programs, as well as the publicity, were managed by the 

 Office of Public Affairs. 



January 25 



■ Radio Advertising Campaign The first radio advertise- 

 ment ran in the Office of Public Affairs' Black History 

 Month campaign, one of two radio-advertising cam- 

 paigns this year aimed at local African American audien- 

 ces, ages 25 to 45. OPA prepared the ad copy, and the 

 two local radio stations— WPGC and WHUR — 

 produced the advertisements. The other campaign was 

 geared to the 150th Birthday Party on the National Mall 

 August 10 and 11 and ran on three stations — WHUR, 

 WMMJ and WTOP. 



at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston has led to 

 the creation of enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging 

 (MRI) techniques for previously hard-to-image areas. 

 MRI spectra of hyperpolarized xenon gas — originally 

 developed for elemental physics experiments — inhaled 

 by and dissolved in the body tissues of rats suggest im- 

 proved imaging of human lung, brain, and other tissue 

 is possible. 



February 



■ Event The National Postal Museum participated and 

 helped facilitate the issuance of a commemorative 

 postage stamp in honor of the 150th anniversary of the 

 Smithsonian Institution. 



January 26-June 2 



Febr, 



■uary 



U Exhibition "Rebels: Painters and Poets of the 1950s" 

 was on view at the National Portrait Gallery. This two- 

 part exhibition examined the revolutions in painting 

 and poetry that took place on the East and West Coasts 

 following World War II. The "Painters" section, 

 curated by Carolyn Kinder Carr, included such New 

 York School artists as Jackson Pollock, Willem and 

 Elaine de Kooning, and Robert Motherwell. The 

 "Poets" section, curated by Steven Watson, included 

 counterculture icons Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and 

 William Burroughs. 



January 29 



■ Research Result The SAO-built Ultraviolet 

 Coronagraph Spectrometer onboard the NASA/ESA 

 Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite 

 made the first ultraviolet images of the extended solar 

 atmosphere and recorded surprisingly high tempera- 

 tures for ionized atoms of hydrogen and oxygen spewed 

 into space. 



February 



■ Audwbook Series Four Smithsonian Productions' 

 radio programs featuring Smithsonian scientists and 

 their work were packaged for retail sale as the first 

 audiobooks focusing on science at the Smithsonian. 



February 



■ Research Result An unusual collaboration between a 

 group of astrophysicists at SAO and medical colleagues 



■ Publication The Office of Public Affairs began dis- 

 tribution of its special 150th anniversary version of the 

 general visitor information brochure that is given out at 

 all Smithsonian museum information desks by volun- 

 teers from the Visitor Information and Associates' 

 Reception Center. The 14-page brochure offered infor- 

 mation on 150th exhibitions and activities at each 

 museum, as well as a whole page devoted to informa- 

 tion on the 150th anniversary celebration Institution- 

 wide. 



February 1—3 



■ Conference ". . . Mind on Freedom: Celebrating the 

 History and Culture of America's Black Colleges and 

 Universities" was presented at the National Museum of 

 American History as part of the Smithsonian's celebra- 

 tion of its 150th anniversary. The conference examined 

 the evolution of historically black colleges and univer- 

 sities (HBCUs), their impact on the lives of individuals 

 and the nation, and their current and future status as 

 educational institutions. 



February 5 



■ Agreement The Smithsonian Tropical Research In- 

 stitute and INRENARE, Panama's Institute of Renew- 

 able Resources, signed an agreement to initiate 

 collaborative research in the Republic of Panama. 



February 8 



■ Performance The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Or- 

 chestra performed in Los Angeles for the gala opening 



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