Part 1/16 of Oil and Water. In the wake of one of the largest environmental disasters in United States history, this course explores the many problems and paradoxes associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. This course meets the Technology and Society Liberal Education requirement by exploring not only the technical and scientific issues ...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Gilmer, Robert
Created:
2010-09-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Hanna Kite talks to Peter Shea about the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster that occurred in Japan on March 11, 2011 and how subsequent media coverage has "flattened" the stories about how the disaster has effected people’s lives.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Kite, Hanna
Created:
2011-03-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Professor Hans Bertram (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany) is a Fellow at re:work International Research Center. His research concerns "Work-Life Balance. Comparing Japan and Germany".
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Bertram, Hans
Created:
2014-11-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Hans Tammen talks to Peter Shea about the experiences which went into developing his musicianship, from playing classic jazz to experimental electric guitar.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Tammen, Hans
Created:
2013-02-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Organized in 1901 by Reverend C.T. Walker of the Mount Olivet Baptist Church as the Colored Men’s Branch, this branch first started in mid-Manhattan. It was later moved to the Harlem area and its name changed in 1919 to the One Hundred-Thirty Fifth Street Branch. In 1933 it opened a new building, and two years later took the name Harlem Branch...
Creator:
Harlem Branch YMCA
Created:
1930 - 1931; 1947 - 1962; 1966 - 1971
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Harry Baulisch talks to Peter Shea and Valentine Cadieux about his experience managing a rural food shelf, his beliefs about generosity, and his thoughts on ideal employment conditions.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Baulisch, Harry; Cadieux, Valentine
Created:
2012-09-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Helena Goscilo, Professor of Slavic and East European Languages, talks to Peter Shea about the course of her academic career from Russian literature to gender studies to visual imagery. She mentions her projects on Vladimir Putin's self-presentation and on Soviet posters, continuing to discuss wartime Soviet posters: their placement, their choic...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Goscilo, Helena
Created:
2013-10-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Henry Buchwald is Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. During his more than 50 years at the University of Minnesota, Buchwald has been a surgeon, teacher, mentor, researcher, and inventor. His long-term research interests include cholesterol and atherosclerosis, obesity surgery, implantable devices, hyp...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Buchwald, Henry
Created:
2015-12-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
