richardson and i am the dean of the school of journalism and mitigation at Drake University. Welcome both to the members of our audience here at the Science Center of iowa and des moines and to those of us or those of you who are joining us by lifestream. This year we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of journalism education at drake and from the beginning in 1919 our program has been characterized by a close relationship with our profession and by service for our community. We are very proud to continue that tradition by cohosting the conversation tonight. We have experts on the front lines of this pressing public issue. This event is brought to you through a collaboration between Drake University and sidelined. Sideline is a philosophically funded free service for journalists based at the American Association for the advancement of science in washington dc. It connects reporters to scientists in order to promote more credible Accurate Research ba
This event is brought to you by collaboration between date drake university. We connect reporters to scientists to promote more credible, accurate, researchbased news stories. We are wrapping up a boot camp at drake and which political journalists received briefings from experts on science issues that will be prominent in the president ial campaign. The program was promoted by the Schmidt Family foundation. Acknowledge the academic leaders of drake university. And our entire team of scientists and science communicators who have worked so hard to organize this event. That theyremind folks are welcome to ask questions and join the conversation via twitter. Please turn off any ringers on your cell phones and please do not use flash photography. That, i am very pleased to ,ntroduce tonights moderator veteran science reporter miles obrien. He is an independent journalist to covers science, technology, and aerospace. He is a science correspondent for pbs newshour. A writer for nova. An aviat
Numbers of surgeons simultaneously may give a preview of the management of mass casualties in any future disaster. Civilian or military. Welcome to tcu. Welcome to the annual Lance Corporal benjamin w schmitz symposium on war. Conflict and society. My name is kara dixon and im the Lance Corporal Benjamin W Schmidt. Professor here in the history department. Its my honor to welcome you here tonight. Whether you are in this building with us or joining us from home or your campus via cspans American History tv, the Lance Corporal Benjamin W Schmidt symposium on war. Conflict and society is an annual series which we consider the experiences and consequences of wars and conflicts in various times and places. It is named in memory of Benjamin Whetstone schmidt, a former tcu student and marine scout sniper who died in afghanistan in october 2011. Benjamin history. And it is our honor to have this opportunity to further love of history and to consider cost of war. In an annual symposium that we
Welcome to tcu. Welcome to the annual Lance Corporal benjamin w schmitz symposium on war. Conflict and society. My name is kara dixon and im the Lance Corporal Benjamin W Schmidt. Professor here in the history department. Its my honor to welcome you here tonight. Whether you are in this building with us or joining us from home or your campus via cspans American History tv, the Lance Corporal Benjamin W Schmidt symposium on war. Conflict and society is an annual series which we consider the experiences and consequences of wars and conflicts in various times and places. It is named in memory of Benjamin Whetstone schmidt, a former tcu student and marine scout sniper who died in afghanistan in october 2011. Benjamin history. And it is our honor to have this opportunity to further love of history and to consider cost of war. In an annual symposium that we hold in his memory. We thank those who make this symposium possible most especially dr. David and theresa schmidt. And we thank the soci
Morning about the wars causes and about sort of how the three years that most americans think of when they think of the korean war fit into a longer and a broader history. For our second part, well try to focus in a little bit on how the war played out in the lives of the individuals that were affected by it. As war in south and north korea, it ravaged the homes of millions, sometimes more than once. And we were talking about the yo yo effect of the war means war moves through your home once and then then again. It drew 6 million military personnel, not only from both north and south korea, but also from china, the United States, the soviet union and other United Nations countries, including britain, canada, australia, france, the netherlands and many others. More than two and a half Million People lost their lives, and millions more found their lives forever changed by the war. So im honored to introduce four historians whose work centers, individuals in their in the history of war an