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The Secret Life of Bees 6/21/08 - Air pollution is destroying the fragrance of flowers, scents that act as trails that
pollinating insects follow to their source. Jose Fuentes (University of Virginia) says this could
explain why bees and butterflies are dying off in some parts of the world, with potentially dire
effects for our food supply. Also: Scientists are learning that nano-particles may be speeding the spread of pollutants in rivers. Michael Hochella (Virginia Tech) has discovered how the tiny molecules can allow polluting metals to hitch a ride. And: David Schmale (Virginia Tech) is using remote controlled aircraft to study the diversity and function of microorganisms in the atmosphere. He's finding a tremendous diversity of bacteria and fungi tens to hundreds of meters above the ground in the Virginia. |
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Jim Collins on Good to Great for Non-Profits 6/14/08 - Best-selling business writer Jim Collins (Batten Institute at the University of
Virginia's Darden School for Business) believes the special factors that lie at the heart of rare
and truly great businesses are the same factors that make for the most successful organizations in
the non-profit world |
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Was Ronald Reagan Right? Do Trees Cause Pollution? 6/6/08 - During the presidential election in 1980, candidate Ronald Reagan made news headlines by proclaiming that trees caused pollution. Though the comment was met with derision, there is strong evidence that plants can and do affect the chemistry of the atmosphere. Manuel Lerdau, professor of Environmental Sciences and Director of Blandy Farm, discusses how in this lecture to alumni during Reunions Weekend 2008. |
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Biomedical Engineering at U.Va: A Global Model for Translating New Discoveries to Human Health 6/6/08 - Biomedical engineering is one of the fastest growing disciplines of the new millenium. Assistant Professor Jason Papin, one of the newest members of U.Va's growing biomedical department, explains the basic science involved, and how the field is reshaping medical imaging, regenerative medicine and systems bioengineering. This event was recorded as part of Reunions Weekend 2008. |
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How We Got Here and Where We're Going 6/6/08 - Where did the atoms in our bodies come from? How did they get here to Earth? Associate Professor of Astronomy Edward Murphy traces the history of your atoms from the Big Bang to the present day, and gives preview of what will happen to them in the long-distant future.
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Biological Threats to Food and Forests 4/10/08 - Professor Manuel Lerdau discussed the biological threats to the world's food supply and forests with an audience at Winchester's Old Town Center. Lerdau is the director of the Blandy Experimental Farm, the State Arboretum of Virginia, and he spoke about the extent of invasive species in Virginia and beyond. |
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The Medical Center Hour: When the Famous Get Sick and When the Sick Get Famous4/2/08 - Barron Lerner of Columbia disscusses people whose fame rests as much (or more) on illness as on life accomplishments. Celebrity patients have increasingly divulged diagnoses, and the
media and public have increasingly claimed a right to know. In a society where medical advances are headline news, we make stars out of patients on the leading edge of medical therapeutics. |
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Peter Norton Presents at the 17th Annual Last Lecture Series 3/24/08 - The Last Lecture Series is an annual tradition at the University and provides a forum for distinguished professors to lecture to students as if it were their last time to do so. Here Peter Norton from the Department of Science, Technology, and Society presents his last lecture at the Rotunda on Monday March 24th at 7:00 pm. |
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