This photograph shows a laptop displaying the Chancellor's Welcome event for the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) fall 2020 semester. On screen are Chancellor Lendley Black, Vice Chancellor for Student Life Lisa Erwin, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Fernando Delgado, and Interim Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Sue ...
Creator:
Jones, Kayleen
Created:
2020-09-15
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This photograph shows a laptop sitting on a stack of books, displaying the Chancellor's Welcome event for the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) fall 2020 semester. On screen are Chancellor Lendley Black, Vice Chancellor for Student Life Lisa Erwin, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Fernando Delgado, and Interim Vice Chancellor fo...
Creator:
Jones, Kayleen
Created:
2020-09-15
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Graph Laplacians encode geometric information contained in data, via the eigenfunctions associated with their small eigenvalues. These spectral properties provide powerful tools in data clustering and data classification. When a large number of data points are available one may consider continuum limits of the graph Laplacian, both to give insig...
Creator:
Hoffmann, Franca (California Institute of Technology)
Created:
2020-09-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Data classification, where the goal is to divide data into predefined classes, is a fundamental problem in machine learning with many applications, including the classification of 3D sensory data. In this paper, we present a data classification method which can be applied to both semi-supervised and unsupervised learning tasks. The algorithm ...
Creator:
Rapinchuk, Ekaterina (Michigan State University)
Created:
2020-09-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
The starting point for this work is the following observation: there exists a phase field approximation of the Willmore flow that seems to prevent, at least numerically, the appearance of self-intersections. Recall that the phase field approximation method allows to approximate the singular energy of singular functions by smooth energies of smoo...
Creator:
Masnou, Simon (Université Claude-Bernard
Created:
2020-09-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Anders Hultstrom speaks about life and work during the time of COVID-19. He describes hearing about the novel coronavirus very early on. As a paramedic and EMS [Emergency Medical Services] worker, he says that when those in his line of work hear about a new pathogen they consider the worst-case scenarios. He also says that as a paramedic, he was...
Creator:
Hultstrom, Anders
Contributor:
Jacobson, Katie
Created:
2020-09-14
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Ann Forsman (also known as Ann Kathryn when performing music) shares stories of her life as a musician and a non-profit employee during the time of COVID-19 in Duluth, Minnesota. She describes how she first heard of the virus, and knew it was serious when the community started cancelling basketball games and major events. She shares the story of...
Creator:
Forsman, Ann Kathryn
Contributor:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-09-14
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Inference problems with conjectured statistical-computational gaps are ubiquitous throughout modern statistics, computer science and statistical physics. While there has been success evidencing these gaps from the failure of restricted classes of algorithms, progress towards a more traditional reduction-based approach to computational complexity...
Creator:
Bresler, Guy (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Created:
2020-09-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Created:
2020-09-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Carla Hamilton shares her experiences living under COVID-19. She shares that when the news first came out about the pandemic, she wasn’t too worried and she traveled to San Francisco. She reveals that she and her son had COVID-19 in March and she describes what that experience was like for them. She mentions that her boyfriend recently got teste...
Creator:
Hamilton, Carla
Contributor:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-09-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
DeBora Rachelle Bernick describes her experiences of life and work during COVID-19. She describes how the pandemic affected the creation and marketing of a new travel suitcase that she was designing. She says the process was interrupted and then significantly slowed down when she couldn’t travel to China where the product is being made. She expl...
Creator:
Bernick, DeBora Rachelle
Contributor:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-09-11
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Devaleena Das shares her experiences living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. She recounts first hearing about the novel coronavirus in January of 2020, and how she made alterations in her travel plans to and from Seattle, Washington. She tells us that she realized this might be a serious situation after learning about shortages of masks...
Creator:
Das, Devaleena
Contributor:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-09-11
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Kimberly Anderson shares her experiences of work and life during the COVID-19 pandemic in Duluth, Minnesota. She describes the very early weeks of hearing about the pandemic and reveals that she and her friends joked about it, thinking it may just be a hyped up story by the government. She says they realized it was serious soon after, when they ...
Creator:
Anderson, Kimberly
Contributor:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-09-11
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Sandra Maxwell shares her experiences living in Finland, Minnesota during the COVID-19 pandemic. She says that she and her husband have National Public Radio on “all the time” so she first heard about the novel coronavirus very early, in mid or late January. She tells us that she considers herself a solitary person who doesn’t mind being by hers...
