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On March 20, French filmmaker Claude Lanzmann discussed his autobiography and his film Shoah in an on-campus taping of Charlie Rose hosted by the Columbia Maison Française. Their conversation, like the book, spanned Lanzmann’s life as a French Resistance fighter, journalist, film director and member of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir’s intellectual set.
Oxford University Press (OUP) celebrated 100 years in India at an event in New Delhi, with the Indian Prime Minister, Oxford University’s Vice-Chancellor and OUP’s Chief Executive present.
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A new study by Harvard researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) finds that a high intake of flavonoid-rich berries, such as strawberries and blueberries, over time, can delay memory decline in older women by two and a half years.
Political journalists Mark Halperin ’87 and John Heilemann, M.P.A. ’90, returned to Harvard Thursday night to screen and discuss the new HBO Films adaptation of their best-seller “Game Change,” showing that the drama of Sarah Palin’s 2008 vice presidential nomination can still draw an enthusiastic crowd.
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The United Nations University formally joined the OpenCourseWare (OCW) Consortium on 24 May 2006 and became a member of the Japan OCW Consortium on 26 March 2008. The UN University is committed to the development of this OCW website that showcases the training and educational programmes implemented by the University in a wide range of areas relevant to the work of the United Nations. We hope you find this UNU OpenCourseWare portal valuable whether you are a student looking for some extra help, a faculty member trying to prepare a new course, or just interested in learning more about a topic that interests you. The UNU OpenCourseWare portal does not grant credits or degrees, and does not provide access to faculty.
Whether you're currently writing professionally or still looking to break into the field, formal writing courses can help you hone your skills. If you don't have the money or the time for campus-based courses, there are plenty of universities that offer free writing courses online. MIT offers dozens of free undergraduate and graduate writing courses online through its MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) initiative. Course topics include everything from writing fiction, poems and essays to analyzing all forms of literature. Lecture notes, videos, suggested reading lists and more will help you to become the writer you've always wanted to be. No registration is required.
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“Problems like the artificial heart are still unsolved, there's still room for innovation, to learn from science, and to design something better.”
Unless you’re enrolled at a top university or are an elite member of the science and engineering inner circle, you’re probably left out of most of the exciting research explored by the world’s greatest scientists. But thanks to the Internet and the generosity of many universities and online colleges , you’ve now got access to the cutting edge theories and projects that are changing the world in this list below. Richard Dawkins on our “queer” universe : Listen to this talk from biologist Richard Dawkins to consider the strangeness of our universe, and how there are so many things out there we can’t comprehend.
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The world of education is changing, big time. Information technology has revolutionized how we find and share information. Only 10 years ago we had to consult libraries and academics for answers to questions that are now directed to Google.