Results for "Education in the News (Radio program)"
Celebrating National Radio Day
- Date: August 18, 2022
- Description: We’ve shared a lot about The World Is Yours, the Smithsonian’s first educational radio show, but this National Radio Day, we are highlighting some of the other radio programs in our collections.
The World is Yours: Smithsonian on the Radio
- Date: June 8, 2017
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: The Smithsonian's "The World is Yours" series was one of the most successful educational radio programs of of the 1930s.
It's National Radio Day and The World Is Yours
- Date: August 20, 2020
- Description: This National Radio Day, we’re taking a look (and listen) back to a few recent blog posts that have featured clips from episodes of Smithsonian’s first radio program, The World Is Yours.
Science Service, Up Close: Herbert Clark Hoover and Radio, August 11, 1928
- Date: August 11, 2016
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Photos in the Science Service collection documenting Herbert Hoover's historic acceptance of the Presidential nomination with live radio coverage.
The Hall of Health and the Exhibits Modernization Program
- Date: December 15, 2016
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: In the 1950s US National Museum staff revitalized exhibits across the Smithsonian, completely transforming the Arts & Industries Building.
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Folklife Festival 2011: Smithsonian-Peace Corps Environmental Program
- Date: July 7, 2011
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: The Smithsonian Folklife Festival will be held from June 30 to July 4 and July 7 to 11, 2011 on the National Mall. Read more about the history of the Folklife Festival here. At the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this year, the Peace Corps is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an Executive Order authorizing the Peace Corps to
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Magical Mystery Tour
- Date: December 29, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: Recently, I read some interesting news about the National Public Radio blog, “The Picture Show,” that explores photographic images and issues.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Mara Mayor
- Date: November 10, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Link Love: 3/15/2013
- Date: March 15, 2013
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
There Are Prizes . . . and There Are Winners
- Date: March 6, 2012
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Nobel prizes are not the only rewards for work improving public health and making the world a better place.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Barbara J. Smith
- Date: May 12, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Introducing the Science Media Group YouTube Playlist
- Date: June 29, 2021
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives YouTube channel has a new dedicated playlist for the Science Media Group Collection, which features videos from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory program that was active from 1989 to 2013.