MIT Alumni Crew Oct 1, 2011
Alumni Crew Race between Class of '63 and MIT10.
Announcement of winner.
Christening of our new women’s racing shell in honor of Julie Soriero, our wonderful athletic director.
Art On Wheels
In his new book, On Wings of Diesel, Jamal Elias, professor of Religious Studies, takes readers on journey through the world of Pakistani truck decoration. These ornately adorned vehicles depict all aspects of life and fuel an extensive artisanal industry. To provide a unique understanding of Pakistan's complex society, Elias explores designs and motifs in truck art, the motivations of those involved in the practice and its cultural significance. An accomplished amateur photographer, Elias illus
School of Arts and Sciences Signature Courses
To learn more about the School of Arts and Science's Signature Courses, visit our webpage at http://sas.rutgers.edu/signature.
Johns Hopkins Astrophysicist Adam Riess wins Nobel Prize
On Tuesday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences recognized Adam Riess, the Krieger-Eisenhower Professor in Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins and a scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute, for his leadership in the High-z Team's 1998 discovery that the expansion rate of the universe is accelerating, a phenomenon widely attributed to a mysterious, unexplained "dark energy" filling the universe.
'Making Rich People Richer Doesn't Make the Rest of Us richer' and 22 other Things They Don't Tell Y
Speaker(s): Professor Ha-Joon Chang | Three years on since the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008, the world economy is struggling, with huge downward pressures on many people's living standards and sense of security. The predominant opinion is that, in order to get out of this mess, we have to cut taxes, cut welfare spending, and deregulate – so that the wealth creators can start investing and generating wealth again. But why should we so much trust in those very people, who, despite ta
Station 1
Les campus universitaires québécois - Emission 22
ÉMISSION 22
Les marais côtiers du Saint-Laurent (UQAR)
Une équipe de chercheurs de l’Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski de l’Université du Québec à Rimouski a choisi le marais salé de la Pointe aux Épinettes dans le parc national du Bic (Bas Saint-Laurent) comme site de référence pour leurs études.
Un prof, un livre : Martin Pâquet, professeur au Département d’histoire à l’Univ
La cinétique chimique
Émission 1 : La cinétique chimique
Une occasion de vous initier à la cinétique, l'étude de la vitesse des réactions chimiques. Certaines, comme les combustions, sont très rapides, voire explosives; d'autres, comme la décomposition dans le milieu naturel des matières plastiques, sont extrêmement lentes. La cinétique des réactions chimiques se retrouve partout : des cellules vivantes à l'aérospatiale.
California Museums: Sites of Global Dialogue
What does it mean to be a global museum in California in the 21st century? The USC International Museum Institute and the J. Paul Jetty Museum sponsored a seminar addressing this question as part of the Museum Matters series for museum professionals on March 23, 2011.
Featured speakers include Roxana Velasquez, director of the San Diego Museum of Art; Selma Holo, Director of the USC Fisher Museum of Art and the USC International Museum Institute; and Jay Xu, director of the San Francisco Asian
EU leaders hold crisis talks
Oct.23 - European leaders meet in Brussels to discuss a Greek bailout and Europe's deepening sovereign debt crisis. Andrew Raven reports.
La chimie.com - Les acides
La chimie.com
Émission 3 - Les acides
Certains acides peuvent être néfastes pour l'environnement, par exemple les pluies acides. Par contre, d'autres tel le vinaigre, sont utiles et agréables. Une occasion de comprendre les acides pour savoir comment ils influencent l'environnement et l'humain et de quelle manière nous pouvons en tirer le meilleur profit.
Civil Engineering Analysis
Presented in this lecture are fundamentals of numerical analysis including FEM and BEM. In the first part of the lectures, variational methods and weighted residual methods are explained. Then the fundamentals and formulations of boundary element method are described.
Author(s): The Nature Explorers South Los Padres Expedition Part 4 of 8
In this expedition we travel to South Los Padres National forest, 25 miles north of Los Angeles California. This diverse eco-system is situated just outside one of the largest cities in the world, but it's amazing what the Piru Creek and surrounding Echo Valley ecosystem has to offer.
Dr. Oliver Sacks on The Mind's Eye
In The Mind's Eye, physician and author Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read, or the sense of sight.
Dr. Sacks recently visited the American Museum of Natural History to discuss his book and how he too has struggled with several perceptual cond
A Brief Introduction to Engineering Computation with MATLAB
Serhat Beyenir
An Engineering Computation Primer.
Some Rights Reserved
The Baseball Card
Gen Ed at Bat part 2
Robin Kelsey, Shirley Carter Burden Professor of Photography (History of Art and Architecture)
October 13, 2011
7 Billion - Economy
Legal and economic expert Michael Peters explores the critical role that law will play in ensuring fair access to services and property in a more populous world.
For more detailed videos and opinion pieces visit our 7 Billion website:
www.7billion.unsw.edu.au.
EEMIS 2011: Evolution des référentiels sémantiques internationaux
Titre: Evolution des référentiels sémantiques internationaux (CEN/ISO,CIM/OMS et SNOMED CT/HTSDO)
Conférence enregistrée lors de la "Sixième Ecole d' Eté Méditérranéenne d'Information En Santé" sur le thème "Systèmes d'Information : de l'hôpital au territoire, bilan et perspectives"
du 18 au 22 juillet 2011à Corte (Corse). Conférences organisés par Associations AIM et AMIS, en partenariat avec l'Université de Cor
People in Egypt and Lebanon react to Gaddafi's death
Oct.21 - Muammar Gaddafi's death provokes mixed reactions in Cairo and Beirut. Sunita Rappai reports.
