UW 360 April 2012: Cherry Blossoms
See the well-loved campus sight - the spring cherry blossoms on the UW Liberal Arts Quad
The Future of the Present: Faculty Imagine the FAS at 400 - Conversations@FAS
How will the digital revolution transform the FAS in 25 years? How could the role of individual scholars change as access to and quantities of data exponentially increase? What function should the Harvard campus serve when virtual classrooms can reach across the world? How should universities allocate their resources, physically and financially, as new technologies demand and enable fresh collaborations? Join us for two panel discussions that imagine how current trends may transform the way Harv
Great Ocean Conveyor Belt: Part II
A substantial increase in freshwater running into the northern Atlantic Ocean could dramatically affect climate and global ocean currents. This audio segment from National Public Radio presents viewpoints from scientists studying changes in ocean circulation.
Early Modern Spanish Theater: José Luis Raymond
Watch video of José Luis Raymond of Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático (Madrid) presenting “Del teatro barroco a la escenografía de concepto” on April 3 as part of the Early Modern Spanish Theater: Text and Performance Symposium.
BindingDB: Download all data for a target of interest
By: gnicpro This tutorial describes how to retrieve all published binding data for a particular protein target of interest in BindingDB.
http://bindingdb.org
OPPENHEIMER LECTURE: The Higgs Particle: Pivot Of Symmetry And Mass
Gerardus 't Hooft
Professor of Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, Netherlands
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Our theoretical understanding of the sub-atomic world would not be complete without the Higgs particle.
Sometimes called "The God Particle", this very special particle generates the differences between the fundamental particles and it gives them mass, but until shortly it went undetected.
Of course, in science we use different words. In this lecture it is explained what this mysterious
Authors at Google: Joshua David, Robert Hammond, "HIGH LINE: ..."
The High Line, a new park atop an elevated rail structure on Manhattan's West Side, is among the most innovative urban reclamation projects in memory. The story of how it came to be is a remarkable one: two young citizens with no prior experience in planning and development collaborated with their neighbors, elected officials, artists, local business owners, and leaders of burgeoning movements in horticulture and landscape architecture to create a park celebrated worldwide as a model for creativ
Increasing Attendance for Hepatitis C Care in Canada (French)
By: bccdc Narrated slide presentation about a research project that uncovered factors contributing to non-attendance for hepatitis C care of interest to people living with hepatitis C and care providers.
Jon Galloway Helps Introduce Web Camps 2012 Web Camps TV is happy to announce an upcoming series of developer camps specifically designed for web developers. Visit the WebCamps Web Site to find out more about the events, which are coming to a few cities throughout the world this Spring and later this Fall. In this week's episode, Jon Galloway joins Author(s):
Beginner Lesson S2 #18 - Likes, Dislikes and People We Don’t Like
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today is a bit of a flash from the past as we bring you a conversation reminiscent of early JapanesePod101.com. And no, that doesn’t mean Peter is in the conversation… you’ll have to tune in to find out more, but you can probably get a pretty good idea from the title. [...]
Thunderbird Emeritus President
Thunderbird School of Global Management gives Angel Cabrera, Ph.D., the honorary title of "emeritus president" in a resolution from the Board of Trustees on April 27, 2012, in Glendale, Arizona.
THESE FINE MORNINGS: Elizabeth Bishop and the New Yorker || Woodberry Poetry Room
A One-Act Play starring Lisa Olstein, Katie Peterson, Robert Pinsky & Lloyd Schwartz
Created by Joelle Biele, These Fine Mornings is a one-act play that draws upon excerpts from letters between Bishop and New Yorker editors Charles Pearce, Katharine White, and Howard Moss. Woven between their correspondence are letters Bishop wrote to friends, internal magazine documents, poems, and questions and answers that appear on proofs.
Date: Recorded on March 27, 2012, at the Barker Center, Harvard U
A Simple Fiber-Optic Communications System
In this video from the ICT Center, learn how rise-time analysis is performed to determine the maximum data rate of a fiber optic communications system. Animations and diagrams show how a transmitter, fiber, and receiver work together to transfer information and how component rise times and fiber dispersion contribute to total rise time. (5:30)
Geographical Features: River Features
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Coroner's Report: Al Capone
Al Capone survived assassination attempts, brutal gang wars and an attack by a fellow inmate at Alcatraz. In this video clip, learn how unprotected sex took down one of history's most notorious gangsters. (2:38)
Thomas Jefferson's Family
Thomas Jefferson married Martha Wales Skelton in 1772 and built a family at Monticello. In this video clip, learn more about Thomas Jefferson and his family life. (4:02)
LQP Asks: What Earth-friendly practice would you like to see implemented at the UA?
LQP Asks: What Earth-friendly practice would you like to see implemented at the UA?
Blueprint for the Brain
How can three pounds of jelly inside our skulls enable us to do everything that makes us human? For centuries, scientists have been fascinated and puzzled by the mysterious workings of the brain. Now, for the first time, they can re-create in the computer the shapes of every one of the billions of nerve cells that make up our brains— the component parts of the intricate neural circuits that allow us to move, see and hear, to feel and to think. Armed with this new tool, scientists are begin
UM Student Vision Lighting Project
The University of Mississippi is working with Philips Lighting Corporation to study the effects different light settings have on learning. Video by Mary Stanton.
Los secretos del Sol - (The History Channel) parte 3 de 4
Existen miles de millones de estrellas en el universo, pero sólo una domina nuestro vecindario celestial, el Sol. Es tan grande, que en todo su volumen podrían caber un millón de planetas Tierra y tan poderoso, que cada segundo produce una cantidad de energía equivalente a mil millones de bombas de hidrógeno de un megatón.
El Sol es el gran motor que impulsa nuestro sistema solar, suministrando la energía que hace posible la existencia de vi