Creator:
Maxwell, Sandra
Contributor:
O'Brien, Christopher
Created:
2020-09-11
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Toni Rasmussen shares stories about her life as a beauty salon owner and parent during the time of COVID-19 in Two Harbors, Minnesota. She describes how her salon was required to shut down for three months due to the risks of spreading COVID-19 starting in March 2020, which meant a loss of income for her as a self-employed salon owner. She felt ...
Creator:
Rassmussen, Toni
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-09-11
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Benjamin Hugus shares his experiences as an entrepreneur of a newer business, Ursa Minor Brewing, in the Lincoln Park Craft District of Duluth, Minnesota during the time of COVID-19. He says that in the early weeks of the pandemic business owners were faced with a choice of either quitting or adapting their business operations. He outlines many ...
Creator:
Hugus, Benjamin
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-09-10
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Donny Frank Morris shares his experience with art, family, school, and work during COVID-19. Donny’s spouse, Sharon Morris, also contributes to this interview. Donny talks about his comic book art, including a new project for kids, and illustrates how this time has been good for his art because he has been forced to think about different ways of...
Creator:
Morris, Donny Frank
Contributor:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-09-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Phase retrieval is a difficult inverse problem, with three types of intrinsic symmetries. These symmetries can fail even the classic methods, e.g., HIO on complex-valued images when the object support is not precisely known --- allowing free translations. Do these symmetries cause learning difficulty if one deploys the deep learning approach? We...
Creator:
Sun, Ju (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Created:
2020-09-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
Ann Maxwell shares her experiences of work and life during the COVID-19 pandemic. She describes in detail how the tools of yoga have been essential to her mental and physical health during this time. She reveals how she felt energized early on, as a small business owner, to figure out how be of service to the community. Ann shares that she has p...
Creator:
Maxwell, Ann
Contributor:
Jacobson, Katie
Created:
2020-09-08
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Brenda Pfab shares stories of her life and perspective as a childcare provider and grandparent in Duluth during the time of COVID-19 and school closures. She describes how she first heard about the virus on the news, and began being very careful when shopping by wearing a mask and gloves and sanitizing everything when she got home. She shares he...
Creator:
Pfab, Brenda
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-09-08
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Created:
2020-09-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
In this essay, Alice Marks reflects on her experiences as a seventy-seven year old woman in Duluth, Minnesota during the COVID-19 pandemic. This essay continues the commentary that Marks began in her essay titled "The Pandemic As Seen Through the Eyes of a Senior Citizen," which is also included in this collection. In Part 1 of the essay, titled...
Creator:
Marks, Alice
Created:
2020-09-07
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
George Ellsworth shares stories of his life as a healthcare business employee, musician, and parent in Duluth, Minnesota during the time of COVID-19. He describes how he first heard of COVID-19 and thought it would perhaps be like the H1N1 Bird or Swine flu epidemics of a few years ago. Then he noticed that federal briefings and language seemed ...
Creator:
Ellsworth, George
Contributor:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-09-06
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Dennis Lamkin shares his perspectives of life and the impact of COVID-19-related closures on arts organizations in Duluth, Minnesota during the COVID-19 pandemic. He describes how he changed his news reading habits to use e-papers, especially due to the fact that the Duluth News Tribune stopped their daily delivery service, and he appreciates be...
Creator:
Lamkin, Dennis
Contributor:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-09-04
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Florencia Matamoros shares stories of their life working in the service industry and also navigating personal health and political issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. Florencia describes consuming news media and needing to limit their exposure to some sources. They discuss their own mental health and ways the pandemic has increased anxiety. The...
Creator:
Matamoros, Florencia
Contributor:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-09-01
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Three posters containing digital art. The first poster shows a screenshot of a "Quarantine 2020" playlist of 117 songs. The song currently playing is "Lonely (Old Version) [Dirty]" by Akon from the album Trouble. The second poster shows a black-and-white digital drawing of 28 basketball jerseys containing the names of Black people who have been ...
Creator:
Dugas, Derek
Created:
2020-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters highlight a regulation to help stop the spread of COVID-19. The first poster reads "Wear A Mask" and "I'm Wearing It For You. Are You Wearing It For Me?" The second poster reads "6 Feet Apart" with a very stylized number six. The third poster shows a line drawing of a handshake crossed out with a thick red line. All t...
