UW 360: October 2010
The stories begin with a study on the potentially disastrous results of building homes and businesses along flood-prone rivers, and what we can do to avoid catastrophe. Visit the renowned Lamborghini Lab, where researchers create lightning strikes and high-impact crashes in the quest to make safer vehicles. Meet a UW alum who helped bring local farmers’ markets to Seattle neighborhoods; and visit the new Center for Pediatric Dentistry, which provides dental care for young children in our area
Reshaping Vascular Surgery at UW Medicine
Meet the UW Medicine Vascular Team at Harborview Medical Center and learn
about the leading edge work of three world class UW Medicine physicians. In
this Inside Access program, we follow two patients whose lives have been
saved by employing endovascular techniques to repair abdominal aortic
aneurysms. One patient suffered a life-threatening ruptured aneurysm while
the other underwent minimally-invasive surgery to repair a complex aneurysm
that, in the past, would have required open surgery.
Observations on Collaborative Design and Multimedia Usage in Virtual Design Studio
The virtual design studio (VDS) points to a new way of practicing and teaching architectural design. As a new phenomenon, little research has been done to evaluate design collaboration and multimedia usage in a distributed workplace like the virtual design studio. Our research provides empirical data on how students actually use multiple media during architectural collaborative design.
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President Heckler Lilly Conference Address - Part 5
Valparaiso University President Mark Heckler speaks on the subject of "The Arts as Institutional Signature" during the 20th anniversary national conference of the Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts (www.lillyfellows.org). More than 200 scholars from across the United States converged at Valparaiso University, Oct. 14 to 17, 2010, to discuss how colleges and students are being affected by changing notions of place, community and higher learning in the 21st century. How distance lear
8.3 Problems for Locke's View of Personal Identity
Part 8.3. Criticisms of Locke's view of personal identity; if personal identity is dependent on memory then how does forgetting personal history and the concept of false memory change Locke's view of personal identity.
7.2 Different Concepts of Freedom
Part 7.2. Looks at Hobbes' and Hume's views of free will and the three concepts of freedom, and considers the idea of moral responsibility as dependent on free will.
7.1 Free Will, Determinism and Choice
Part 7.1. Explores the problem of free will and the ideas of moral responsibility, determinism and choice; the need for a concept of freedom to allow free choice, the problems associated with this and asking whether we really have freedom of choice.
MITERS TV Shoot 11/30/2010
Showing off some of the recent projects at MITERS for a Japanese TV show.
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3.4 Scotland, the prayer book and the bishops’ wars
Britain was the first country to industrialise, and it acquired the largest empire ever during this same period. But its sphere of economic influence extended far beyond the boundaries of the formal British Empire. This unit focuses on the economics of empire, using a case study of one town, Dundee in eastern Scotland, to explore this huge topic.
3.1.1 Financing government
Britain was the first country to industrialise, and it acquired the largest empire ever during this same period. But its sphere of economic influence extended far beyond the boundaries of the formal British Empire. This unit focuses on the economics of empire, using a case study of one town, Dundee in eastern Scotland, to explore this huge topic.
2.2.3 Model 3: African + Roman = African persistence and no evidence of Roman traits dominating (sep
From Rome to Pompeii and Ephesus the excavation of Roman remains is well known, but what of Roman remains in Africa? This unit looks at the Roman city of Thugga and examines the influence that Roman architecture and art had on Africa and its people.
2.2.2 Model 2: African + Roman= African traits continue to dominate and Roman traits fail to become
From Rome to Pompeii and Ephesus the excavation of Roman remains is well known, but what of Roman remains in Africa? This unit looks at the Roman city of Thugga and examines the influence that Roman architecture and art had on Africa and its people.
The UW Center for Commercialization: Tomorrow's University Now
The UW's Center for Commercialization seeks to monetize discoveries made from university research. A decade from now, the most significant universities will be those that figured out how to collaborate with industry, and whose research has the greatest impact on society. Hear how UWC4C is remaking itself as part of UW's commitment to this kind of leadership while strenghtening their associations with industry.
CSE Distinguished Lecturer Series-Challenges to the Future of Research Universities
American research universities are widely admired as the best in the world. The ability to turn research discoveries into new products, companies, and even industries make them the envy of the world. But as Stanford University President John Hennessy explains, there are storm clouds on the horizon, including inadequacy of federal research funding, decreasing state commitments to higher education, emerging well-funded challengers for scientific leadership, and lagging interest and preparation in
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Thank You, New York
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish played Army on November 20, 2010, at Yankee Stadium in New York City. These are highlights of the weekend including television appearances, the pep rally at Lincoln Center, and the Marching Band performance at Times Square. Notre Dame loves New York!
Final score: ND 27, Army 3.
Army Game Opening Salute
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish played Army on November 20, 2010, at Yankee Stadium in New York City. This is the salute to our opponent played at the opening of the game.
Shana Weber, Princeton University: The Greening of Technology - Sustainability Initiatives at Prince
Princeton’s Campus Sustainability Plan includes comprehensive efforts to reduce waste and conserve resources in all areas of University operations, as well as initiatives in research, education, civic engagement, and communications. Computing is becoming a large part of the University’s energy-use footprint and considerable efforts are underway to find sustainable energy and conservation solutions. From high energy super-computers to paper use to videoconferencing, this session will explore
Shana Weber, Princeton University: The Greening of Technology - Sustainability Initiatives at Prince
Princeton’s Campus Sustainability Plan includes comprehensive efforts to reduce waste and conserve resources in all areas of University operations, as well as initiatives in research, education, civic engagement, and communications. Computing is becoming a large part of the University’s energy-use footprint and considerable efforts are underway to find sustainable energy and conservation solutions. From high energy super-computers to paper use to videoconferencing, this session will explore
