Who Stole the American Dream? | 21st Annual Stakeholder Dialogue 2014
The 21st Annual Stakeholder Dialogue on April 9, 2014 featured Hedrick Smith, author of Who Stole the American Dream?, addressing the tension between the private sector -- with its traditional role in wealth creation, the public sector -- with its traditional role in wealth distribution, and the challenges presented by dramatically increased income disparity. Respondents included: Jennifer Ford Reedy, President of the Bush Foundation; and Robert G. Kennedy, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Catholic
How does Parliament handle Ethical Issues raised by Scientific Advance?
Talk given by John Gummer MP as part of short course 2
Bip Bippadotta's Opposite song
This video is a song from Sesame Street that sings about various opposite pairs.
Inside the Teacher's Studio - Helane Rosenberg
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Craig Kielburger Convocation Speech June 2012
Craig and Marc Kielburger, founders of Free The Children and Me to We, both received honorary doctorates from Concordia on June 18, 2012. The university recognized them for their tireless campaigning against child exploitation, their youth leadership and their social entrepreneurship. Craig addressed graduates from the Faculty of Arts and Science during convocation.
10 tips for greener living
Reduce your environmental impact by using these 10 tips from students Joshua Powell, Hazel Gunn, SiYu Lu, James Gorden, Janni Chandru and Swapnil Jadhav.
Friends Helped Ducote Receive Fulbright Honors
Martin Ducote, 2012 UM Fulbright Scholar gives credits to his friendships made at Ole Miss and his professors for enabling him to receive the national honor. Video by Mary Stanton.
Spider-Man and the Decay Rate Algorithm
In Sony Picture's upcoming film, "The Amazing Spider-Man," you'll find some real and interesting science behind Peter Parker and his webs. University of Minnesota professor Jim Kakalios served as the science consultant on the new film, giving the filmmakers a factual perspective on the physics of wall crawling and the tensile strength of spider's webbing. In addition, Kakalios contributed an equation called the Decay Rate Algorithm, which is at the center of a few major plot points throughout th
Convocation June 15, 2012, 9:30 a.m.
Convocation ceremony for School of Nursing and the Medical Radiation Sciences Program.
Order a DVD of this ceremony for $19.99 at http://www.bookstore.mcmaster.ca/
Faculty conversations: Wes Haskell
Wes Haskell, Michigan State University assistant professor in the Department of Theatre, talks about teaching Theatre 101 and getting training as an actor and a teacher at MSU.
Science Bulletins: A Cyclone's Wake
The loss of mangrove forests along Myanmar's coast may have been a critical factor in the catastrophic death toll and damage from Cyclone Nargis earlier this month. This is underscored by several scientific reports after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which showed that villages nestled within dense mangrove forests suffered less loss of life and withstood more damage during that event than deforested villages. The dense roots and foliage of these salt-tolerant trees can absorb wave energy from t
Mark Bowden, John Markoff, T. J. Camapana: Worm-The First Digital World War
This is an episode of REVOLUTIONARIES, a co-production of the Computer History Museum and KQED television, with major sponsorship by Intel. Recorded: October 25, 2011, originally broadcast on April 23, 2012.
When the Conficker computer worm was unleashed on the world in November 2008, cybersecurity experts did not know what to make of it. The worm, exploiting the security flaws in Microsoft Windows, grew at an astonishingly rapid rate, infecting millions of computers around the world with
Honorary Graduate 2014 - John Timpson - Dr of Laws
John Timpson graduated from The University of Nottingham in 1964 with a degree in Industrial Economics.
His great grandfather William Timpson launched a shoe retailers called 'Timpson' in 1865 on Oldham Road in Manchester. John began his career at Timpson as a shop assistant and took over the business as Managing Director in 1975.
In this video John tells us about his time at university and explains more about his management strategies and what it's like to work at Timpson.
During the Summer
Protein Folding
This is a game that describes and teaches the mechanisms by which proteins fold to achieve the most desirable configuration.
James Berry: Windrush songs
How does a poet represent two distinctly different cultures in their work? How did James Berry interpret his experience and those of other Jamaican’s that migrated to England in the late 1940’s into his writing? James Berry was born in Jamaica in 1924, but moved to England during the wave of immigration from the West Indies led by the Empire Windrush. From a young age Berry had an interest in language, and showed an aptitude for spoken word and through writing soon realised he could explore
5.3.3 Torus with 1 hole In our last example, we consider a pentagon with two pairs of edges identified. As we saw in Section 2.3, identification of the edges produces a torus with a hole. In this case there are five vertex-neighbourhoods to fit together, as shown in Author(s):
Welcome to our Virtual Open Day
If you can't visit us at one of our Open Days, we have a new Virtual Open Day full of information about studying at The University of Nottingham, including pictures, video and an interactive map. Click through to www.nottingham.ac.uk/virtualnottingham to start exploring our campuses.
The Declaration of Independence The National Archives UK posted a photo: Description: Dunlap print of the Declaration of Independence
This copy of the Declaration of Independence
RES.CD-001 Leadership and Empowerment: Resources from Graduate Women at MIT (GWAMIT) (MIT)
Graduate Women at MIT (GWAMIT) is an institute-wide, student-led group founded in 2009. Its mission is to promote the personal and professional development of MIT's graduate women. GWAMIT welcomes all members of the MIT community, including men. This OCW site features selected videos from the two conferences GWAMIT runs each academic year: a Leadership Conference in the fall and an Empowerment Conference in the spring. It also provides a list of related readings and other resources.
Trigal con cuervos - Vincent van Gogh
Descripción escrita por Arte Historia. Posiblemente sea el Trigal con cuervos uno de los trabajos más famosos de Van Gogh, considerándose obra clave del periodo de Auvers. En primer plano contemplamos el punto de unión de los tres caminos que parten hacia diferentes direcciones; entre ellos, limitados con una línea verde que corresponde con las hierbas y la maleza, hallamos los campos de trigo en todo su esplendor, iluminados por la luz nocturna que ta
