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Anna Baggoley - The Cranfield Australian Alumni Scholarship

One of our Australian Full-time MBA students, winner of the Australian Alumni Scholarship, describes why she chose The Cranfield Full-time MBA and also how the Cranfield Australian Scholarship Foundation supported her through the application process and beyond.

NonfictioNow 2012 - David Shields

Keynote David Shields NonfictioNow 2012 Keynote Address by David Shields Reality Hunger: A Manifesto which was named one of the best books of the year by more than thirty publications; The Thing About Life Is That One Day You’ll Be Dead, a New York Times bestseller; Black Planet: Facing Race during an NBA Season, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; Remote: Reflections on Life in the Shadow of Celebrity, winner of the PEN/Revson Award; and Dead Languages: A Novel, winner of

Learn Series - Birds - Videos For Kids

This short video provides images of different birds. The words are beneath the images and they are recited by the narrator. (01:16)

Wealth Strategies: Things are picking up on the credit front

Jan 17 - Bond fund managers have become sharply more optimistic, according to the latest survey of the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers. Executive director Som-Lok Leung gives his outlook

60 Seconds With.......Dr Richard Kwiatkowski - Research Ethics

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SuperUROP project titled: Blends of Diblock Copolymers for Nanostructure Fabrication, presented by S

MIT EECS - Qualcomm Undergraduate Research and Innovation Scholar Kameron Oser presented his SuperUROP project titled "Blends of Diblock Copolymers for Nanostructure Fabricationd" at the Dec. 6, 2012 SuperUROP poster session in the Grier Room, 34-401. Kameron Oser's advisor is EECS professor Karl Berggren.

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Science Pub: Sour Beer Study

Jeff Clawson, manager of Oregon State University's pilot brewery, discusses a recent study on sour beers at a Science Pub event at the Calapooia Brewery in Albany, Oregon. OSU is one of the world's leaders in research on hops and the brewing sciences, and many graduates of the fermentation sciences programs go on to have a huge impact in the industry.

Maserati wooing the American market with new sedan

Maserati unveiled its new sedan, the Quattroporte, at the North American International Auto Show. Reuters Correspondent Jennifer Clark says the luxury car is a key piece of Fiat's latest strategy.

Market Pulse: Platinum: better than gold, my precious!

Jan 15 - The price of platinum surges past gold for the first time in almost a year on as South African mining troubles re-surface. Plus Burberry swaggers and euro/Swiss FX volatility rockets.

NASA | Summer Extremes Getting More Extreme

People who live north of the equator are experiencing both higher summer temperatures and a greater frequency of extreme bouts of heat, according to a NASA statistical analysis of decades of Northern Hemisphere temperature data. A basic bell curve shows breakdown of these temperatures. Initially, the mean summer temperature for the Northern Hemisphere from 1951-1980 is centered at the top of the curve, with the frequency of cooler summers in blue and the frequency of warmer summers in red. Watch

A Heroic Return

It's taken all spring and summer, but salmon finally return to Admiralty Island to spawn. See the fish in this short clip from Nature. (01:03)

Future justice for sexual assault: Future Justice Award presentation

Distinguished Professor John Braithwaite discusses rape law reform while receiving his 2012 Future Justice Award on 12 December 2012. Rape law reform has not made a large contribution to reducing the incidence of rape. Two of many reasons are that there is a sexual assault enforcement swamping problem and a charging down problem that also leaves victims dissatisfied. Nevertheless, it is argued that feminist politics in our lifetimes has made a large contribution to protecting future generations

Faculty Learning Day, Jan. 2013 | Nanette Clatterbuck

Nanette Clatterbuck, from Aquinas College. Research on how people learn and how the brain works can help us develop instructional practices that address the needs of students with differing learning styles and disabilities.

Faculty Learning Day, Jan. 2013 | Jeff Sykes

Jeff Sykes examines the ways technologies can be used to make accommodations for students with disabilities.

The partnership between Clemson University and the Greenville Community

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Financial Aid: How to Find and Complete eForms

This instructional video clip is designed to provide information about the Financial Aid process at Del Mar College and is part of a Financial Aid Video Series for 2012-2013.

Tumor Treating Fields: New Therapy for Patients with Recurrent Glioblastoma

Experts in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center now offer a new treatment for patients with recurrent glioblastoma, a deadly type of brain tumor that is resistant to chemotherapy and radiation. In this video, Dr. Minesh Mehta explains the treatment, known as Tumor Treating Fields (TTF), which is delivered to the patient via a device that fits over the scalp and emits alternating electrical fields to the tumor that disrupt

Secession: A Specifically American Principle

[Part 1 of "The Secession Tradition in America," a paper presented at the 1995 Mises Institute conference, "Secession, State, and Economy."]

The United Nations Charter asserts the self-determination of peoples as a fundamental human right. From this, there has developed a lively debate among international jurists about whether the right of

David Gurney- Ceramist

In this clip from Craft in America, we see ceramist David Gurney create a small pot on his pottery wheel. (01:45)

Elon University "Tour of the South" / Charleston

Assistant Professor of Political Science Jason Husser and Interim Director of Domestic Programs Phil Smith are leading a group of International Fellows to various sites around the South. The first stop was Charleston, South Carolina where the students visited historic downtown and historic landmarks at Patriot's Point.

Module Three: Reporting & Advanced Practice

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Just as writers begin their trade with their A, B, C’s and musicians begin with music notes - data analysts begin with data lines and tables.

Billie Jean King

Listen to professional tennis player, Billie Jean King talk about her passion for equal rights for women. She discusses the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. (03:53)

Evaluating Integral for Shell Method Example - Khan Academy

Salman Khan evaluates the definite integral set up using the shell method during this eleven-minute clip.

U.S. Morning Call: Boeing Dreamliner hit by two more mishaps

Jan 11 - Boeing's 787 Dreamliner jet suffered a cracked cockpit window and an oil leak - the latest in a series of incidents for the aircraft.