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Environmentalist Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org and author of The End of Nature and Deep Economy, talks about climate change, alternative energy, and the need for more localized economies.
Dan DiLeo of the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change discusses the Church's teaching and message on climate change and environmental stewardship.
Paul Sally '54 MS'56, a mathematics professor at the University of Chicago, describes a program he developed in Chicago to improve the teaching of mathematics in eighth grade.This lecture is part of the Mathematics Education Seminar series, a
Ann Marie Mires teaches at Anna Maria College in Paxton, Massachusetts, and also at Bay Path College in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. She discusses the field of forensics, relating it both to analysis of ancient human remains as well as its applic
Jay D. Keasling, the Hubbard Howe Jr. Distinguished Professor of Biochemical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, discusses the causes and consequences of malaria and how scientists have successfully engineered the metabolism
Francis Collins, former director of the National Human Genome Research Institute and author of The Language of God (Free Press, 2006), led the successful effort to complete the Human Genome Project, a complex multidisciplinary scientific
Patricia Doherty, director of the University's Institute for Scientific Research, discusses the impact of solar events and solar wind on terrestrial weather.
Alexander Gates is a professor and chair of the Department of Geology at Rutgers University. He discusses his fieldwork investigating recently-developed faults and other signs of post-glacial activity in the upper Hudson highlands of New York.
Activist Bill McKibben, author of one of the first books about climate change written for a general audience, The End of Nature (Anchor, 1989), talks about the challenges presented by global warming and the radical environmental message of the
John E. Ebel, director of the Weston Observatory and a professor of geophysics, presents basic information about what an earthquake is and why quakes occur at particular locations.
While studying student reaction to an experimental science curriculum, the Lynch School's Michael Barnett found that students who had viewed a science fiction movie were more influenced by it than by the material in the curriculum.
The widespread view that there was a profound conflict between science and theology in 16th and 17th century Europe is based on the controversies over Copernicus and Galileo.
In chemistry, the term "metathesis" refers to a chemical reaction in which bonds between different atoms are broken and the atoms recombine to create a new molecule—a process that has been likened to dancers switching partners.
In chemistry, the term "metathesis" refers to a chemical reaction in which bonds between different atoms are broken and the atoms recombine to create a new molecule—a process that has been likened to dancers switching partners.
In chemistry, the term "metathesis" refers to a chemical reaction in which bonds between different atoms are broken and the atoms recombine to create a new molecule—a process that has been likened to dancers switching partners.
"Is the term 'urban ecology' an oxymoron?" asks Eric Strauss, director of the Environmental Studies Program and science director of the Urban Ecology Institute, in his lecture at the Weston Observatory. With 75 percent of the U.S. population an
John Christian, an independent geotechnical engineer and member of the National Research Council commission investigating Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, presents the results of his geological research on the causes of Katrina's devastatin
Biologist Kenneth R. Miller recounts recent political battles over evolution, including his role as lead witness in the 2005 "intelligent design" trial in Dover, Pennsylvania, and argues against the presumption that evolution is inherently anti
Jonathan Balcombe, an expert in animal behavior, describes the variety of animals that seem to demonstrate pleasure, and pleasure's theoretical origins in evolution. Balcombe is an animal behavior research scientist at the Physicians Committee
Astronomer Michael A'Hearn '61, principal investigator of NASA's Deep Impact Project, returns to campus as part of the "Master Class: Alumni in Residence" series. A'Hearn, also a professor of astronomy at the University of Maryland, led the tea
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