Interactive graphics and advanced storytelling
Interactive graphics and advanced storytelling
Tasting menu: Audio highlights from the September 23rd 2017 edition This week: Venezuela pushes rabbit as a food source, Russia celebrates a new national hero, and the pros and cons of the serial comma
1: Gravitational force
From the moment that Galileo dropped two cannonballs of different sizes and weights from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa mankind has been fascinated by the impact of gravity. This Unit looks at gravity, its impact on objects and how the energy involved in the movement of objects is dispersed or stored.
Breakingviews: Germany ESM vote
Sept. 12 - The Constitutional Court's conditional approval for Berlin taking part in the ESM doesn't alter Germany's euro equation, says Reuters Breakingviews.
Thomas Burns Memorial Lecture 6 - 'I have Seen the Promised Land': Visions of Deliverance in Black a
Professor John Coffey, who is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leicester, UK, presents the Thomas Burns Memorial Lectures for 2010. His theme: ‘Let my people go’: Exodus and Deliverance from Calvin to Obama.
Lectures given August, 2010.
Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
Most people associate 'Take the A Train' with Duke Ellington, but an under-rated jazz genius, Billy Strayhorn, composed it for Ellington. This is a brief overview of their relationship.
Margaret Dalziel Lecture 2009: Jam Tarts for the Mind (audio)
Professor Lydia Wevers, Director, Stout Research Centre for NZ Studies, Victoria University, presents the 2009 Margaret Dalziel lecture, given September 17, 2009.
"Jam Tarts for the Mind," an exploration of the webs of intersection between nineteenth-century New Zealand rural readers and popular fiction a hundred years ago.
Clemson University Architecture: Designing Transformational Leaders
The pre-professional undergraduate architecture curriculum at Clemson University is fluid, providing a broad education that allows students to transform into diverse, well-rounded and proficient critical thinkers and designers. Fluid is choice. Choice broadens experience and encourages students to shape their own educational path. Students choose a minor and a foreign language, in addition to a semester at one of our off-campus locations through the Fluid Campus. These choices allow students to
Nicholson Baker: 2013 National Book Festival
Nicholson Baker appears at the 2013 Library of Congress National Book Festival.
Speaker Biography: Nicholson Baker is the author of novels and nonfiction works and a winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. He has published widely, including in Harper's, The New York Review of Books and The New Yorker. His fiction works focus more on characterization than on narrative and often feature use of the stream-of-consciousness technique. Baker is also an activist for the preservation of old
New Forms of Cultural Capital [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Philippe Coulangeon, Dr Sam Friedman, Dr Laurie Hanquinet | A panel of leading international experts discuss whether traditional forms of 'highbrow' cultural capital associated with the dominance of the classical and historical canon are being eclipsed by newer and more fluid kinds of cultural tastes, associated with contemporary music and art, sport, and engaging with the social media and computer games. Philippe Coulangeon is Director of Research at SNRS, Sciences Po and
How to add a page jump
This video shows you how to lead your students to the page that you want them to open in your lesson.
Health Begins At Home
Each year, hazards in the home cause millions of illnesses and injuries across the nation. Many can be prevented by keeping your home clean and well-maintained. Recognizing problems and correcting them can protect you and your family. In this video, several common problems and simple solutions are discussed. Grades 7-12. 3:19 min.
DataDive Subject Pronoun-Video Lecture
The Norman Cutler Conference on South Asian Literature (COSAL) honors the life and work of the late Norman Cutler, former Professor of Tamil in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations.
Keynote Address by A.R. Venkatachalapathy, History and Literary Historiography, Madras Institute of Development Studies.
Co-sponsored by the U