"America's Water Crisis" (video)
Robert Glennon is a nationally-renowned water expert, and the author of Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What To Do About It (2009). His previous books include the highly-acclaimed Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of America's Fresh Waters (2002). Glennon is the Morris K. Udall Professor of Law and Public Policy in the Rogers
"With Immediate Effect: The Events of 1989 Revisited" (video)
20th Anniversary Roundtable with the Consuls General of Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary and Poland. A discussion concerning the historic events of two decades ago in Central and Eastern Europe, and the paths taken since then - through personal reflections and recollections of how the process developed, the spirit of the movements, the le
Visual Directions
'Visual Directions' is a website designed to assist students in producing sketchbooks and engage in reflective writing
Sport
This online exhibition features a small selection of material held by Manuscripts and Special Collections at the University of Nottingham relating to sport. It includes photographs of University sports teams and items relating to the wider history of team sports and individual exercise through the centuries.
Reenactment : fans performing movie scenes from the stage to YouTube
In this presentation from the Institute of Film and Television Studies' Ephemeral Media Workshops, Professor Barbara Klinger from Indiana University discusses her research on the phenomenon of fan recreations.
Presentation produced/delivered: June/July 2009
Suitable for: Undergraduate Study and Community Education
Professor Barbara Klinger, Indiana University
Professor Barbara Klinger's research and teaching focus on U.S. cinema, film exhibition and reception, fan studies, cinema and new med
Biomedical engineering
The two-year MSc programme in BioMedical Engineering at TU Delft is based on a long history of training and research within three collaborating faculties: Applied Sciences; Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science; and Mechanical, Marine and Materials Engineering.
BME know-how in these has led to a broad BME programme. Clinically driven research is also a central theme in the programme. There is close collaboration with clinical partners at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC
Smarthistory.org
smARThistory.org is a free multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional and static art history textbook.
E-university – what have we learned?
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Photographs (Box 1, Folder 6) 1932
The two photographs were taken on the set of 'The Kid from Spain', 1932.,The two photographs were taken on the set of 'The Kid from Spain', 1932.,Digital image
The Empathic Civilization
At this event Jeremy Rifkin will talk about his latest book The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis. His book is a sweeping new interpretation of the history of civilization, that looks at the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our development-and is likely to determine our fate as a species.
Digital Signal Processing Laboratory (ECE 420)
Development of real-time digital signal processing (DSP) systems using a DSP microprocessor; several structured laboratory exercises, such as sampling and digital filtering, followed by an extensive DSP project of the student's choice.
Building Stones of Maryland
This article written for the Maryland Geological Survey discusses the most common stones produced in Maryland quarries. Descriptions of the stones include, not only geologic explanations, but also their history and famous places in which the stones are used.
Rose Bowl : can a football team score 11 points in a game?
This activity uses the history of the Rose Bowl football tournament to examine numerical combinations. It asks the student how many different ways a football team can end a game with 11 points, something that has never happened in Rose Bowl history. The activity, part of the Figure This! collection of 80 math challenges emphasizing math in the real world, also considers possible numerical combinations for playing darts and introduces the concept of a perfect number. It suggests that students mak
Auburn vs. Clemson (1949)
"This was the calm before the storm. A listless Auburn played a keyed Clemson and the Tigers had to make a fourth quarter comeback to gain a 20-20 tie. Playing their second game of the season in Ladd Stadium in Mobile, the Tigers were the victims of bad breaks and sluggish playing. Tidwell spearheaded Auburn's attack, but it was the desperate last minute running of Jim Jeffers that saved the day for the Tigers. Auburn was trailing 20-14 when Jeffers sparked a fourth quarter drive that netted Aub
Ethnographic Program
provides a map linked to nearly 60 national park sites and resources that emphasize the role of African Americans in the development of American culture, heritage, and history. Each link describes the importance of that park or resource to African American history.
Great Frontier, The
'The Great Frontier' juxtaposes dramatizations of two stories. In the first, Tracy Barnes, host of the cable access show 'Oklahoma Yesterdays,' prepares for a broadcast on Bill Jenkins, a film-maker who was attempting to make 'real westerns.' This alternates with vignettes depicting the life of Bill Jenkins.
Rock Cycle Animations
This site features Flash animations that illustrate various facets of the rock cycle. The visualizations depict rock-forming processes, such as erosion, transportation, deposition, cementation, crystallization, subduction, and eruption, that create sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks. They also show cooling environments that result in varied crystal sizes and demonstrate igneous rock classification. The animations can be paused and rewound to stress important points. These resources are
Graphie, géopolitique et idéologie
Cette étude propose une réflexion sur les standards et règles d'écritures du créole : histoire, influences et perspectives d'évolution.
The Secret Life of Machines: internal combustion engine - Part 2 Part 2 of a 1990 TV episode on the internal combustion engine, from the 'Secret Lives of Machines' series.
The Institute for Antiquity and Christianity Report 1972 - 80
Contents:
Foreward
Research Project Reports:
Ugartic and Hebrew Parallels Project
Old Testament Form - Critical Project
The Dead Sea Scrolls
The Philo Project
The Chreia in Greco - Roman Literature and Education
Corpus Hellenisticum Novi Testamenti
International Greek New Testament Project
The Facsimile Edition of the Nag Hammadi Codices
The Coptic Gnostic Library
The Nag Hammadi Excavations
Catenae of Patristic Biblical Interpretation
The Patmos Monastery Library Project
Institute Activities:













