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Milkweed and its Insects Anurag Agrawal shares his research on the relationship between milkweed and the insects that rely on it.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Collection The Kheel Center shares its collection relating to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory tragedy (New York City, 1911).
A Visit to the Mushroom Planet Cornell mycologist Kathie Hodge leads viewers on a virtual biodiversity tour of the fungal world in this Summer Session lecture.
World Challenges: Making Our Way to Sustainable Solutions Energy, the environment, and economic development pose problems that require integrated solutions, says Cornell's Frank DiSalvo.
Mindless Eating: Secrets and Solutions Food psychologist Brian Wansink explains why we eat more than we think we do and offers strategies to avoid over-eating.
Spinal Cord Regeneration in Zebra Fish Zebra fish are able to regenerate fins, skin, and the heart and the brain. What can this teach us about healing in vertebrates?
The Gettysburg Address Elaine Engst and Edward Baptist present one of Cornell's greatest treasures, a copy of the Gettysburg Address handwritten by Abraham Lincoln.
Mosquito Hearing Mosquitos of certain species perform a courtship duet where the male and female match the frequency of their flight tones. (Ronald Hoy, Mar 2009)
Electric Fish Carl Hopkins is researching the mechanisms of electric communication among certain fish and sharing his interests with Cornell freshmen. (Carl Hopkins, Feb 2009)
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- Sept 2008, Prof. Richard Polenberg "Louis Brandeis and Benjamin Cardozo: Judaism and the Crisis of the 1930s"
- Jul 2008, Prof. Ross Brann "Moses Maimonides: Loving God with the Mind"
- Apr 2008, Prof. Joe M. Regenstein "How the Oreo Became Kosher and Other Jewish Food Adventures"
- Jan 2007, Jim Roberts "Ezra Turns 200"
- Jul 2006, Jim Roberts "Hail to the Chief"
- Mar 2006, Jim Roberts "President-elect David Skorton"
- Aug 2005, Jim Roberts "The South Hill Connection"
- Jun 2005, Jim Roberts "The Cornell Building Boom"
- May 2005, Barbara Viniar "Bad Leadership. What It Is, How it Happens, Why it Matters"
- May 2005, Prof. Joe M. Regenstein "Animals in Translation"
- May 2005, Prof. James W. Gillett "The Fourth Leg of the Stool"
- Apr 2005, Jennifer Wilkins "A Review of the book 'Eat Here'"
- Apr 2005, Prof. Robert S. Strichartz "Uncertainty Principles from Heisenberg (Quantum Mechanics) to Keats (Beauty vs. Truth): a Mathematicians Perspective"
- Mar 2005, Jim Roberts "A Look Inside Cornell's Alumni Magazine"
- Mar 2005, Prof. John H. Weiss "Root Causes of Sudan's Civil Wars"
- Oct 2005, Jim Roberts "Writing about The Lehman Legacy"
- May 2004, Prof. Mary Beth Norton "Intriguing Nonfiction"
- Jan 2004, Prof. Robert H. Frank "Overrated: Repeal of the Estate Tax"
- Jan 2004, Prof. Thomas Gilovich "GWB as CEO"
- Dec 2003, Prof. Kent Hubbell "Student Mental Health on College Campuses"
- Nov 2003, Prof. Joel H. Silbey "The American Civil War: The Military and the Political Dimension"
- Nov 2003, Prof. Ronald J Herring "Frankenfoods, Miracle Seeds and the Poor"
- Oct 2003, Prof. Robert L. Johnson "Evangelicals and Social Justice: A Misunderstanding"
- Sept 2003, Prof. Kenneth A.R. Kennedy "Murder at Mohenjo-daro: A Forensic Case Study from Four Thousand Years Ago"
- Sept 2003, Prof. Kim Haines-Eitzen "Christianity in the Modern Middle East"
- Aug 2003, Prof. Deborah H. Streeter "Shock Therapy for Startup Entrepreneurs"
- Aug 2003, Prof. Rev. Kenneth Clarke "Religion on Campus"
- Jul 2003, Prof. Yervant Terzian "13.7 Billion Years"
