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The UW, Madison and the Influenza Epidemic of 1918

Special | 47m 59sVideo has Closed Captions

Steve Oreck discusses how the deadly influenza virus was transmitted in 1918.

Aired 11/07/2018 | Rating TV-G

University Place

The UW, Madison and the Influenza Epidemic of 1918

Special | 47m 59sVideo has Closed Captions

Steve Oreck discusses how the deadly influenza virus was transmitted in 1918.

Steve Oreck, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of History at UW-Madison, explains how the influenza epidemic of 1918 affected the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Student Army Training Corp (SATC). SATC personnel were stationed at the university before being sent abroad to fight in World War I, carrying the virus to Europe with them.

Aired 11/07/2018 | Rating TV-G

University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

The UW, Madison and the Influenza Epidemic of 1918

Special | 47m 59sVideo has Closed Captions

Steve Oreck, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of History at UW-Madison, explains how the influenza epidemic of 1918 affected the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Student Army Training Corp (SATC). SATC personnel were stationed at the university before being sent abroad to fight in World War I, carrying the virus to Europe with them.

Aired 11/07/2018 | Rating TV-G

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