Part 13/16 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:
2010-11-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Gary Kroll is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Plattsburgh State University. Trained in environmental history and the history of science, Professor Kroll is interested in the literal intersection of culture and nature. His project Roadkill Nation examines how Americans have thought about and dealt with the problem of animal...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Kroll, Gary
Created:
2013-05-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Italo-Canadian dancer and choreographer Gioconda Barbuto is the 2015 McKnight International Artist. A dancer of explosive wit, subtle intelligence, and a fine sense of theatricality, Gioconda has distinguished herself throughout her career in an impressive number of works. She danced with the Minnesota Dance Theatre before becoming a soloist wit...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Barbuto, Gioconda
Created:
2015-11-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
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.
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.
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.
Holly Day‘s writing has appeared in over 3,500 publications internationally, including Computer Music Journal, ROCKRGRL, Music Alive!, Guitar One, Brutarian Magazine, Interface Technology, and Mixdown Magazine. Sherman Wick has worked as a freelance writer and photographer, focusing on music, film, and Minnesota’s rich cultural and historica...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Day, Holly; Wick, Sherman
Created:
2015-11-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Hong-Ming Liang, Ph.D., is Chief Editor of The Middle Ground Journal: World History and Global Studies and Assistant Professor of History and Politics at The College of St. Scholastica, in Duluth. He teaches and studies world history, Asian history, Taiwanese history and politics, human rights, global history and politics, nationalism and nation...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Liang, Hong-Ming
Created:
2014-04-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Interns at The Middle Ground Journal: World History and Global Studies, supervised by Hong-Ming Liang, Assistant Professor of History and Politics at The College of St. Scholastica, in Duluth.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Created:
2014-04-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Hyang Eun Kim is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Welfare at Kosin University in Busan, South Korea. Long known for her work on international adoption, her current research focus is on North Korean refugees in South Korea. Alex Lubet, Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music and Adjunct Professor of American Studies,...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Kim, Hyang Eun; Lubet, Alex
Created:
2015-05-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
