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Venous Flow: State of Grace February 12, 2009 In the two works of “Venous Flow: States of Grace,” renowned dancer and University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Li Chiao-Ping uses choreography to explore the experience of a life-changing car ...

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The Image of Minorities in Film February 12, 2009 Do you feel good about yourself? It is almost common knowledge now that the images we see have an impact on how we feel about ourselves, even if we are not consciously aware of that impact. The ...

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Without - Writing Love, Death and Grief February 12, 2009 In this heartfelt talk, Donald Hall talks about coping with the death of his wife and continuing his life without her.  He reads excerpts from his book, "Without." From the ...

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Singing Myself a Lullaby February 12, 2009 “What role does truth play in the retelling of historical events in performance and art? Is performance a stage practice or do we construct and perform our identities throughout our lives?” These ...

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Profile on Poe February 12, 2009 This program, which originally aired on October 26, 1958, takes a close look at the life and work of Edgar Allen Poe. The opening and closing remarks are by John Astin, a Johns Hopkins graduate ...

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Television Coverage of the Presidential Campaign February 12, 2009 CNN’s political coverage director Sam Feist and MSNBC correspondent David Shuster discuss what goes into today's TV coverage of presidential campaigns and conventions--and reasons why it ...

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The USC 124th Annual Commencement with Address ... February 12, 2009 The USC 124th Commencement was held on the USC campus on the morning of Friday, May 11, 2007, with approximately 40,000 parents, family, and friends in attendance. The main Commencement address ...

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Muckraking February 12, 2009 New York University professor William Serrin and Judith Serrin, authors of "Muckraking," discuss some of the stories in their new book—stories that they say helped to change the course of events ...

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The Illimitable Freedom February 12, 2009 The University has created three new video spots that will air during televised football and basketball games during the fall and winter 2007 season. This TV spots shows our faculty members and ...

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The USC 123rd Annual Commencement (2006) February 12, 2009 The 41st mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, delivered the main address at the USC 123rd Commencement Ceremony on May 12, 2006. An engaging leader and inspiring public servant, Mayor ...

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The Growing Power of Spanish Language ... February 12, 2009 As the Latino population in the U.S. has grown to unprecedented numbers; their influence is being felt in the media market place. For this huge minority population, mainstream print and ...

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Sheldon Brown - Art Using Computer-Aided ... February 12, 2009 Using computer-aided technologies, Sheldon’s artwork examines the relationships between physical realities and informal representations. From the Series:What Follows

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Patricia Sullivan, Author February 12, 2009 Patricia Sullivan is Associate Professor of History and African-American Studies at the University of South Carolina and a fellow at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard ...

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Simone de Beauvoir - Writer February 12, 2009 Mary Louise Roberts, associate professor of history, looks at the life and times of Simone de Beauvoir in the history department’s 20th Century Lives lecture series. From the Series:Life of the ...

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Modern Lessons from Ecological Collapses of ... February 12, 2009 Jared Diamond talks about the collapses of ancient societies.  This is part 1 of Stanford’s 2000 Tanner Lectures on Human Values. From the Series:Life of the Mind

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Tangles, Bangles & Knots February 12, 2009 John Conway gives a lecture on knot theory. Well-known in the mathematics community, Conway is interested in finite mathematics and "tilings," made popular for the layman through the artwork of ...

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Piano Power: McCabe Times Two February 12, 2009 Pianists and sisters Robin McCabe, director of the School of Music, and Rachelle McCabe, professor of piano at Oregon State University, share the honors on Poulenc’s Concerto for two pianos and ...

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The Storyteller with Professor Harold Scheub February 12, 2009 Forty years ago, Harold Scheub walked thousands of miles along the southeastern coast of Africa recording native storytellers of the Xhosa, Swati, Ndebele and Zulu peoples. In this program, ...

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Sean Brijbasi talks about "One Note Symphonies" February 12, 2009 Sean Brijbasi talks with Judith Paterson about his first book, "One Note Symphonies," a cycle of short stories that hits on several big themes and reads like a novel. From the Series:The Writer’s ...

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William Pope.L - Visual and ... February 12, 2009 William Pope.L is a visual and performance-theater artist and educator who makes culture out of contraries.  One idea that continually intrigues Pope.L is the use of physical ...