Marxism in IR and the challenge of Realism
Andrew Davenport, DPhil candidate in the Department of International Relations at the University of Sussex, gives a talk on 2nd Feb 2012 for the Historical Materialism and International Relations seminar series. The Historical Materialism and International Relations seminar series seeks to explore and develop the multiple points of contact between Marxist theory and international relations, most broadly defined. It does so with the double aim of investigating the critical and explanatory potenti
PHY195 Session 3 Spring 2012
Astronomy with Bruce Betts 02/21/12
SMU Centennial Symposium: Keynote Address by Duy-Loan Le
Reception and dinner for "The University and the City: Higher Education and the Common Good," including remarks by Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and keynote address by Duy-Loan Le, a Texas Instruments Senior Fellow. The relationship between cities and universities was the theme of SMU's Centennial Academic Symposium, held November 10-11, 2011.
SMU Centennial Symposium: Welcome
Welcoming remarks by James K. Hopkins, Symposium Chair and SMU Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, and by SMU Provost Paul Ludden. They were followed by the opening address of Henry S. Bienen, President Emeritus of Northwestern University, who spoke on "Reflections on a University in a Great City." The symposium, held at SMU November 10-11, 2011, was titled "The University and the City: Higher Education and the Common Good" and examined the relationship between cities and universities.
Open Classroom 2/22/12 #2 Sarah Dwyer
Food and American Society an Urban Perspective
Topic for 2/22/12: What we eat: The role of culture
Lectures:
Sara Dwyer - Program Manager, Oldways -- Culture and Food
Lori Lefkovitz - Ruderman Professor and Director of Jewish Studies, Northeastern University
Robert Hall - Associate Professor of African American Studies, Northeastern University
The Open Classroom Policy Series is a graduate-level public policy seminar that is open to the public. Each semester, the School of Public Policy and
Common Shore Crab--An Overview
This short video gives excellent real life, close up footage of a Common Shore Crab. As its name suggests, the common shore crab is one of the most common crabs on the British shore. This species is usually dark green in color, although young individuals may have whitish blotches. The carapace of the common shore crab is wider than it is long, and the first pair of walking limbs ('pereopods') have pincers. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help mak
FISH DISSECTION VIDEO 3
Dissection of perch brain
Inventing Bar Graphs
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad discovers a bug problem in the Cybrary. They know that something needs to be done to stop the bugs before they eat everything in the Cybrary, so the CyberSquad creates a bar graph to display the number of bugs they found in each room. Ms. Fileshare is concerned about the bug problem until she is shown a different bar graph that shows the number of bugs in each room to be much smaller. The CyberSquad must figure out why the two graph
DIU de chirurgie robotique Nancy 2012 : le module simulateur en chirurgie robotique (video)
DIU de chirurgie robotique Nancy 2012
Titre: Le module simulateur en chirurgie robotique
Intervenant: Cyril PERRENOT
L’auteur n’a pas transmis de conflit d’intérêt concernant les données diffusées dans cette vidéo ou publiées dans la référence citée.
Conférence enregistrée lors du DIU de chirurgie robotique à Nancy le 4 janvier 2012 en partenariat avec l’UNF3S
Réalisation, production
Authors@Google: Bonnie Schneider
Meteorologist Bonnie Schneider visited Google Los Angeles to discuss her book "Extreme Weather. This talk took place on February 13, 2012 as part of the Authors@Google series.
MUS101 Session 3 Spring 2012
MUS101 Session 3 Spring 2012
"Introducing Music"
Rik Noyce
Guest: Tish Oney
UW 360 February 2011: Fish Collection
The Burke Museum and the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences maintain a collection of fish and larvae that's been growing since 1919. There are many thousands of specimens; in fact, it's one of the largest collections in the world.
Compound Words PowerPoint
An educational PowerPoint that teaches Compound Words. It introduces two words then join them together to form one. Examples, cowboy, cupcake, rainfall, rainbow, sunshine, and more.
This is from Special Needs PowerPoints. (02:09)
Fertile Ground: Exploring the Intersection Between the Reproductive and Environmental Justice Moveme
Women and communities living in economically disadvantaged areas disproportionately suffer exposure to harmful chemicals from environmental hazards, which pose serious consequences for their reproductive health. Both the reproductive justice and environmental justice movements focus on improving socioeconomic and environmental conditions for communities living in poverty. Despite their similarities, these movements have historically operated on parallel tracks, often working in isolation. Join u
Relationship between Diameter and Circumference
The CyberSquad is trapped in one of the Spheres of Fears, and they are trying to get through a gate to escape. The key to the gate is locked inside a can, and in order to access the key they must attach the correct label to the can. After guessing incorrectly on the first try, the CyberSquad decides to take some measurements to find the correct label. Using two circles nearby, they compare the diameter of each circle to its circumference. They realize there is a special relationship between the
Breakfast Boost
We learn why breakfast is the most important meal of the day after Fizzy oversleeps for the mayor's inspection and frantically rushes to get the Lunch Lab ready without having eaten breakfast. (4:30)
Underwater Polar Bear
Paul Nicklen talks about his 10-year quest to capture this captivating underwater image of a polar bear during this one-minute video clip.
Gengo Spanish #29 - Just Wanted to Say This in Spanish
Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! It’s been a little while since you sent your e-mail that you wrote in Spanish, and you still haven’t heard a response from your friend. Maybe you wrote something incorrectly in Spanish, since it’s your second language? Or maybe you should have approached your friend in person instead. Maybe Latin Americans [...]
News #88 - LEAP Over to Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus for a Deal So Good It Gets Its Very Own Da
Love it or hate it, there’s just no avoiding social media these days. Facebook! Twitter! YouTube! Whether you’ve picked your poison or decided to be them all, SpanishPod101.com has decided to make Spanish learning even easier for you by sharing our lessons and vocabulary through popular social platforms. And now, we’re expanding out to uncharted [...]
How Does Lifestyle Affect Diabetes?
In this animated video segment adapted from the Eagle Books series produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an American Indian boy named Rain That Dances meets Mr. Eagle, who is sad about the health of the people in the village. Mr. Eagle describes how hard work and physical activity used to be a way of life, making people strong and healthy, but now many people are sick with diabetes because of their new lifestyles. Rain That Dances learns how to prevent diabetes by eating he
