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Ross Virginia, Myers Family Professor of Environmental Science and Director, Institute of Arctic StudiesAs polar ice on land and sea retreats from rapid global warming, the specter for international conflict over newly exposed natural resourc

The Centrist Manifesto

Oct 26th, 2013 54m 9s

Charles Wheelan '88, Senior Lecturer and Policy Fellow at the Rockefeller CenterProfessor Wheelan argues that the United States needs an insurgency of the rational: a generation of Americans who are fed up with the current political system, w

The Eurozone Crisis: Why Is It So Difficult to Solve?

Oct 19th, 2013 59m 7s

Nancy Marion, Associate Dean of Faculty for the Social Sciences and George J. Records 1956 Professor of EconomicsThe Eurozone countries face three separate crises—a banking crisis, a sovereign debt crisis, and a growth crisis. Policymakers fa

Executing Innovation: Beyond the Idea

Oct 12th, 2013 55m 23s

Chris Trimble, Adjunct Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business"Genius is one percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration." Edison said it more than a century ago, but nobody listened. When companies get excited about in

The New Face of Engineering

Sep 28th, 2013 42m 32s

Vicki May, Associate Professor of Engineering, Thayer School of Engineering at DartmouthDartmouth engineering students are designing, analyzing, and creating solutions to real world problems using innovative processes and tools. Whether it's

Pandora’s Box: The Effects of Easy Listening

Nov 10th, 2012 55m 34s

Professor Steve Swayne draws from readings in philosophy and neuroscience; the experiences of his Dartmouth students; and examples of people in places such as Finland, Venezuela, China, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to demonstrate th

Indigenous Ways of Knowing: An Introduction to Crossing Cultures

Oct 27th, 2012

Professor Stephen Gilchrist discusses the exhibition Crossing Cultures: The Owen and Wagner Collection of Contemporary Aboriginal Art.

Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein, and the Dartmouth Painting

Sep 29th, 2012 51m 32s

Bart Thurber, curator of European Art at the Hood Museum of Art and Barbara Will, Professor of English discusses the close relationship between Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso. Dartmouth's own magnificent Picasso painting, Guitar on a Table (1

Dartmouth Stories on Stage

Sep 15th, 2012 55m 37s

Professor Jamie Horton presents a unique performance and dramatic reading of poems, stories, and excerpts from some of Dartmouth’s most loved authors, including Gina Barreca '79; Louise Erdrich '76; Robert Frost, Class of 1896; Theodor “Seuss”

Why Worry about Carbon Emissions?

Nov 19th, 2011 55m 22s

Andrew Friedland, Professor of Environmental Studies and the Richard and Jane Pearl Professor in Environmental Studies. Most governments in the world have formally agreed to address climate change, but ours has not. Professor Friedland will exa

Who Can Fix Health Care?

Nov 5th, 2011 42m 58s

There's no question that the U.S. health care system needs mending. Media attention ricochets from Washington to academia, but who really has the solution? Dr. Mulley will examine the role of data in health care delivery, the importance of the

Foreign Policy Tradeoffs in an Age of Austerity

Oct 22nd, 2011 46m 26s

Daryl Press, Associate Professor of Government. The federal deficit, the national debt, and the looming increase in entitlement spending for retiring baby boomers are causing U.S. leaders to reconsider national priorities. Facing the prospect

Moral Authority: What Should America's Political Leaders Be Willing to Do?

Oct 1st, 2011 46m 11s

Lucas Swaine, Associate Professor of Government. Should those holding high office be prepared to act in immoral ways for the good of the country? Must American leaders be willing to do whatever it takes to win, in a world full of ruthless and

In the Wake of the Financial Crisis, What Next?

Sep 17th, 2011 1h 11m

Matthew Slaughter, Associate Dean, MBA Program, and the Signal Companies Professor of Management, Tuck School of Business. The world continues to struggle with the aftermath of the world financial crisis and with building a sustainable recovery