Creator:
Maynard, Samantha
Created:
2020-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a line drawing and description of something that the creator says "illustrate[s] what was going on inside my house during quarantine" for COVID-19. The first poster shows a drawing of a television and reads: "Glass Panel. During quarantine, strange things started to happen.....instead of going out to buy a bi...
Creator:
Gruben, Anna
Created:
2020-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art and a description of an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster shows a drawing of an African-American woman's face in a frame. The text beneath the image reads: "Through the Black Lives Matter movement gaining a new steam with the tragic passing of George Floyd ca...
Creator:
Wood, Josiah
Created:
2020-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art and a description of an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster shows a cartoon drawing of a man and a deer with antlers, both lying with their heads on pillows, with a flashlight shining between them. The deer has a speech bubble above him that says: "I Didnt [sic...
Creator:
Riechel, Stephen
Created:
2020-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Each of these three posters contains a piece of digital art and a description of an aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first poster shows a drawing of an African-American woman's face in a frame. The text beneath the image reads: "Through the Black Lives Matter movement gaining a new steam with the tragic passing of George Floyd ca...
Creator:
Wojta, Colton
Created:
2020-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Students studying and socializing in the Kirby Student Center. All of them are wearing face masks. The students are unidentified. Many of them are wearing UMD-branded face masks and apparel. These photographs were produced by the office of University Marketing and Public Relations in the Fall of 2020 and released in the Spring of 2021, when ther...
Creator:
University Marketing and Public Relations (UMPR), University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2020-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Students studying and socializing in the Kirby Student Center. All of them are wearing face masks. The students are unidentified. Many of them are wearing UMD-branded face masks and apparel. These photographs were produced by the office of University Marketing and Public Relations in the Fall of 2020 and released in the Spring of 2021, when ther...
Creator:
University Marketing and Public Relations (UMPR), University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2020-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Students are walking outdoors among fall foliage. The students are unidentified. Many of them are wearing UMD-branded face masks and apparel. These photographs were produced by the office of University Marketing and Public Relations in the Fall of 2020 and released in the Spring of 2021, when there was a mask mandate on the University of Minneso...
Creator:
University Marketing and Public Relations (UMPR), University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2020-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Both Carly Hiti and Kaila Formanek speak about their advocacy and therapy work with PAVSA [Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault] in Duluth, Minnesota and of their personal lives during this time of COVID-19. Carly describes her work as an outreach advocate at PAVSA and Kaila says that she is one of the two therapists that work at PAVSA. ...
Creator:
Hiti, Carly; Formanek, Kaila
Contributor:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-08-31
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas; Grimble, Tonja
Created:
2020-08-31
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Debra Every shares her perspective as a resident of Two Harbors, Minnesota during the COVID-19 pandemic. She describes how she first heard of the virus, and was laid-off for a short time in March of 2020. She describes how she saw visitors to Two Harbors buying essentials in the grocery store and leaving shelves bare. She shares stories of how h...
Creator:
Every, Debra
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-08-30
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Jayda Morales shares her experiences as a mother during the COVID-19 pandemic. She discusses the early and current situation surrounding mask wearing, the recommendations, access, cost, mask mandates, children’s masks, and the public reaction to the mandates. She talks about managing her household, which includes herself, her partner, a first gr...
Creator:
Morales, Jayda
Contributor:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-08-30
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Zachary Benz shares stories of his life in Hibbing, Minnesota during the time of COVID-19. He describes how he first heard about COVID-19 via Twitter, where he was posting material for his own project, the Daily Planet news site. He covered it as a news story himself and knew that it had the potential to “spread like wildfire, if unchecked.” He ...
Creator:
Benz, Zachary
Contributor:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-08-28
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Suenary Philavanh shares stories of her life as a college student in Duluth during the time of the COVID-19 quarantine and shut-downs. She shares how she first heard about the virus before her spring break from college, and how she changed her trip from the original plan to go to Portland, Washington because cases were rising there. She describe...
Creator:
Philavanh, Suenary
Contributor:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-08-27
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Tom Hanson shares the experiences and challenges he has experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially how it has affected his businesses, including the Duluth Grill, OMC Smokehouse, and Corktown Deli. He describes his early life, his move to Duluth with his family, his progression from restaurant management to restaurant ownership with hi...
