Monday, March 16, 2015  
Schocket on views of the Revolution | 'A Tale of Toads and Men'
Andrew Schocket
IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
SCHOCKET BOOK DISSECTS VIEWS ON AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Over the last 200-plus years, the founders of the American Revolution have attained iconic status. But, like most icons, what they and the Revolution are used to symbolize depends perhaps more on who is vaunting them than on any objective reality.

In his new book, "Fighting over the Founders: How We Remember the American Revolution," Dr. Andrew Schocket, history and director of BGSU's American Culture Studies Program, looks at the ways in which the founders have been put to use by politicians and the judiciary, schools, the media and popular culture to promote, even unconsciously, their particular agendas. The Revolution has become a "battleground for debating what the nation is about and who belongs to it," Schocket said.

His examination of citations of the founders over the last 15 years has led him to categorize users into two camps: the "essentialists," or those who see the "founding myth as unchanging, true and knowable," as Kirkus Review described them, and the "organicists," or those who view the Revolution through the lens of the present and see the Revolution as an unfolding development.

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BUCHANAN LECTURE PRESENTS 'A TALE OF TOADS AND MEN'

Dr. Tyrone Hayes
An American biologist known for his research about the impact of the herbicide atrazine in amphibian development will discuss his work in the 2015 Jean Pasakarnis-Buchanan Lecture on campus March 24.

Dr. Tyrone Hayes, an assistant professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley, will present "From Silent Spring to Silent Night: A Tale of Toads and Men." The event, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for 7 p.m. in 112 Life Sciences Building.

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IN BRIEF

The registration deadline has been extended to Wednesday (March 18) for the workshop "Unlocking the NIH and NSH Grant Review Process," presented by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development and the Center for Family and Demographic Research.

A panel of art experts will kick off the annual Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Thesis Exhibition at 4 p.m. Saturday (March 21) with "Where Next?: The Future of Art (School/Work/World)" in the Eva Marie Saint Theatre of the Wolfe Center for the Arts.

The University has been awarded a $250,000 research grant from the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) and Ohio Board of Regents to improve workplace safety in nursing homes.

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