PLATO Weekly Update 

March 8, 2022

CURRICULUM

COVID-19 PROTOCOLS FOR COURSES
COVID-19 protocols are now specific to each host site. Find details here or contact your course coordinator.

CANCELLATIONS
Mary Kirn's Illuminated Manuscripts course has been cancelled.

SPECIAL FEATURE
Check out Kathie Berman’s article about what PLATO means to her.

SPECIAL EVENTS

JOIN THE TEAM
Have you enjoyed PLATO theater and field trips in the past? Are you eager to participate in future trips? We need your help to make them happen! As PLATO carefully resumes this kind of activity we need new team members on the Special Events Committee to help us plan and put them together. Without more help they won't take place. Please contact Michael or Carla Di Iorio if you are interested at carlad@tds.net or 608-257-9164.

LECTURES
NEW! On Thursday, April 14th at 1:00pm Jim Lattis, Director of UW Space Place, will lead us in an intriguing exploration of the night skies featuring important eclipses, meteor showers and other astronomical events visible in the near future. Dr. Lattis will provide tips on the astronomical use of telescopes and binoculars appropriate to the amateur. This is a 75-minute virtual lecture and registration is required. 

And, as always, PLATO Lectures on many topics are always available.

BREAKFAST GATHERINGS
THIS FRIDAY! These events offer a delightful opportunity to socialize with PLATO members over a breakfast of your choice. Join us on March 11th at 9:30am at The Marquette Hotel Café, located at 414 South Baldwin Street on Madison's near Eastside. RSVP and other COVID-19 Protocols are required. RSVP and learn more here.

THEATER TRIPS 
Our trip to see a matinee of a Beatles-inspired version of As You Like It at the Milwaukee Rep on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 is full but you can learn more here. COVID-19 protocols are required.

FEATURED AGORA WORKS

Visit The Agora Features webpage for highlights from this past season, created and curated by fellow PLATO members for your pleasure. 

Our Biweekly Feature for March 8th - March 21st is Morning Call, a painting by Susan Young Hoffman.

SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENTS & READINGS

Select from a range of topics and formats 

for your late Winter reading, viewing, or listening, 

curated by PLATO's Diversity Awareness Committee.

DID YOU KNOW? for March 1 - 14, 2022

Did You Know... Jessie Isabelle Price, was a veterinary microbiologist who studied and worked at the Cornell University Duck Research Laboratory where she identified the cause of the most common life-threatening disease in duck farming in the 1950’s. She then developed preventive vaccines for this and many other avian diseases. 

Price, a black woman, was highly praised for her work in vaccine development which greatly aided commercial duck, turkey, and pigeon farming. She relocated to Madison, Wisconsin in 1977 to work as a research microbiologist at the National Wildlife Health Center, where she focused on diseases in waterfowl and environmental contaminants.

Visit the Social Justice Webpage for much more about Jessie Isabelle Price & past DID YOU KNOW? features.

DID YOU KNOW? – spotlighting notable contributions made by non-mainstream individuals you might not have learned or read about. Suggestions for inclusions are welcome (send to Kathy at: ksmichaelis@gmail.com).