A talented teacher who expertly taught the basics of very complicated subjects, Weather and Climate. Her enthusiasm about those subjects kept me so engaged and excited to learn more! She addressed all learning styles. It was fun!
Course Participant, Introduction to Weather and Climate
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TRAVEL SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT
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After deliberate and careful consideration, the committee and volunteers of the MSU Wonderlust and Alumni Foundation partnership, have made the decision to cancel all Travel Series trip opportunities for 2020. It is our hope to reschedule these terrific opportunities within our great state, to 2021, so stay tuned on plans for next year. While unfortunate, we appreciate your understanding and continued support as we look to the future to build exceptional programming for you, the life-long learners in our community.
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According to a recent online Forbes article ”…as the coronavirus pandemic places a quarter of the world’s population under lockdown… Total internet hits have surged by between 50% and 70%, according to preliminary statistics. Streaming has also jumped by at least 12%...” (March 25, 2020)
With increased use of and dependence on technology during these social distancing times, the following OLLI and FPA presentations seemed very pertinent. Learn more about drivers of artificial intelligence and how to improve your online privacy below.
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OLLI OUT & ABOUT
Privacy is dead! Or is it?
This OLLI @ UMich talk with professor Florian Schaub, explores the darker side of social media, smartphones, smart speakers. How and why do these technologies track your behavior online and in your homes? What can they know about you? Why do people struggle to protect their privacy? The talk further discusses research advances that can lead to better privacy protections and user controls, and what you can do now to take back your privacy.
Enjoy this OLLI presentation, brought to you by OLLI@UMich and their OLLI members.
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GREAT DECISIONS
This introductory film on
Artificial Intelligence and Data
is brought to you by the Foreign Policy Association Great Decisions program.
FPA Brief: Artificial Intelligence (
AI) is transforming economies and societies around the world. Policymakers in many countries are developing plans and funding research in AI. Global growth is slowing, and not surprisingly, many policymakers hope that AI will provide a magic solution. The EU, Brazil, and other Western countries have adopted regulations that grant users greater control over their data and require that firms using AI be transparent about how they use it. Will the U.S. follow suit? Great Decisions assesses the possibilities and dangers of this technology, explores the mounting technological competition between China and the U.S., and asks how the international community can manage the coming wave of digital innovation.
Additional topic resources: visit
here
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Great Decisions will be offered by MSU-Wonderlust Winter 2021 semester and feature a lineup of 8 new FPA selected global topics.
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MSU Wonderlust member Ron D. shared this picture from his March trip to Freezout Lake. Normally the skies are clouded with flocks of geese. Can you see what he saw in this flight formation? It reminded Ron and other viewers of a bird on the wing or even an angel in flight.
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“Freezout Lake is Montana's primary snow goose staging area, a place where as many as 300,000 snow geese and 10,000 tundra swans gather and rest before flying onward. In Spring, the snow geese head for Alberta and central Saskatchewan in Canada. There they mass with hundreds of thousands of other snow geese from Texas and other Gulf Coast States. In a series of shorter flights, the geese then make their way to nesting grounds on the wind swept, extreme northwest Arctic coast of Canada.
The Snow Geese usually reach Freezout Lake in early March, where they rest up from a nearly 1,000 mile flight from California.” visitmt.gov
Please note:
member recommendations in this section are those of individual Wonderlust members and do not necessarily reflect those of MSU, MUS or MSU Wonderlust. We hope you find opportunity to appreciate the diverse interests and resources we each bring to the world around us.
Share YOUR Recommendations!
Do you have a favorite book, movie, video or scenic drive? We are also seeking unique photo’s highlighting the gifts of the season. If you are willing to share, we would be delighted to include and credit your ideas and images in an upcoming issue. Please
submit ideas here
and share
images & credits to this email
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If these isolating times have been causing you to feel, well…. socially isolated,
please know, you are not alone.
We have fellow MSU Wonderlust members geared up and looking forward to making friendly phone ‘visits’ to fellow MSU Wonderlust members. We hope you enjoy meeting and speaking with one of them this month. In addition to our member ‘visits’ here are a few other ways for
how to find social connections in unexpected places
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T
he Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
is an independent population health research center at UW Medicine, part of the University of Washington, that provides rigorous and comparable measurement of the world's most important health problems and evaluates the strategies used to address them. IHME makes this information freely available so that policymakers have the evidence they need to make informed decisions about how to allocate resources to best improve population health. If you enjoy big data,
read more about IHME and the daily COVID-19 projection updates
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Exciting News!
Wonderlust is soon to become the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Montana State University.
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