Creator:
Hanson, Tom
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-08-27
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Jodi Slick shares the many ways she engages with her community in a leadership role, both before and during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. She talks about the non-profit organization she founded, Ecolibrium3, which is a “community-based development organization” that “operates at the intersection of energy, equity, and economic vitality” an...
Creator:
Slick, Jodi
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-08-26
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Jody Kujawa shares some of his experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. He talks about his many years working in arts and theater in Duluth, including acting, directing, improvisation, and writing. He tells us how he first learned about the COVID-19 virus in late 2019. He shares that his mom passed away in February and that she had the signs an...
Creator:
Kujawa, Jody
Contributor:
Jacobson, Katie
Created:
2020-08-26
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Carolyn Olson recounts her experiences living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. She shares that she is staying safely in her home and has been relatively okay during this time. She expresses concern for her two adult twin children, aged 25, who are both essential workers in the Twin Cities. She talks about how guidelines at their workpla...
Creator:
Olson, Carolyn
Contributor:
Jacobson, Katie
Created:
2020-08-25
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Sarah Curtiss shares her experiences living during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. She begins the interview by introducing herself in Ojibwe. Sarah is the co-executive director of the non-profit Men As Peacemakers and describes what the organization is, the many ways they serve the community, and how COVID-19 has impacted much of what they do...
Creator:
Curtiss, Sarah
Contributor:
O'Brien, Christopher
Created:
2020-08-25
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Amy Westbrook shares details and stories about her life working at home during the time of COVID-19 in Duluth, Minnesota. She describes how she first heard about the virus on the news, and began taking her own measures to clean her workspace at the Environmental Protection Agency Lab and offices in Duluth. She worked at a front desk and a common...
Creator:
Westbrook, Amy
Contributor:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-08-24
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Created:
2020-08-24
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Alexander Martin shares his experiences of living during the COVID-19 pandemic. He talks about being unemployed for six weeks and the effects on his personal life. He is open about the combined challenges of staying home, having fewer social interactions, and the feeling of having less purpose while being laid off from work. He shares how this h...
Creator:
Martin, Alexander
Contributor:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-08-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Abbie Amundsen shares her experiences during this time of COVID-19 as a college sophomore and while working a variety of summer jobs. She recounts being in Las Vegas, Nevada for a debate competition in the middle of March, just as awareness about COVID-19 was emerging. She remembers much confusion about what it was and what to do or not to do. S...
Creator:
Amundsen, Abbie
Contributor:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-08-21
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Lucie Amundsen shares her perspective as an employee, friend and parent in Duluth during the time of COVID-19. She discusses how she first heard about COVID-19 on Minnesota Public Radio, and how she reads many other print news sources such as the Duluth News-Tribune and the New York Times. She works for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and...
Creator:
Amundsen, Lucie
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-08-21
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Aaron Kloss describes his work as a fine artist, husband and father during the COVID-19 pandemic. He shares stories about his “painting a day” project that he has been posting and selling on Facebook since April of 2020. He mostly paints acrylic landscapes of nature subjects, sometimes animals or birds that he sees near his home. He describes ho...
Creator:
Kloss, Aaron
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-08-19
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Kathren Kloss shares stories of her time as a busy Incident Command employee at St. Luke’s Hospital and the parent of three teenagers during the COVID19 pandemic. She describes how her work role changed at the hospital from working for Strategy and Innovation to being assigned to the emergency Incident Command structure. This meant she was busie...
Creator:
Kloss, Kathren
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-08-19
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Miriam Kloss describes her life as a high school senior at Duluth East High School in Duluth during the COVID-19 pandemic. She shares stories about how her schooling had to convert to online learning very quickly with short notice, and the struggles of attempting to learn complex subjects like physics and calculus while working at home away from...
Creator:
Kloss, Miriam
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-08-19
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas; Farris, Michael Jr.; DeVaul, Michael; Brown, David
Created:
2020-08-17
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Timothy Broman shares his experiences of living under COVID-19 in Northeastern Minnesota. He describes how his visits with his 88-year-old mother, who also lives in Duluth, have changed over the months, from the beginning of the pandemic to now. Tim is currently working in retail and details the new safety procedures required at his job, which i...
Creator:
Broman, Timothy
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-08-17
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Claire High shares her experience of living in Ely, Minnesota, a small town, during the time of COVID-19. She illustrates the conflicts that have arisen within the community between people who believe everyone should wear a mask for the safety of others, and those who believe they shouldn’t be forced to wear a mask because it infringes on their ...
