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A National Science Policy for the 21st Century 4/6/07 - Kathie Olsen is deputy director and chief operating officer of the National Science Foundation and former deputy director for science of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Previously she was chief scientist at NASA. |
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The Medical Center Hour: Corporate Ethics and Biotechnology4/4/07 - Kem Hawkins of the Cook Group, Inc., addresses how does the head of a large company views his corporation's, and his own, ethical obligations: Are there special ethical considerations when the company is a major developer and purveyor of biotechnology, when its products and profits are closely bound to human health? |
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The Changing Role of Genes in Cognitive Aging and Dementia 3/30/07 - Dr. Nancy Pedersen is chair of the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. Much of her work involves the effects and causes of dementia. She gave the 2007 Aston-Gottesman Lecture in a talk titled "Still Heritable After All Those Years? The Changing Role of Genes in Cognitive Aging and Dementia." |
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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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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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Engineering Greats 2/24/07 - As part of the annual Engineering Open House, Larry Richards, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, discusses |
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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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The Medical Center Hour: Will You Vaccinate Your Daughter Against Cervical Cancer?2/21/07 - Michael Rein, M.D., and Mark Stoler, M.D., of UVA give the 2007 Gibson Lecture of the Cancer Center, discussing the new vaccine against cancer-causing strains of human papilloma virus that promises to virtually eradicate cervical cancer, yet Gardasil's use is not without controversy. Who should be vaccinated? At what age? At what risks? Who decides? Should vaccination be mandatory? Who pays? |
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