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2009 Wisconsin Academy Fellows and Minerva Society Laureate Induction Ceremony Each year, the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters selects and honors a new Minerva Society Laureate, who has worked resolutely to promote Wisconsin arts and culture. 2009 Minerva Laureate Betty Ferris is co-founder of Big Top Chautauqua, the performing arts organization in Bayfield County devoted to increasing cultural and historical understanding of the Upper Midwest. Her presentation includes performances of original songs by Big Top Chautauqua musicians. Besides Ferris, seven 2009 Wisconsin Academy Fellow inductees were also honored for impressive accomplishments in their respective fields and their lifelong commitment to intellectual discourse. They include: William Dove, Ian Duncan, John Gurda, Jo Handelsman, David Lenz, Lorie Moore and John Gurda. The program took place on September 11, 2009, at the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley in Menasha. view the video [1 hr. 50 min.] | transcript |
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Liaquat Ahamed: Lessons from the Great Depression This presentation is an Academy Evening that was delivered at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art on October 20, 2009. Academy Evenings are organized by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. In his public talk, author and finance expert Liaquat Ahamed draws parallels between the present global financial situation and the Great Depression. In comparing the conditions leading up to the meltdowns, the ways lawmakers handled them and the periods of recovery that followed, Ahamed shares his view of responses that have worked and those that have not. His insights also suggest changes to the domestic regulatory structure and the global financial system that would avoid a repeat of the cataclysm. Ahamed’s award-winning book, Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, came out in January 2009. view the video [1 hr. 10. min.] | transcript |
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Wendell Berry at the 2009 Wisconsin Book Festival In this Wisconsin Book Festival event held on October 11, 2009, Wendell Berry reads the story "Making It Home," from his collection Fidelity: Five Stories. The author of more than 40 works of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, Berry is a farmer whose writings express his deep connection to the land, the value of community and the importance of living sustainably. He spoke to a capacity crowd at the Overture Center in Madison. view the video [1 hr. 38 min.] | transcript |
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Happiness 2050: Neuroscience, Education and the Compassionate Citizen This presentation is an Academy Evening that was delivered at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art on September 15, 2009. Academy Evenings are organized by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. Opening the 2009 season is Richard Davidson, University of Wisconsin-Madison Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry. Davidson clarifies the scientific concept of neuroplasticity, the theory that the brain changes in response to experience and to training. With that in mind, how can humans cultivate healthy social and emotional habits to promote positive brain changes--both for themselves and their children? view the video [1 hr. 21 min.] | transcript |
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Jenny Saffran and Seth Pollak: Children's Learning and Development This presentation is an "Academy Evening" that was delivered at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, on April 21, 2009. "Academy Evenings" are organized by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. UW-Madison psychology professors Jenny Saffran and Seth Pollak look at contemporary perspectives, complex human behaviors and new insights into the emergence of young children's language and social skills that raise questions both about basic scientific theories and applications to public policy. view the video [1 hr. 24 min.] | transcript |
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Learning and Virtual Worlds: The Education Benefits of Digital Technologies This presentation is an "Academy Evening" that was delivered at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, on February 10, 2009. "Academy Evenings" are organized by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. For those with a vested interest in online technologies for learning, the knowledge and skills that constitute successful participation in massively multi-player online games (MMOs) places them squarely among the most promising new digital technologies to date. UW-Madison education professor Constance Steinkuehler describes intellectual practices that constitute gameplay in virtual worlds. view the video [1 hr. 1 min.] | transcript |
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The Gift of Life This presentation is an "Academy Evening" that was delivered at UW-Fox Valley in Menasha, Wis., on April 7, 2009. "Academy Evenings" are organized by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. Transplant surgeon Hans Sollinger helped build the UW Hospital organ transplantation center into one of the largest in the world. Its success rate has much to do with the strength of its organ procurement program. Dr. Sollinger speaks to the interdependence of successful transplant and procurement programs, and he walks viewers through a video-taped kidney/pancreas transplant. Video from Dr. Sollinger's Academy Evening presentation from April 29, 2008, in Madison is also available. view the video [1 hr. 19 min.] | transcript |
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