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The View from Washington: Best Prospects for Progress in Bridging Political Divides This presentation is part of the "Academy Evening" series Getting to Purple: Beyond the Red and Blue of Partisan Politics. It was delivered at the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, Wis., on September 10, 2008. "Academy Evenings" are organized by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. Washington Post national political correspondent and Pulitzer Prize winner David Broder is a regular commentator on CNN's Inside Politics, NBC's Meet the Press and PBS's Washington Week. He shares his views on the political scene and broader aspects of American political life. view the video [49 min.] | transcript |
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Shaping Your Child's Brain This presentation is part of the "Brain to Five" lecture series that was given at Appleton's East High School on May 13, 2008. Focusing on early childhood language and development, the series is sponsored by the Appleton Education Foundation, UW-Madison's Waisman Center and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. Dr. Richard Davidson was named one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine in 2006 and has traveled to India to complete brain studies with the Dalai Lama and monk community. He discusses the advances in brain imaging that have made enormous contributions to our understanding of the brain. He also compares brain studies of typically developing children to those at risk for affective disorders.view the video [1 hr. 24 min.] | transcript |
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Early Language and Your Toddler This presentation is part of the "Brain to Five" lecture series that was given at Appleton's North High School on March 5, 2008. Focusing on early childhood language and development, the series is sponsored by the Appleton Education Foundation, UW-Madison's Waisman Center and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. With years of experience in language processing, Dr. Susan Ellis Weimer takes viewers through the early stages of child language development. Her presentation also addresses some ways parents and caregivers can identify language learning difficulties and disorders, such as autism, early on.view the video [1 hr. 11 min.] | transcript |
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Children's Emotions and the Developing Brain This presentation is part of the "Brain to Five" lecture series that was given at Appleton's North High School on April 23, 2008. Focusing on early childhood language and development, the series is sponsored by the Appleton Education Foundation, UW-Madison's Waisman Center and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. Dr. Seth David Pollak, a nationally recognized expert on Down Syndrome, sheds light on the processes and patterns of a child's normal emotional development. His ongoing studies show how early experiences--both positive and negative--can shape future emotional behavior. He also discusses the emotional impact Down Syndrome can have on a child.view the video [1 hr. 24 min.] | transcript |
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How Babies Learn This presentation is part of the "Brain to Five" lecture series that was given at Appleton's North High School on April 2, 2008. Focusing on early childhood language and development, the series is sponsored by the Appleton Education Foundation, UW-Madison's Waisman Center and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. Director of the Waisman Center's Infant Learning Lab, Dr. Jenny Saffran discusses the hands-on research that leads to a better understanding of babies' incredible language processing abilities. She explains the different stages of babies' learning and offers ideas that parents and caregivers can use to encourage babies' language development.view the video [1 hr. 24 min.] | transcript |
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The Power of Forgiveness This presentation is an "Academy Evening" that was delivered at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art in Madison, Wis., on May 13, 2008. "Academy Evenings" are organized by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters.
UW-Madison psychology professor Robert Enright is one of the world's authorities on forgiveness. His research has taken him as far as Belfast, Northern Ireland, and as near as Milwaukee to examine how cultivating forgiveness can be a healing, strengthening force--even in environments steeped in violence, poverty, depression and anger. (Video courtesy of Madison City Channel 12) |
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Stem Cells 101: Latest News and Future Challenges This presentation is an "Academy Evening" that was delivered at the Mead Public Library in Sheboygan, Wis., on May 1, 2008. "Academy Evenings" are organized by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. If you've never quite understood what stem cell research is all about, here's the talk for you. UW-Madison professor and researcher Ian Duncan enlightens us on the history, controversy and promise of stem cell research and where it is headed in Wisconsin.
(Note: An earlier version of this lecture, delivered April 17, 2007, in Madison is also available on PortalWisconsin.org) |
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