June 2010

Aubrey de Grey antiaging lecture

Why We Age and How We Can Avoid It

Is aging just a disease? And if so, is it curable? Aubrey de Grey says it is just that and we can stop aging. In fact, he has gone as far as to say that the first person to live to 1,000 years old has already been born. Don’t believe him? Neither did MIT, so they put up a $20,000 reward to anyone who could prove him wrong.

Denise Gilman

Law Professor Offers Her Views on U.S. Immigration Policy

How have immigration laws evolved in the United States? What motivates immigrants to leave their country? Who benefits from the labor of illegal workers? How effective are border walls for combating illegal immigration?

Garrick Ohlsson Chopin

Why Chopin? and Other Questions

Garrick Ohlsson, a highly regarded performer of Chopin’s music, discusses the works of Chopin and plays them to give us greater insight into the pieces he has become so familiar with.

Glenn Chertow

The “Brilliant” Kidney

Kidneys are a vital organs responsible for keeping blood clean and chemically balanced. They do not often receive the recognition they deserve, says Dr. Glenn Chertow, considering the brilliant role they play in organizing the body’s systems.

Frank Logo

Learning and Memory: How it Works and When it Fails

The topic of memory is relevant to everyone. In this lecture, you are introduced to the way memory is formed, organized and functions. Also, differences between short and long term memory and memory loss problems, such as dementia, are discussed.

Chip Conley

Measuring What Makes Life Worthwhile

How do you feel about how you spend your time each day? Can you find happiness in any job? How can you provide an environment for happiness in you business? In business we tend to measure our success based on tangibles, like profits, because how do you really measure intangible things we value, such as happiness?

Mark Johnson

Innovating Your Business Model

In today’s changing markets businesses need to innovate so that they can address what Mark Johnson calls “white space.” White space refers to the areas of opportunity where current business models do not apply.

David Malan

20-Lecture Course: Introduction to Computer Science 1

This 20-lecture Harvard University course offers an introduction to computer science and computer programming. Topics covered include abstraction, databases, data structures, software development, memory management, websites, and virtualization.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Women, Ambition and (Still) the Pay Gap

Women now outnumber men at undergraduate universities and have moved into managerial positions, but they still face several problems. One is that there are still few women at top level positions and another is that they are still not paid equal to men. Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses why this might be.

John Davies

Persuasion and Communication

Communications strategist John Davies says that, in this world of social media, excluding face-to-face interaction removes possibilities of interpreting nonverbal communication which is crucial to building relationships. And relationships are the key to community and success.

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