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Youth Speaks Wisconsin: Third Annual Teen Spoken Word Finals This video documents the Youth Speaks Wisconsin Teen Spoken Word Finals, a poetry competition held Jan. 28, 2006, at the Wisconsin Union Theater on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (Video produced by Instructional Media Development Center, 2006) Find out more about the Youth Speaks program in the story "Hip-hop goes to college," reprinted with permission from Wisconsin People & Ideas. view the video [1 hr. 13 min.] | transcript |
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Youth Speaks Wisconsin: An Introduction This video introducers viewers to Youth Speaks, a vibrant, innovative poetry program for high-schoolers who combine self-expression with the infectious rhythms of hip-hop. Learn about the program's origins and see some of the Madison area's most talented young poets. (Video produced by Madison Metropolitan School district) Find out more about the Youth Speaks program in the story "Hip-hop goes to college," reprinted with permission from Wisconsin People & Ideas. view the video [26 min.] | transcript |
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Joe Elder on The Roots of Conflict in the Middle East This is an "Academy Evening" presentation held at the Overture Center in Madison on Sept. 13, 2006; it is first in the five-part series "Understanding the Middle East," sponsored by the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation. Joe Elder, a UW-Madison sociology professor who was born to American parents in Kurdish Iran, speaks on "The Roots of Conflict." He provides an overview of the region's history. What are the main differences between the major ethnic and religious groups? Do discrepancies betwen national boundary lines versus ethnic and religious affiliations make enduring conflict inevitable? Academy Evenings are organized by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. (Photo at left: Joe Elder) view the video [1 hr. 16 min.] | transcript |
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Jan H. Kalicki on The Middle East and Energy Security This is an "Academy Evening" presentation held at the Overture Center in Madison on Sept. 20, 2006; it is second in the series "Understanding the Middle East," sponsored by the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation. Kalicki speaks on "Rx for 'Oil Addiction': The Middle East and Energy Security." Kalicki is counselor for international strategy with the Chevron Corporation, senior scholar with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and co-editor of "Energy and Security: Toward a New Foreign Policy Strategy." Academy Evenings are organized by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. (Photo at left: Jan H. Kalicki) view the video [1 hr. 3 min.] | transcript |
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Martin E. Marty on The Dilemma of Fundamentalism This is an "Academy Evening" presentation held at the Overture Center in Madison on Sept. 27, 2006; it is third in the series "Understanding the Middle East," sponsored by the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation. Professor and ordained minister Martin E. Marty (professor emeritus, University of Chicago Divinity School), one of the world's most prominent theologians and a recipient of a National Humanities Medal, speaks on the dilemma of fundamentalism as opposed to constructive religious practice, with an emphasis on how this problem pertains to the Middle East. Academy Evenings are organized by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. (Photo at left: Martin E. Marty) view the video [1 hr. 20 min.] | transcript |
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Old World Wisconsin 'Rediscover' video Old World Wisconsin, located near Eagle, is America's largest outdoor museum of rural life. Visitors can stroll along paths and trails and view nearly seventy historic structures that were painstakingly researched and carefully moved to the site. Immigrants of many nationalities helped Wisconsin grow during the 19th and early 20th centuries, the period Old World Wisconsin focuses on. This 2006 public service message encourages visitors to take another look at Old World Wisconsin. view the video [1 min.] | transcript |
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The New Old Wonder Drug, Vitamin D This is an "Academy Evening" held at the Overture Center in Madison on March 7, 2006. Vitamin D discoveries have a long history in the Dairy State and have produced some of our most lucrative patents. But globally renowned biochemist Hector DeLuca is putting Vitamin D into the forefront of our state's biotech sector, churning out papers and patents to combat a long list of illnesses, including cancer, immune disorders, arthritis and diabetes. DeLuca discusses the latest developments in a rare presentation for the general public. Academy Evenings are organized by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. (Photo at left: Hector DeLuca) view the video [1 hr. 24 min.] | transcript |
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