Creator:
High, Claire
Contributor:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-08-16
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Jara McLarren and Charern Lee share their perspectives as a medical student and criminology professor, respectively, in the Duluth area in the time of COVID-19. Jara shares her perspective of first hearing about the virus, and of getting a survey at her job as an academic coach at the University of Wisconsin-Superior about what she would need to...
Creator:
McLarren, Jara; Lee, Charern
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-08-15
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Azrin Awal shares stores of her life as a college student, student activities employee, and volunteer during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Duluth, Minnesota. She shares her perspective as a student at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) majoring in public health and taking classes about Global Health during the early spring of 2...
Creator:
Awal, Azrin
Contributor:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-08-14
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Gaelynn Lea Tressler shares stories of her life as a musician and disability rights activist during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic in Duluth. She describes how she believes some of her friends might have caught the virus in March of 2020 but were never tested. She describes how she first learned of the virus through a fellow musician Alan Spa...
Creator:
Tressler, Gaeylnn Lea
Contributor:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-08-14
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Jazmin Wong shares her experiences at work and in her community during this time of COVID-19. She talks about her role as the shop coordinator for Indigenous First Arts and Gift Shop at AICHO [American Indian Community Housing Organization], where she has continued to be employed throughout the pandemic. She describes the many ways AICHO has bee...
Creator:
Wong, Jazmin
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-08-13
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Katharyn shares her experiences of life during this time of COVID-19. She and her husband Michael, who contributed to this interview, traveled for three weeks starting in mid-May. They share the experiences and the challenges they had while on a cross-country road trip during the still early days of COVID-19. They drove through many states to vi...
Creator:
Rolfe, Katharyn; Rolfe, Michael
Contributor:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-08-13
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Kraig Decker shares stories of how his life at work and his recreational activities has changed during the time of COVID-19. He is very active with local climbing and biking groups, and concerns about transmission of COVID-19 impacted how he was able to climb, either in an indoor climbing gym or even outside. He shares stories about how there wa...
Creator:
Decker, Kraig
Contributor:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-08-13
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Tera Amesbury shares stories about her life as a parent to four children during the time of COVID-19 in Two Harbors, Minnesota. She describes her concerns about her son’s health care needs continuing to be met in a time of medication shortages and pressure on hospitals due to COVID-19. Her son has Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, which is a form of epil...
Creator:
Amesbury, Tera
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-08-13
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
David Gore shares stories of his life as a professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth and a parent and friend during the COVID-19 pandemic. He discusses how his active professional life on campus changed during the quarantine time to working from home without an ideal workspace. He shares stories of the changes including not being able to u...
Creator:
Gore, David
Contributor:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-08-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Jeremy Kersaw shares stories of his life as a registered nurse working in the mental health field as well as a small cycling event business owner during the time of COVID-19 in Duluth, Minnesota. He shares stories about how he first heard of the virus entering the United States, and how procedures had to rapidly change at his hospital workplace ...
Creator:
Kershaw, Jeremy
Contributor:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-08-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Mitra Emad, who is currently on sabbatical from her job as professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth, speaks in-depth and at length about the intersection of science and popular culture during this pandemic, while exploring the implications of the internet as a source of news and information. She mentions some of the scientific and epidemi...
Creator:
Emad, Mitra
Contributor:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-08-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Phillip Sher shares stories of his work, social and religious life during the COVID-19 pandemic in Duluth, Minnesota. He describes the changes and shortages he has seen in the international meat packing market through work with his company, Pfeiveh Brokerage. He purchases animal glands that the pharmaceutical industry uses for production of medi...
Creator:
Sher, Phillip
Contributor:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Created:
2020-08-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Karen Savage-Blue shares her perspectives, as an artist and art teacher of Ojibwe descent, related to the COVID-19 quarantine. She discusses the changes to education, including how her college suddenly closed in March of 2020 and it felt like an emergency such as a tornado. She describes using her skills as a teacher to adapt and change her teac...
Creator:
Savage-Blue, Karen
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-08-11
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Phoebe Davis discusses her personal life and her experiences during the time of COVID-19. She shares that she had COVID-19 and mentions that she lost close to sixty pounds because of the illness. She details what this experience was like for her, including the “double quarantine” in her household. She mentions various native medicines that she u...
