Use iTunes U to play or download free Wellesley video and audio presentations to your iPod or to your Mac or Windows computer. Note: Launching iTunes U requires iTunes 7.4 or later and QuickTime 7.0.3 or later. You can download the current version of iTunes from Apple. The Great Recession: Back from the Edge or Off the Cliff Again? Olga Shurchkov, Eric Hilt, Akila Weerapana, and Joe Joyce discuss the state of the economy, reform proposals of the past and present, developments in international economics, and changes in international economic governance. Tanner Presentations Students presented on their off-campus experiences at the Tanner Conference this past fall. Sessions include topics such as biological field work, globalization and development, alternative education, international education, and journalism. Organic Food vs. Frankenfood: Why We Ignore What Science Tells Us Many believe organic food is better. Many also believe genetically engineered foods pose greater risks to human health and the environment. Yet the scientific consensus is just the opposite. Why is it so widely ignored? Russia Now Adam Weiner discusses Nabokov; Phil Kohl discusses tensions in the Northern Caucasus; Adam Van Arsdale discusses Georgia; and Marshall Goldman discusses the Russian economy. God Needs No Passport: Immigrants & the Changing American Religious Landscape Associate Professor of Sociology Peggy Levitt discusses her book which describes how immigrants in four Boston-area communities use religion to live lives that cross borders. Web Science: Understanding the Web Computer Science Professor Panagiotis "Takis" Metaxas explains the origins of the Web and the history of search engines. He sees the Web as a technical construct, a social phenomenon, and a growing organism. From Passing to the Post-Racial: Does Race Still Matter? Author Bliss Broyard discusses her book One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life. Broyard looks into her father's Creole history and genealogy and the family she had never known. Introduced by Assistant Professor of History Diana Williams. Unruly Sounds-Music in Theory and Practice Martin Brody, the Catherine Mills Davis Professor of Music, discusses a Beatles song to examine the study of music as a liberal art.

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