Poets & Patriotism: The 200th Birthday of the Star-Spangled Banner
Internationally-renowned baritone Thomas Hampson presented a special program commemorating the 200th anniversary of our national anthem. The program included American music from colonial days to the present, rare historical documents from the Library's extensive collections. Hampson was joined by the University of Michigan Alumni Chorus, Mark Clague (University of Michigan) and pianist Matthew Thompson.
Speaker Biography: Praised by The New York Times for his "ceaseless curiosity," Thomas Hamp
Virtual Maths, Brick Density, Water Displacement method video
Video demonstrating how to measure the density of a brick using the water displacement method.
The Throughcare Map
The Throughcare Map is a guide for social workers, prison staff and others working with offenders in the provision of a throughcare service, from the point of sentence to release and supervision in the community.
The Rhubarb Triangle
This is an interactive learning resource book targeted at families who want to learn together and improve their basic English and maths abilities.
Fundamentalnaia elektronnaia biblioteka
The Fundamental Digital Library of Russian Literature and Folklore (FEB-web) is an ambitious project initiated by the Gorky Institute of World Literature and the Russian Ministry for Communications, which aims to make available the full-text authoritative primary and secondary literature pertaining to selected 11th- 20th century Russian literature and folklore (currently with limited full-text content). A developing resource, FEB-web can be navigated by: time period; author name (via author inde
9.93 Cognitive Neuroscience of Remembering: Creating and Controlling Memory (MIT)
This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month.
This survey course is intended to review memory and its impact on our lives. Memories make us who we are, and make us what we are going to become. The loss of memory in amnesia can cause us to lose ourselves.
Memory provides a bridge between past and present. Through memory, past sensations, feelings, and ideas that have
Research: What Is It?
Explains the difference between information gathering, secondary research, and primary research
CVs and Letters to Employers
CV’s and Letters to Employers is one of several Futures workbooks which help students choose and prepare for their careers. Like the other workbooks in the series you can dip in and out doing the exercises which are most relevant to you. You might want to include the exercises or the output in your personal development plan or e-portfolio.
Ceasefire takes hold in much of Ukraine except Debaltseve
Residents cautiously rejoice as fighting stops in most of eastern Ukraine except in the beleaguered city of Debaltseve, where periodic shelling continues. Nathan Frandino reports.
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Haiti president to seek PM resignation
Haiti's president is to seek the resignation of the prime minister hoping to settle a long-running political dispute that's blocked elections. Paul Chapman reports
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Learning spaces: evaluation
A presentation which provides an overview of key research questions relating to the development of fit for purpose learning spaces
Common Continuous Time Signals
Marco F. Duarte
Presents several useful continuous time signals.
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Hawks and Doves in Sudan's Armed Conflict: Al-Hakkamat Baggara Women of Darfur
Suad Musa kicks off a new term of ASC seminars by launching her new book. Al-Hakkamat Baggara women hold an instrumental position in rural Sudan, wielding agency, social and political power. This book uncovers their significant, but widely overlooked, role during the war in Darfur from the 1970s, and into today’s continuing conflict. The author examines, in depth, the influence they exercised through composing and reciting poems and songs and through informal speech and other symbolic acts and
An Exemplary Community
As we settle into the new semester, President Aoun shares some outstanding facts and figures about the new entering class and faculty colleagues who are joining us this year.
Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)
The Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) is an academic journal that began publication in 1969 under the auspices of the American Economic Association (AEA) with quarterly issues and continues to this day. It aims "to help economists keep up with the ever-increasing volume of economics research. This goal is effected by publishing survey articles and essays, book reviews, and an extensive bibliographic guide to the contents of current economics periodicals". AEA Members are entitled to receive J
Learning spaces: evaluation
A presentation which provides an overview of key research questions relating to the development of fit for purpose learning spaces
Episode 1: iOS8, VMworld, Airwatch Connect, Secure Email | The Endpoint Zone with Brad Anderson In the inaugural episode of the Endpoint Zone we get a view on the last month in enterprise mobility from Brad Anderson (CVP Enterprise Client and Mobility) and Simon May (Enterprise Device Infrastructuralist). Simon asks Brad about:
E-Portfolio Toolkit - Booklet
This E-Portfolio Toolkit is based on experience of developing the “Year Abroad E-Portfolio”, undertaken by the School of Languages at Leeds Metropolitan University. We use an E-Portfolio to assess our students on their period abroad because we think it encourages them to fully engage with culture(s) and language of the target country and to reflect on the resulting cultural and linguistic development. As part of our project, we have also developed a set of learning activities and materials,
Virtual Maths - Numbers, 2D Rectangle simulation tool
Interactive simulation tool demonstrating the formula for calculating the area of a 2D rectangle