Creator:
Davis, Phoebe
Contributor:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-08-11
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas; Wilson, Heather; Ortiz, Lucria; Boone, Zakiyyah; Williams, Angelique; Smith, Stephenie
Created:
2020-08-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Vernon L. Simula shares his experiences of living during the COVID-19 pandemic. He tells us that he first became aware of the novel coronavirus in late December 2019 or in January 2020. He talks about the politicization of the news, describes his chosen news sources, and explains why he watches both MSNBC and Fox News. He describes some of the w...
Creator:
Simula, Vernon L.
Contributor:
O'Brien, Christopher
Created:
2020-08-10
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Essence Thompson is a Black trans woman, performer, community advocate, and union meatpacker based in Richmond, Virginia. In this oral history interview, Thompson discusses her upbringing, transition, and relationship with her family, including with her late transgender sister, her experiences as an employee of Tyson's Foods, including discussio...
Samuel Miltich speaks about the impacts of COVID-19 on his life and his music career. He recounts how in March he was performing in Florida and had to depart early, just as the country was beginning to shut down. He says the pandemic led to the cancellation of his rigorous schedule of on-the-road performances. He talks about how the economic imp...
Creator:
Miltich, Samuel
Contributor:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-08-07
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Makayla Taylor shares her unique experience while studying abroad when COVID-19 first became a global issue. Her Semester at Sea program’s itinerary was altered, their travels to China were cancelled, and the trip was cut short by one month. She describes what she noticed in Japan and Vietnam while she was there, and how these countries were rea...
Creator:
Taylor, Makayla
Contributor:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-08-06
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Brittany V. Hecker shares her experiences of being furloughed for two months from her management position at Panera Bread. She describes how she first learned about COVID-19 and how it impacted her work. She talks about being discouraged for the first week she was furloughed, but soon realized what it was like to have time again. She reflects on...
Creator:
Hecker, Brittany V.
Contributor:
Lundgren, Paul
Created:
2020-08-05
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
David E. Beard shares his reflections on life in Northeastern Minnesota under quarantine during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. David heard about the virus quite early, and reflects on this experience; how he gradually realized, as it moved closer to home, that this was something to be taken seriously. As a college professor, David talks about the c...
Creator:
Beard, David E.
Contributor:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-08-05
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This is an episode of the Causenetic podcast, created by staff members of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas from 2019 to 2023. The podcast focused on promoting awareness of the YMCA’s mission to new audiences and providing conversation, inspiration, and influence on various timely community topics. The description that accompanied this Causenetic ...
Creator:
Ross, Rodrigua; Vinson, Keith
Contributor:
Leonard, La Shae; Frederick, David; YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Created:
2020-08-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Elizabeth (Libby) Spehar shares stories about their life and perspective as an active resident and business owner in Duluth, MN during the time of the quarantine and COVID-19. They discuss their own challenges with running a small business, The Snooty Fox Tea Shop, which is currently closed due to the pandemic. They mention tea shop employees fin...
Creator:
Spehar, Elizabeth
Contributor:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-08-03
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Thalia Hernandez is a white and Latinx non-binary trans woman, trans activist, and advocate based in Richmond, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she was the Program Director at Equality Virginia, the leading LGBTQ advocacy organization in the commonwealth. In this oral history interview, Hernandez discusses her upbringing, experiences of ...
Brandi Rose Moxley shares her experiences of work and life during the time of COVID-19. As a nurse working in infection control in a nursing home, she first began to hear about the coronavirus at work and took it seriously even when others did not. She is open about her decision to leave her job due to her own health concerns. She explains how t...
Creator:
Moxley, Brandi
Contributor:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-08-02
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Christine Etima Colbenson reflects on her experiences with work, family, church, and life under the COVID-19 pandemic. She shares how her employment and experience as a social worker in Virginia, Minnesota has changed, including how she meets with clients, how she has lost the connection with coworkers, and even how she misses the transition tim...
Creator:
Colbenson, Christine Etima
Contributor:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-08-02
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Emily Walters shares stories of her life as a restaurant manager and citizen during the COVID-19 pandemic in Duluth, Minnesota. She describes her media consumption habits, mostly CNN and Fox News apps. She discusses the issue of wearing fabric masks and some of the challenges for restaurant patrons or others who have health issues that make wear...
