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Class Uses Podcasts to Explore Erie Canal


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History professor Thomas Fleischman is taking a new approach to research projects. This past fall semester, he and his class teamed up to create a new podcast series called Under the Low Bridge, where they explored and explained the history of the Erie Canal. Along with learning what for many students was a new communications medium, their work also included site visits to the canal and research into its original maps, photos, and architectural illustrations. Original theme music "Roots and Wings" by Billy Petito ’18E.

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University of Rochester's QuadcastBy UR Communications