Recording of a guest lecture by Dr. Katarzyna Pastuszak, held live in the Liberal Arts Engagement Hub in Pillsbury Hall and broadcast online. From Dr. Pastuszak: "In this presentation, I outline and analyse several transcultural performative projects that I have developed in collaboration with indigenous women artists. I analyse the process of ...
Creator:
Pastuszak, Katarzyna
Created:
2023-09-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Born and raised in Egypt with four siblings, three brothers and one sister, Georgette Tadros was an extremely academic person. This video tells the story of her marriage and migration to the US.
Creator:
Donalds, Maya
Contributor:
Waslin, Michele
Created:
2023-04-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Biographical Information: Ibrahim Roba was born in Dire Dawa in Eastern Oromia. In 1979, Ibrahim left Ethiopia due to the ongoing war. He left the country right before he could complete high school. He walked from Ethiopia to Djibouti before going to Egypt as a refugee. He spent three years in Egypt where he was able to gain an education. He was...
Creator:
Roba, Ibrahim
Contributor:
Roba, Hibaa
Created:
2023-03-27
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Biographical Information: Tasissa Moti, born in Western Oromia, was the first Oromo to settle in Minnesota. He grew up in a small village and did not attend school until his mid teens. While working as a dresser in a hospital, he met his future wife who was from Minnesota. After they married, the couple decided to come to Minnesota so that Tasis...
Creator:
Moti, Tasissa
Contributor:
Roba, Hibaa
Created:
2023-03-09
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Biographical Information: Johara Mohammed was born in Eastern Oromia in a city called Dire Dawa. Before entering university, Johara left Ethiopia due to the ongoing political crisis. She went to India to complete her university studies before coming to Minnesota in 1987. During her first few years in Minnesota, she worked any job she could befor...
Creator:
Mohammed, Johara
Contributor:
Roba, Hibaa
Created:
2023-03-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
F1: Twig with leaves and apple fruit, F2-F6: side view of fruit, open fruit sliced up/down, transverse cut of fruit ("star"), top view of fruit, bottom view of fruit
Creator:
Goltz, Janet
Created:
2023-11-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Andersen Horticultural Library.
Abstract: The Kaczmarz algorithm is a method for solving linear systems of equations that was introduced in 1937. The algorithm is a powerful tool with many applications in signal processing and data science that has enjoyed a resurgence of interest in recent years. We'll discuss some of the history of the Kaczmarz algorithm as well as describ...
Creator:
Weber, Eric (Iowa State University)
Created:
2022-04-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
If A is a finite-dimensional algebra with automorphism group G, then varieties of generating r-tuples of elements in A, considered up to G-action, produce a sequence of varieties B(r) approximating the classifying space BG. I will explain how this construction generalizes certain well-known examples such as Grassmannians and configuration spaces...
Creator:
Williams, Ben (University of British Columbia)
Created:
2022-08-05
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.