UMass Cultivates in New Greenhouse
At UMass Amherst, the new Research & Education Greenhouse, a $10.8 million renovation and expansion, provides outstanding research and teaching space for plant biology. The new greenhouses are state-of-the-art, featuring sophisticated automated systems to control natural and artificial lighting, temperature, humidity, and irrigation and fertilization. The control systems can also adapt the interior environment to the sun, wind and weather. The facility has two research labs, a wet/dry classroom
The Word from Wall Street
Dean Nancy A. Bagranoff of the Robins School of Business kicks off
the inaugural event "Word from Wall Street" of the Robins Executive Speaker Series.
Presenter Paul Queally R'86, co-president of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, moderates a panel of Wall Street executives, inviting questions from the audience
on the state of the U.S. financial climate
"Solar Geoengineering as a Tool to Manage Climate Risks"
Something in the Air: Climate Change, Science and Policy - Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
"Solar Geoengineering as a Tool to Manage Climate Risks" by David Keith, Canada Research Chair in Energy and the Environment, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary
Unexplained Drownings and Cardiac Channelopathies
Dr. Michael J. Ackerman, Windland Smith Rice Cardiovascular Genomics Research Professor and Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pharmacology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, discusses his artice appearing in the October 2011 Issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings on a relationship between victims of an otherwise unexplained drowning and a collection of genetic heart rhythm disorders known as the cardiac channelopathies. These findings have the potential to not only establish a genetic cause for th
ELES 2011 – Le dossier communicant de cancérologie, une étape vers le dossier médical personnel
Titre : ELES 2011 – Le dossier communicant de cancérologie, une étape vers le dossier médical personnel.
Intervenant(s) : François GUILLEMIN (Professeur, Directeur Général du Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer (CRLCC Alexis Vautrin de Nancy).
Résumé : Le dossier communiquant de cancérologie, une étape vers le dossier médical personnel. Le Plan cancer 2009-2013 prévoit de déployer cet outil en lien avec la relance du dossier médical personnel et d’é
Jamaican Dairy Farmers Can't Sell Product
A Jamaican dairy farmer says he hasn't sold any milk for more than a year, due to the cheaper imported milk powder.
Oral Rayson is one of the last dairy farmers in Jamaica. Many of his fellow farmers sold their cows to sustain their lives and their families. But Rayson isn't doing that much better. He has about 45 cows, which he is gradually selling to supply food and necessities for his family.
Jamaica's dairy industry was quite prosperous in the late 1980s. But the industry today cannot com
Entretiens Jacques Cartier - IT Security, Cyber Forensics and the Fight Against Cybercrime
http://finearts.concordia.ca/newsandevents/events/games-colloquium-part-of-entretiens-jacques-cartier-2011.php
Measuring the Unmeasurable: A Vulnerability-Centric Approach to Network Security Metric
Dr. Lingyu Wang,
Associate Professor, CIISE, Concordia University
Séance on a Sunday Afternoon
In this video we meet the cast and Director of Séance On A Sunday Afternoon, Lakeside's latest in-house production written by Stephen Lowe.
Recently bereaved, and lost to the world and herself, CECILIA finds herself at the legendary Rennes Le Chateau in the South of France, believed by many to be the final resting place of Mary Magdalene, where she hopes and prays for meaning.
Performances take place between 14 - 29 October 2011.
For more information and booking visit Lakeside's website http
Objects of Belief: The Christian Cross
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The cross is the most widely recognised Christian symbol. But it takes many forms and, in each of them, is embedded a different way of looking at the death of Jesus and what his death means for particular groups of Christians. This can be seen by 'reading' a modern Liberation Theology cross from El Salvador.
"Climate, Oceans, and Human Health"
Something in the Air: Climate Change, Science and Policy - Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
"Climate, Oceans, and Human Health" by Rita Colwell, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland at College Park and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health; Senior Advisor and Chairman Emeritus, Canon US Life Sciences; President and CEO, CosmosID, Inc.
20.10.2011 – Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten
Trainieren Sie Ihr Hörverstehen mit authentischen Materialien. Nutzen Sie die Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Donnerstag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.
Im hoch verschuldeten Griechenland gehen die Streiks und Proteste gegen das neue Sparprogramm der Regierung weiter. Vor allem die Beschäftigten im öffentlichen Dienst legten den zweiten Tag in Folge die Arbeit nieder. Hingegen normalisierte sich der Flugverkehr nach dem Ende des Streiks der Fluglotsen. - Am Mi
Comma Splice
A student made video cast introduction and review of Comma Splices and correction options. (2:02)
Lessons from the frontline
'Kill or capture' maybe a military slogan but the conditions of war have lessons for business too. Lieutenant General Andrew Graham, latterly Director General, Defence Academy of the UK, explains how adopting a military Command Leadership role can help you succeed in business.
Professor Sterman talks on System Dynamics
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Inside the lab: J. Christopher Love, Ph.D.
Learn more about how the Love lab is using miniature micro titer plates and micro fluidics to evaluate populations of cells, maximize their productivity, and ultimately improve the process for developing cancer biologics.
Professor Sterman talks on Process Improvement//Market Analysis
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3. The Future
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1. Introduction and the Past
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Charles R. Evans, International Health Service Group - IMPACT
Charles R. Evans is President of the International Health Services Group (IHSG), a social enterprise he founded in 2007 to support health services development in underserved areas of the world. It is the mission of IHSG to work with established organizations to supplement their capabilities in healthcare management and development as they work to achieve their broader missions. Projects are currently underway in Kenya, Nigeria, Peru, Honduras and the Dominican Republic working with such partne
Van Jones: “Rebuild the American Dream: Green Jobs and Beyond”
Watch video of Van Jones, a pioneering leader in the clean-energy movement and author of The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems, speaking at Vanderbilt University Oct. 19. Jones’ talk, “Rebuild the American Dream: Green Jobs and Beyond,” is the 2011 Harry C. Howard Jr. Lecture presented by the Robert Pennkeep reading »
