Free Viewing/Lecture Series
Thursdays at 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 p.m. and are held in our Blue Hills Lecture Hall, BRRH 234.
Details of the spring 2026 Thursdays at the U presentation lineup can be found at https://calendar.uwec.edu/barron-county/.
29-Jan De Anna Westphal Reindeer Farm
5-Feb Matthew Meyer AI and Our Humanity
12-Feb Nickolas Butler Writing From Home: finding Inspiration in Small Town WI
19-Feb Paige Veserat Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network: CoCoRaHS
26-Feb Susan and Dave Tindell Adventure Travel with Sue & Dave
5-Mar Emily Cole Bats of Wisconsin
12-Mar Major Kristin Walukas Civil Air Patrol: "Wings of Service"
26-Mar Doug Hoverson Beer Barons: Brewing in Rice Lake and Northwest Wisconsin
2-Apr Annie Jones Indigenous Ways of Knowing About Wisconsin's Tribal Nations
9-Apr Thomas Wayne King & Debra King Raising Icelandic Sheep
16-Apr Mark Sherman A Few Observations on Perennial Agriculture
23-Apr Jessica Michna Molly Brown: Hard Scrabble to High Society
30-Apr Richard Mills, Dayn Leonardson Making Modern Audio Drama
7-May Joshua Morey, Poverty and Mental Health in Barron County
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Looking ahead to the Fall 2026 Thursday@U presentation lineup!
3-Sept Paul Chase, Mary Hoeft, Terry Wiesner, Troy Kozma UWEC-BC Celebrates 60 Years!
10-Sept Harry Jol Imaging Forgotten Holocaust Sites in the Baltics
17-Sept Joe Thrasher Constitution day: America's Founding Blueprint
24-Sept Rick St. Germaine The Founding of Lac Courte Oreilles
1-Oct Steve Scholtz Mushroom Health Benefits
8-Oct James Bradley The Galapagos Islands: Then and Now
15-Oct Robert Birmingham Indian Mounds of Wisconsin
22-Oct Eric Kasper First Amendment Free Speech Protections
29-Oct The Paranomal Pals Investigating the Paranormal
5-Nov Esther Stewart The Story of Ancient Lava Flows Beneath Lake Superior
12-Nov Katie Berg Code Status: End of Life Wishes
19-Nov Sam Thayer Foraging, from Rice Lake to Vietnam
3-Dec Heidi Erickson, Megan Hahn, Amanda Twitchell Barron County Family Recovery Court
10-Dec Chad Paulson Rice Lake Waterworks
2026 Thursday at the U Recordings
2025 Thursday at the 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
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 Lakes
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 Greg Brick, Minnesota Caves History & Lore
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