May 2010

Paul McGlothin

Calorie Restriction for a Healthy Life

There are differing views when it comes to caloric restriction, but Paul McGlothin is here to dispel any rumors. If you have not heard of caloric restriction, otherwise known as CR, it is a way of down-regulating the Insulin/IGF-1 pathway, activating AMP Kinase and increasing NAD by eating less.

Paul Cohen

10 Tips for Studying Anatomy

Professor Paul Krieger from Grand Rapids Community College’s Biology Department shares his methods with students on how they can improve their retention of the subject of anatomy. His ten step approach includes directions on how to create your own custom flashcards, which he says are much better than anything you can buy.

Jennifer Guderman

Rocking Gender: Stereotype and Subversion Among Female Pop Musicians

This lecture at Vanderbilt University takes a look at women such as Janis Joplin and Joan Jett, throughout rock and roll, their style and how they set out in the scene to tackle stereotypes of femininity.

Walter Robb

Sustainable Leadership, an ethical approach to business

People usually think in terms of passion and purpose as they relate to their personal lives. But passion and purpose pertain to business as well. Whole Foods co-president and COO Walter Robb makes the strong case that business is more than simply making a profit.

Richard Sears

Planning for the End of Oil

At it’s peak, oil represented 50% of overall energy sources; today it is 35%. Based on this information, the rise of natural gas and the rise of renewables as energy alternatives, there is no reason not to believe the end of oil is on its way.

Louann Brizendine

The Male Brain

Dr. Louann Brizendine brings u sa closer look at today’s science and reveals that differences in the architecture of the male and female mind are from a lifetime of genes and hormones (mainly testosterone) radically altering the brain’s structure.

Dan Barry

Robots in the Next Ten Years

Will robots ever become self-aware, conscious? Barry doesn’t know for sure, but hopes that consciousness is an emergent property, because as such, they will be.

Brian Sturm

Storytelling Theory and Practice

When we think of stories, we think of them as having certain characteristics: a beginning, middle, end, characters, progression and so on. But Sturm argues that storytelling provides something larger: a way of organizing information.

Jean-Pierre Changeux

Art, Science and the Mind

Jean-Pierre Changeux is a renowned French neurobiologist who proposes a new look at the Age of Enlightenment. He states that science usually follows the times, but in the case of the Age of Enlightenment, he says science did the opposite, and laid the foundation for change.

Mark Halperin

Mark Halperin and John Heilemann discuss their book, Game Change

There have been thousands of books about political campaigns, so when Mark Halperin, journalist for Time Magazine, and John Heilemann, journalist for New York Magazine, decided they wanted to write about the 2008 presidential election, they knew they would have to find a new way to present the material.

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