The founding of the university in 1867 created a unique community
in what had been a prairie. Within a few years, this creative mix
of teachers and scholars produced innovations in agriculture,
engineering and the arts that challenged old ideas and stimulated
dynamic new industries. Projects ranging from the Mosaic web
browser to the discovery of Archaea and pioneering triumphs in
women's education and wheelchair accessibility have helped shape
the university's mission into a double helix of innovation and
real-world change. These essays explore the university's celebrated
accomplishments and historic legacy, candidly assessing both its
successes and its setbacks. Experts and students tell the
eye-opening stories of campus legends and overlooked game-changers,
of astonishing technical and social invention, of incubators of
progress as diverse as the Beckman Institute and Ebertfest.
Contributors: James R. Barrett, George O. Batzli, Claire Benjamin,
Jeffrey D. Brawn, Jimena Canales, Stephanie A. Dick, Poshek Fu,
Marcelo H. Garcia, Lillian Hoddeson, Harry Liebersohn, Claudia
Lutz, Kathleen Mapes, Vicki McKinney, Elisa Miller, Robert Michael
Morrissey, Bryan E. Norwood, Elizabeth H. Pleck, Leslie J. Reagan,
Susan M. Rigdon, David Rosenboom, Katherine Skwarczek, Winton U.
Solberg, Carol Spindel, William F. Tracy, and Joy Ann
Williamson-Lott.
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