Marcel Boumans on the History of Economics as a History of Tools and Techniques
Marcel Boumans, University of Amsterdam, discusses the "History of Economics as a History of Tools and Techniques" at The 11th Summer Institute for the History of Economic Thought at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies. June 22, 2010
John Burns Discusses Research History with Bayer CropScience
John Burns, dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Texas Tech University, discusses Texas Tech's research history with Bayer CropScience.
Bayer contributed $7.5 million to support new research initiatives and facilities development for the department. The contribution qualified for a full match through the Texas Research Incentive Program, creating a $15 million total contribution to the university.
Andy Swift Tells the History and the Future of the WISE Center
The deadly F-5 May 11, 1970 tornado that swept through Lubbock, and Hurricane Celia, which devastated Corpus Christi later that year, easily could have had no positive outcomes. But as Texas Techs Wind Science and Engineering Research Center (WISE) prepares to commemorate its 40th anniversary, the event marks the gathering of four decades of data, of studying the destructive storms and developing new life-saving technologies and methods of warning and damage mitigation.
The History of Racial Profiling in the United States
Miguel Levario, assistant professor of history at Texas Tech University, says the current immigration bill in Arizona is not unique. The U.S. has passed similar bills before in its "schizophrenic" history with immigrants.
Natural History Museums, Aesthetics, and Conservation
Lecture by Harry W. Greene, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University.
Natural history museums provide a nexus for integrating research, teaching, and conservation in that broader cultural framework, and thus for addressing the severe environmental challenges we now face.
7th Annual Oxford Film Festival
Festival co-director Michelle Emanuel offers insight into the 2010 festival, which features more than 75 films.
The history of the University of Memphis
See how far YOUR University of Memphis has come in the last century!
Sharing the Past - Archiving Washington State University History on Film
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Contact: Mark O'English, University Archivist, Manuscripts Archives and Special Collections, 509-335-2739, markoe@wsu.edu;
Adam Wallberg, Intern, WSU News Service, 509-335-0487, adam.wallberg@email.wsu.edu
PULLMAN, Wash. - Preserving and sharing the history of Washington State University is the job of Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections located in the Terrell Library. University Archivist, Mark O'English, has taken on the large project of digitizing deterioratin
Natural History
A foreign landscape is revealed to a curious world by naturalist Mark Catesby. Interpreter Robb Warren talks about the man and his art.
Making History Live
Relating the daily lives of America's ancestors is the product of research and performance. Performer Kat Getward shares the part that music plays in the EFT "Making History Live."
Comic book history
Comic book author Bentley Boyd uses a vivid medium to snare new students of American history.
Lecture 02: Space Shuttle History
MIT 16.885J - Video - Lecture 02: Space Shuttle History - MIT > MIT OpenCourseWare > Aeronautics & Astronautics > Courses > MIT 16.885J > Video > Lecture 02: Space Shuttle History
John Haldon, Princeton University: History, Remote Sensing, and GIS - The Avkat Survey Project
This talk introduces briefly the Avkat Archaeological Survey, a collaborative research project in north-central Anatolia which seeks to integrate a number of different approaches to studying the past, using recent technological advances to integrate disparate datasets into a cohesive framework of analysis. From the 1980s, there has been continued development of methodologies of archaeological field survey, as well as remote sensing techniques ranging from ground-penetrating radar to airborne rad
John Haldon, Princeton University: History, Remote Sensing, and GIS - The Avkat Survey Project PDF
This talk introduces briefly the Avkat Archaeological Survey, a collaborative research project in north-central Anatolia which seeks to integrate a number of different approaches to studying the past, using recent technological advances to integrate disparate datasets into a cohesive framework of analysis. From the 1980s, there has been continued development of methodologies of archaeological field survey, as well as remote sensing techniques ranging from ground-penetrating radar to airborne rad
Emmanuel Kreike, Princeton University: Beyond Words: Environmental History, Digitization and GIS
Lunch 'n Learn presentation: How the integration of digital tools and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) has the potential to add dramatically to the capacity of the humanities to more fully understand and explain the dynamics of environmental change. More info: http://blogs.princeton.edu/itsacademic/2008/03/beyond_words_environmental_history_digitization_and_gis.html
Emmanuel Kreike, Princeton University: Beyond Words: Environmental History, Digitization and GIS PDF
Lunch 'n Learn presentation: How the integration of digital tools and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) has the potential to add dramatically to the capacity of the humanities to more fully understand and explain the dynamics of environmental change. More info: http://blogs.princeton.edu/itsacademic/2008/03/beyond_words_environmental_history_digitization_and_gis.html
Sam Wang: The Princeton Election Consortium - A First Draft of Electoral History - February 11, 2009
Lunch 'n Learn presentation: How we experience political races is dominated by opinion polls. Polling data can be confusing because of their sheer number. In 2008, hundreds of polls were released during the Presidential campaign. Is there a way to cut through the resulting noise?
Four years ago Dr. Wang devised a statistical approach to analyze state polls to get a single, easy-to-understand snapshot of the race, viewed from the point of view of the Electoral College. In 2008, this approach mad
Sam Wang: The Princeton Election Consortium - A First Draft of Electoral History PDF - February 11,
Lunch 'n Learn presentation: How we experience political races is dominated by opinion polls. Polling data can be confusing because of their sheer number. In 2008, hundreds of polls were released during the Presidential campaign. Is there a way to cut through the resulting noise?
Four years ago Dr. Wang devised a statistical approach to analyze state polls to get a single, easy-to-understand snapshot of the race, viewed from the point of view of the Electoral College. In 2008, this approach mad
Paula Fredriksen, Boston University: "Sin: The Early History of an Idea - Lecture 1: God, Blood, and
Jesus of Nazareth announced that God was about to redeem the world. Some 450 years later, the church taught that the far greater part of humanity was eternally condemned. The early community began by preserving the memory and the message of Jesus; within decades of his death, some Christians asserted that Jesus had never had a fleshly human body at all. The church that insisted that Jewish scriptures were Christian scriptures also insisted that the god who said "Be fruitful and multiply" actuall
Paula Fredriksen, Boston University: "Sin: The Early History of an Idea - Lecture 2: Flesh and the D
Jesus of Nazareth announced that God was about to redeem the world. Some 450 years later, the church taught that the far greater part of humanity was eternally condemned. The early community began by preserving the memory and the message of Jesus; within decades of his death, some Christians asserted that Jesus had never had a fleshly human body at all. The church that insisted that Jewish scriptures were Christian scriptures also insisted that the god who said "Be fruitful and multiply" actuall
