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Thursdays @ the U

This series, partly funded by the UW-Barron County Foundation, will explore topics in the arts, sciences, public affairs, literary fields and cultural areas. While hosting a variety of speakers, the university does not seek to endorse or promote a particular idea, opinion, topic or product over others. These lectures are free and open to the public every Thursday from 12:30-1:30 and are held in our Blue Hill's Lecture Hall, BRRH234.

Details of the Fall 2025 Thursday@U Presentation Lineup can be found at https://calendar.uwec.edu/barron-county/                            

 

September 4   Dr. Brenda Kibola Stubborn Depression? Think TMS 

September 11 Zach Feiner Lake Responses to Wisconsin's Changing Winters 

September 18 Brian McInnes Sacred Wisdom-Sacred Earth: Stories and Reflections from Indigenous Wisconsin 

September 25 Roger Gray Bicycle Rides Across America 

October 2        Abbey Krumrie Raptors of the Driftless 

October 9        Ben Popp The American Birkebeiner, 1973 to Today 

October 16      Mark Dobberful & John Mitchell Bringing History to Life 

October 23      Maria Narveson Acupuncture: To the Point 

October 30      Neal Rosenberg Monsters of the Lake

November 6     Lee and Mary Graese Northstar Bison - Hobby to Business 

November 13   Toni Mattson Where the Battle Ends, and the Healing Begins 

November 20   Linda Tollefsrud Backpacking 500 Miles Across Spain 

December 4     Emily Steele Bird Flu. Is it the next Pandemic?

December 11   Zach Falish & Andy Krahn Caves of Wisconsin

2025 Thursday@U Recordings

Details of the Spring 2025 Thursday@U Presentation Lineup can be found at https://calendar.uwec.edu/barron-county/                                     

Jan 30   Oscar Chamberlain, Minnesota’s flag and conflicting American Dreams 

Feb 6     Dewey Johnson,  Fred Harvey and the Harvey Girls

Feb 13   Ann Brand, Intention and Attention: Cultivating Mindful Awareness 

Feb 20   Jesse Roesler, The Power of Visual Storytelling

Feb 27   Abbey Fischer, Geeking out about the Boundary Waters

Mar 6     Robin Miller, Artificial Intelligence in Everyday Life

Mar 13   Sarah Turner, Alisa Lammers, Jennifer Jorgenson Community Connections to Prosperity Coalition

Mar 27   Gina Rivard, Fraud Protection

Apr 3     Jessica Michna, Mrs. Charles Dickens

Apr 10   Nicole Muschinske, What's in a Name?

Apr 17   Alex Wiedenhoeft, Casework in Forensic Wood Anatomy

Apr 24   Lauren Finch, Crex Meadows Part II: Wisconsin Wetland Species

May 1    Lauren Riters, Why do Birds Sing?

May 8    Bill Jamerson, Dollar-a-Day Boys

2024 Thursday@U Recordings

Spring 2024 Program Lineup. Links of recordings are posted here after the event has aired.

Feb 1     Badger Aces: Wisconsin's Fighter Pilots, Mike O'Conner

Feb 8     Extraordinary Journey to Kathmandu, Mary Hoeft

Feb 15    Winged Freedom Raptor Hospital, Kim Ammann

Feb 22   1950's Deer Camp, Geoff Pedersen

Feb 29    This is Art, JD McGuire

Mar 7      Crex Meadows Wildlife Area, Lauren Finch Thomas

Mar 14    Personal Stories of the Freedom Riders, BJ Hollars

Mar 28    Peer Recovery Coaching Services, Breanna Showkeir & Christina Garcia

Apr 4      Iijidiwashikwe: Heroine of the Northwoods, 1840s, Rick St. Germaine

Apr 11    The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Steve Ackerman

Apr 18    Bliss(ters): Hiking Mexico to Canada, Gail Frances

Apr 25    Something's Burning: Waste Incineration, Lauren Wentz

May 2    Who am I? Researching Ancestry Andy Gaertner

May 9    Mary Todd Lincoln: A Widow Forgotten, Jessica Michna

Fall 2024 Program Lineup. Links of recordings are posted here after the event has aired.

Sept 5     International Friendship Cultivated Here, Mary Hankins

Sept 12   Pharmacogenomics: Genes Influence our Medication, Scott Hebbring

Sept 19   Stout Island: Then & Now, Tim McRaith & Denise DeGidio

Sept 26   Climate Change Effects on Animals, Warren Porter

Oct 3      Protecting Our Precious Pollinators, Christ Stein

Oct 10    Across the Sahara with PAN AM in 1941, Tom Culbert

Oct 17    Domestic Violence: Personal & Factual, Sarah Wittrock & Allie Musolf 

Oct 24    Writing About Where You Live, Patti See

Oct 31    Ghosts, Monsters & Ghouls, Jon Fritz

Nov 7     Balancing the Plate: A Chef's Life, Chef Christopher Ray

Nov 14   Living Off the Grid, David Welder

Nov 21   The Invention and Imposition of Blood Quantum, Jill Doerfler

Dec 5     Wisconsin Women in Conservation, Kriss Marion

Dec 12   7 Principles that Fuel Success, Paul Billmeyer

Please click here to enjoy the Spring 2025 Communiversity Band Performance

Please click here to enjoy the Fall 2024 Communiversity Band Performance

Please click here to enjoy the Spring 2024 Communiversity Band Performance

Please click here to enjoy the Fall 2023 Communiversity Band Performance

Please click here to enjoy the Spring 2023 Communiversity Band Performance

Please click here to enjoy the Fall 2022 Communiversity Band Performance

Please click here to enjoy the Spring 2022 Communiversity Band Performance 

 

 

 

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