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Save the Date: Annual Cecil Striker Lecture May 19
The Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions invites you to Save the Date for the: Cecil Striker Society Annual Lecture ~ 4 to 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 19, 2015 Dale C. Smith, PhD – senior vice president of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, MD and chairman of the Department of Medical History in the F. Edward Hubert School of Medicine, USUHS will present on the topic of “The History of Public Hospitals: Cornerstone of American Healthcare.” Additional details regarding RSVP, location and reception will be posted soon to the Winkler Center website. Questions should be directed to (513) 558-5120. Originally…
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Join UC Libraries at Books by the Banks
Back for its eighth year, and bigger than ever, Books by the Banks will bring a record 130 authors to Cincinnati on Saturday, October 11 for book signings, meet and greets, panel discussions and more. Books by the Banks, the region’s largest book festival, attracts thousands of people to downtown Cincinnati for an exciting day dedicated to celebrating the love of reading. It will be held 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 11 at the Duke Energy Convention Center, located at 525 Elm Street. This year, visitors will meet some of the hottest names in literature, including: Emily Giffin, writer of six New York Times best-sellers including Something Borrowed, adapted for…
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25 Years After the Fall of the Wall
November 9, 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. To commemorate this important event, the University of Cincinnati Libraries have created an exhibit on display in Langsam Library through fall quarter. “Fall of the Berlin Wall,” on display on Langsam Library’s 5th floor lobby, displays a Berlin Wall timeline tracing the history of the Berlin Wall. Spanning over 65 years, the timeline begins in 1945 at the end of World War II when the Allied Powers (France, England, the United States, and the Soviet Union) split Germany into four occupation zones, and its capital, Berlin, into four sectors. Photographs in the exhibit show significant moments…
