Breakingviews: Libor adds to U.S. bank valuation woes
Antony Currie and Agnes Crane discuss how the interbank lending rate scandal adds more pain for shareholders of BofA, Citi and JPMorgan.
The hour between dog and wolf
Testosterone-fuelled young male city traders, on a winning streak, shift their risk preferences and take on too much risk. When they lose money in a volatile market, their hormonal response drives the financial community to being risk averse. Dr John Coates explains "We've been trying to identify the molecules and nervous pathways in the body that contribute to this transformation, that would account for shifts in risk preferences which we think destabilise the financial markets."
07 MITEC Electric Grid-Scale Energy
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University of Richmond: One word to describe the year
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The Pennell Center - HARRY H FRAMPTON III
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C9::GoingNative Live: Kate Gregory and Steve Teixeira - Modern C++, AMP, Casablanca, C++ Renaissance In this special episode of GoingNative, Charles is joined by Kate Gregory and Steve Teixeira to discuss the latest and greatest in C++, VC++ and more - all native of course! Steve runs the VC++ PM team (feature team) and Kate is a consultant and engineer who's gone 100% native this year based on customer demand. Go native!
She's also a
Jim Knight (Roche) at the 2012 SFAF Meeting
By: JGI Jim Knight on "454 Sequencing: The Road to the Future" at the 2012 Sequencing, Finishing, Analysis in the Future Meeting held June 5-7, 2012 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
EAHA Day 2 Session 3B: Rapid Needs Assessment Lecture
Universities in the Eastern Africa Region have come together to implement an initiative Health Emergency Management Program (HEMP) that will build the capacity of local governments in the region to manage and plan for response to major disasters of public health importance. The Eastern African Region is prone to many natural and technological disasters of different kinds. There is not one nation in the region that is not vulnerable to the devastating effects of these disasters. Many of these dis
Community Information Corps Seminar
This course brings together students and faculty who are engaged in diverse community and public interest work to hear from a wide range of fascinating guests and to engage in discussion around their expertise and experiences. Readings include those recommended by guests and a highly focused group of context-setting community informatics articles. Students learn the roots of community informatics -- how it is practiced and where public interest information professionals work -- and consider citi
Networks: Theory and Application
SI 508 has been taught in various forms from 2006 to 2008 to masterŐs students at the University of Michigan School of Information. The course covers topics in network analysis, from social networks to applications in information networks such as the Internet. I will introduce basic concepts in network theory, discuss metrics and models, use software analysis tools to experiment with a wide variety of real-world network data, and study applications to areas such as information retrieval.As a ne
HEALth - Health Education through Active Learning
This program was designed for dental hygiene and dentistry students to help them learn about evidence-based dentistry and its role in providing quality dental care. This program uses patient-based case studies combined with interactive tools and activities to help students become effective consumers of oral health research data. They learn to locate, evaluate, and use the outcomes of research studies to improve patient assessment, diagnosis, clinical decision making, and treatment planning, as w
Seminar on Digital Libraries
SI 615 - This is a special topics seminar focusing on the current state of Ňdigital librariesÓ broadly defined. The seminar is multi-disciplinary in focus and in method, covering the history of the idea, its manifestation as projects and programs in academic, non-profit, and research settings, and the suite of policy issues that influence their development and growth. The concept of the digital library will serve as an intellectual construct within which to explore the related concepts of scho
Digital Libraries and Archives
This course focuses on the current state of "digital libraries" from a multidisciplinary perspective. Its point of departure is the possibilities and prospects for convergence of professions and cultures around the notion of digital media and content. The course covers the history of the idea of the digital library and the digital archive, especially its manifestation as projects and programs in academic, nonprofit, and research settings, and the suite of policy issues that influence the develop
Scholarship (Lexi)
College of Communications scholarship recipient Lexi Belculfine talks about how scholarship support enabled her to make the most of her college career at Penn State. Video produced by communications students.
time lapse mushroom
This is a timelapse I shot in regards to this story:
http://live.psu.edu/story/24823
Letter to Sarah Logue
In this video clip, Actor Benjamin Bratt reads a letter from a runaway slave to his former master. (3:17)
Seminar in Environmental Science, Spring 2008
Required for all Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences majors in the Environmental Science track, this course is an introduction to current research in the field. Stresses integration of central scientific concepts in environmental policy making and the chemistry, biology, and geology environmental science tracks. Revisits selected core themes for students who have already acquired a basic understanding of environmental science concepts. The topic for this term is geoengineering.
Matrix Multiplication with C++ AMP Hi, I am Daniel Moth This screencast assumes knowledge of the C++ AMP API, i.e. the simple model and the tiled model, and here we look at a common algorithm (matrix multiplication) and convert it from serial on the CPU, to run on the GPU, first with the simple model and then tiled. To learn more please visit the Author(s):
Gratitude: A New Film & Tour by Louie Schwartzberg
This video features interviews with young and old who provide insights into the importance of caring for others and of having gratitude for what each day offers. This video can be used for all ages, but is recommended for older students. The video could be used to motivate students to ponder and reflect on their situations and what it takes to make a good day.. The imagery is compelling as well. The site is asking for contributions. (5:44)
