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History of Multiple Sclerosis Posted by: ResearchChannel
Video duration: 2613 seconds The second program in the Multiple Scleroses From A to Z series is presented by the distinguished MS researcher and clinician, Dr. Jock Murray. Dr. Murray is acknowledged as the world's leading expert on the history of MS. He is from Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he has served as dean of Dalhousie Medical School, chairman of the Department of Neurology, and founder and director of the MS Clinic. |
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Orphans Preferred Posted by: ResearchChannel
Video duration: 1797 seconds In this University of Maryland, Baltimore County program, Ed Beimfohr sits down with Christopher Corbett, author of "Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express," for a discussion of the beloved American myth of the Wild West. Behind the image of a lone rider galloping across the plains lie the facts: Where does the fiction end and reality begin? |
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Center for Manufacturing Posted by: ResearchChannel
Video duration: 1737 seconds Get an inside view of the University of Kentucky's Center for Manufacturing, which works to educate students, research solutions to industry issues and retain the state's manufacturers. |
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Divided Minds: Twin Sisters' Journey Through Schizophrenia Posted by: ResearchChannel
Video duration: 1740 seconds What is the experience of schizophrenia-- from the inside, as one with the disease, but also from the perspective of one who is close to the sufferer? Identical twins Pamela Spiro Wagner and Carolyn Spiro reflect on their experiences with schizophrenia, and a bond between them stronger even than their twinship, vividly and insightfully captured in their dual memoir, Divided Minds.' |
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Waterman Awardee: Stellar Research and the Search for Exoplanets Posted by: ResearchChannel
Video duration: 2194 seconds Step into the stars in this video from the National Science Foundation with David Charbonneau, associate professor of astronomy at Harvard University. Charbonneau, recipient of NSFs 2009 Alan T. Waterman Award, shares his research on the detection and characterization of extra-solar planets, known as exoplanets. |
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Transformation of Schools Posted by: ResearchChannel
Video duration: 1632 seconds Nadjia Varney, host of School Talk, converses with Associate Professor of Educational Transformation, Mark A. Hicks. Dr. Hicks' approach focuses on affecting habits of mind and heart. The goal of his intense, extended course is to produce transformed teachers who, in turn, transform schools to create justice-oriented ways of thinking, learning, and being. |
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Are Mathematical Models the Cause for Financial Crisis in the Global Economy? Posted by: ResearchChannel
Video duration: 2726 seconds Andrew W. Lo, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technologys Laboratory for Financial Engineering, breaks down the hot debate brewing about the cause of the current financial crisis. Learn the arguments for and against the claim that complex financial securities and the mathematical models used to manage them should take the blame. Was it systematically programmed or just human nature? |
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Charles Darwin, Geologist Posted by: ResearchChannel
Video duration: 1752 seconds UMBC History Professor Emerita Sandra Herbert talks with host Dr. Joe Tatarewicz about her career as a Darwin scholar and her most recent book, "Charles Darwin, Geologist." |
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Dr. Erle Ellis "Anthropogenic Biomes" Posted by: ResearchChannel
Video duration: 1817 seconds How have human hands molded the earths biomes? Dr. Erle Ellis, associate professor of geography and environmental systems, unveils the way humans are changing the planet with regards to land use in the biosphere. This University of Maryland at Baltimore County video is hosted by Karin Readel, lecturer in environmental science. |
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Sexual Evolution: From X to Y Posted by: ResearchChannel
Video duration: 3494 seconds The presence of the Y chromosome triggers a human embryo to become male. Dr. David Page describes how the Y chromosome was once very much like every other gene-filled chromosome, but in the course of vertebrate evolution has lost almost every function except making males. |
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Sherman's March and America Posted by: ResearchChannel
Video duration: 1753 seconds Journey through American history with University of Maryland Baltimore County professors Anne Sarah Rubin and Kelley Bell as they discuss their multimedia project Shermans March and America: Mapping Memory. Aided by Dr. Kriste Lindenmeyer, chair of the history department, this video offers a fresh perspective on that Yankee general responsible for such a pivotal battle in the Civil War. |
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Immersive Digital Audio Posted by: ResearchChannel
Video duration: 1707 seconds According to Drs. Kevin Donohue and Jens Hannemann of the University of Kentucky, the phrase selective listening has a whole new meaning. These engineers at the Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments explore new developments in microphone systems that electronically focus on the speech of a single individual in noisy room. |
