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Dean Ed Ayers Last Lecture: Units of Measurement 3/27/07 - Reminding students to cherish their experience at the University, College Dean Ed Ayers gives his final lecture to a packed Old Cabell Hall auditorium. After 26 years at the University, Ayers is leaving at the end of the semester to take on the position of president at the University of Richmond. During his 50 semesters at the University, Ayers has taught more than 8,000 students. "The opportunity to be the center of attention is why I took this profession," Ayers said. "My first career choice was taken - a rock star." |
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From the Big Bang to the Nobel Prize 3/22/07 - John Mather of NASA's Goddard Space Center delivers the 37th Annual Llewellyn G. Hoxton Lecture to the Physics Department. Mather shared the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics with colleague George Smoot for their work with cosmic background radiation, which helped prove the Big Bang theory of the universe. |
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Professor John Quale describes green building techniques 3/21/07 - Professor John Quale describes green building techniques in this Unforgettable Lecture. |
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A Constitutional Right to Pre-School? 3/16/07 - James Edward Ryan joined the faculty in 1998, after completing a two-year Gibbons Fellowship in Public Interest and Constitutional Law. He teaches constitutional law, land use law, law and education, local government law, torts, and seminars on such topics as legal scholarship, the Supreme Court, and environmental justice. Here Ryan considers whether access to publicly funded preschool should be expanded and, if so, whether state courts should play a role. |
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Pollution and Revitalization: What 3/14/07 - U.Va Architecture Professor Phoebe Crisman discusses the polluted state of the Elizabeth River and describes a solution she's implementing. The Learning Barge is a self-sustaining field station operated under a partnership between U.Va and several Norfolk area organizations. Crisman traces the project's history and timeline during this Engaging the Mind Lecture. |
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The Medical Center Hour: Docs in the Box: Medicine, Morals and Media3/14/07 - Les Friedman, Ph.D., of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, discusses how American television feeds the public's fascination with medicine and with those who practice it. What else might be going on when we tune in? Might media portrayals also shape our expectations of who the doctor is and what he or she is able to do? |
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Miller Center Forum: The Health Care Crisis: Contours of the Debate3/10/07 - Arthur Garson Jr. is executive vice president and provost of the University of Virginia, and the Robert C. Taylor Professor of Health Science and Public Policy. Garson has served as president of the American College of Cardiology (1999-2000), and as chair of the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. He treats children with heart disease in his medical practice. Carolyn L. Engelhard is assistant professor of Medical Education and a health policy analyst in the Department of Public Health Sciences at U.Va.'s School of Medicine. Director of the master of science program in clinical research, she is a consultant for state health and Medicaid agencies. |
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ECE Professor Scott Acton explains face and image recognition 2/21/07 - Scott Acton is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at U.Va, and the director of the Virginia Image and Video Analysis program. He describes his work by telling the story of how he helped a researcher determine if a man in an old photograph was none other than an elderly Billy the Kid. This presentation is part of The Best of U.Va: A Collection of Unforgettable Lectures, a popular one-credit course. |
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