Creator:
Walters, Emily
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-08-02
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Jay Choi shares his perspective as a full-time college student from South Korea living in Duluth during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. He shares stories about first hearing about the virus in China and how his parents in South Korea were texting him that it was a serious issue. He describes hearing about testing and tracking being done in So...
Creator:
Choi, Jay
Contributor:
Wright, Brooke
Created:
2020-08-01
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This painting was commissioned and created in August 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. In her interview for Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Seperation (SWaBS) Burns, a visual artist, discusses how during this pandemic time her creativity has increased and she has had more time to paint. The original painting is acrylic on canvas, and is of a ...
Creator:
Burns, Amber
Created:
2020-08
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Documentary filmmaker Mike Scholtz presents nine short documentaries featuring visual artists and a musician from the Northeastern Minnesota region as they discuss making art during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. In these short videos, each artist talks about how the pandemic, or the killing of George Floyd and the protests that followed, af...
Creator:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-08
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This painting was commissioned and created in August 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. In her interview for Stories of Wisdom from Bodies in Seperation (SWaBS) Burns, a visual artist, discusses how during this pandemic time her creativity has increased and she has had more time to paint. The original painting is acrylic on canvas, and is of a ...
Creator:
Burns, Amber
Created:
2020-08
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Students studying and socializing in the Kirby Student Center. All of them are wearing face masks. The students are unidentified. Many of them are wearing UMD-branded face masks and apparel. These photographs were produced by the office of University Marketing and Public Relations in the Fall of 2020 and released in the Spring of 2021, when ther...
Creator:
University Marketing and Public Relations (UMPR), University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2020-08 - 2020-09
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Locations include the Swenson Science Building, Labovitz School of Business and Economics, and Heikkila Chemistry and Advanced Materials Science building. The students are unidentified. Many of them are wearing UMD-branded face masks and apparel. These photographs were produced by the office of University Marketing and Public Relations in the Fa...
Creator:
University Marketing and Public Relations (UMPR), University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2020-08 - 2020-10
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Students are in various locations on the main UMD campus. The students are unidentified. Many of them are wearing UMD-branded face masks and apparel. These photographs were produced by the office of University Marketing and Public Relations in the Fall of 2020 and released in the Spring of 2021, when there was a mask mandate on the University of...
Creator:
University Marketing and Public Relations (UMPR), University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2020-08 - 2020-10
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
A student wearing a UMD branded face mask outdoors at the bus depot on campus. In several photographs a DTA (Duluth Transportation Authority) bus is visible. The student is unidentified. These photographs were produced by the office of University Marketing and Public Relations in the Fall of 2020 and released in the Spring of 2021, when there wa...
Creator:
University Marketing and Public Relations (UMPR), University of Minnesota Duluth
Created:
2020-08
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Clearcut forest natual regenation footage showcases how sunshine encourages new growth. Nine clips of footage. Includes, wide shot forest, close up shots of flora with pollinators.
Creator:
Favorito, Audrey
Created:
2020-07-31
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources.
Brian Barber shares stories of his experiences as an illustrator, animator and parent of young adults in Duluth during the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic. He describes how he felt he should do something daily at the start of the quarantine, and settled on creating the “Draw-Along Fun Time” where he posted short videos of himself creating ...
Creator:
Barber, Brian
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-07-31
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Jeremy Davis shares his experience of living during the time of COVID-19. He talks about the challenges of being an essential worker as a drywall taper, where many of his coworkers do not wear masks. Jeremy is a pow wow dancer, and plays drums and sings with a group called Cedar Creek. The annual in-person pow wows have all been cancelled this y...
Creator:
Davis, Jeremy
Contributor:
Villiard, Moira
Created:
2020-07-31
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Lyz Jaakola shares stories about her life as a musician, parent and educator during the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine. She describes how her family’s band, The Indian Head Band, needed to adapt and change from playing life events to sharing their music via Facebook during this time. She describes how they were all used to ...
Creator:
Jaakola, Lyz
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-07-31
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Sarah Brokke discusses her work and experiences as a visual artist and art professor at St. Scholastica in Duluth, both before and after the COVID-19 pandemic began. She shares her experience with traveling in Bali just as the pandemic was beginning, and returning to a home that seemed changed. She discusses how teaching changed so much when it ...
Creator:
Brokke, Sarah
Contributor:
Scholtz, Mike
Created:
2020-07-30
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
