OLLI at OU

Wednesday, May 26 | 1:00 - 2:30 PM | Zoom only OLLI at OU members! Our "Community Forum" will meet Wednesday, May 26 from 1 - 2:30 PM via Zoom to discuss the science, social consequences and economic benefits of Oklahoma's medical marijuana industry. We'll be hearing from Scott Schaeffer (RPh, DABAT with the OU Health Sciences Center) who is the Managing Director of the Oklahoma Center for Poison and Drug Information.... This course is free as a perk to OLLI at OU membership! If you'd like to attend please email us at [email protected] or send us a message on Facebook to get the Zoom information.

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 15, 1869: National Women's Suffrage Association (NWSA) is founded. Led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, the NWSA was created after the women's rights movement split over the proposed 15th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution (extending voting rights to black men). One side of the movement supported the amendment while the wing that formed the NWSA opposed it, on the grounds that voting rights be extended to all African Americans and women at the same time.

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 9, 1958: Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" is released Based on the 1954 novel "D'entre les morts" (From Among the Dead) by Boileau-Narcejac, the film starred James Stewart and Kim Novak. "Vertigo" was chosen as one of the first 25 films selected for preservation by the Library of Congress in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY May 5, 1891: Carnegie Hall opens in New York City With an architecture designed by William Burnet Tuthill, the world famous concert venue's construction was funded by Andrew Carnegie and opening night featured a concert with guest conductor Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Friday, May 7 at 3 PM OLLI at OU and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art invite you to join Dr. Hadley Jerman this Friday (May 7) at 3 PM as she discusses the concept, themes and key photographs of the FJJMA's "Long Exposure: A Century of Pictorialism" exhibit, from Eugene B. Adkins. Register for free here: https://oklahoma.zoom.us//tJEkceuhrz8qG9RPRefMkDKQY7QIEV0T

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY April 22, 1976: Barbara Walters becomes the first female nightly news anchor. Debuting on the "ABC Nightly News" alongside Harry Reasoner, Walters would go on to receive daytime Emmy awards for her hosting duties on "The View" and the 1998 Lucy award for her "excellence and innovation in her creative works that have enhanced the perception of women through the medium of television".