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Defensive Pessimism: Cheering me up will pull me down
Psychology Professor Julie Norem explains why defensive pessimism helps anxious people and why all negative thinking isn't created equal.
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Feminist Ecological Economics
Stacy Steeringer of the Economics Department summarizes the new field of feminist ecological economics. She asks: How do we think about the environment, gender, and the economy jointly? What connections would we see, and what would this mean for environmental and economic policy?
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Bill
McKibben: Building the New Climate Movement
Author, educator, and environmentalist Bill McKibben speaks
about global warming, arguing that individuals can stop
dramatic climate change if they begin to organize politically.
This lecture was hosted by Wellesley Focus the Nation.
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LeVar Burton: Reading Rainbow, Roots, and Star Trek
With an engaging sense of humor, Actor LeVar Burton talks about a wide range of topics, including his mother's love of literature; his role as host and producer of Reading Rainbow; and television's power to inspire social change through science fiction and reading advocacy. |
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Medical Geology
Associate Professor Dan Brabander discusses
the new field of biogeochemistry, and the interface between environmental engineering and public health. Formerly a high-temperature geochemist, Dan has discovered control volumes and epidemiology. |
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Searching for Genes in the Genome
Computer Science Professor Brian Tjaden explores the synergy between "data/discovery" driven science and "hypothesis" driven science in the context of characterizing novel genes in newly sequenced genomes. |
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Astronauts
Pam Melroy and Stephanie Wilson Explore Space
Pam Melroy '83 and fellow NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson
discuss STS-120, the mission commanded by Pam aboard the
Space Shuttle Discovery to the international Space Station.
They also talk about the next generation of astronauts
who may explore Mars. |
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Starved
for Science: How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa
Professor Robert Paarlberg previews his forthcoming book
analyzing how environmentalists, agrarian populists, food
purists, European foreign assistance agencies, and others
are exporting resistance to agricultural science into
Africa. |
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