Public Lectures - SD
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For over 45 years, Caltech's public events (Caltech Presents) have offered the Caltech family and the community at large a gateway to world-class scientists, artists, and speakers, and is acknowledged as one of Southern California's major cultural centers. Science lectures, performing arts, folk music, chamber music—Caltech Presents offers top-flight events at multiple locations on campus. Events are also held in conjunction with scientific meetings and can often be found here on iTunes U.
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| 1 | VideoUnderstanding Superconductivity in Cuprates (June 29, 2015) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 7/15/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 2 | VideoG4v: An Engineering Approach to Gravitation (Apr. 21, 2015) | This seminar is part of the Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research (CaJAGWR) Seminar Series. - Read the talk abstract: https://www.caltech.edu/content/gravitational-wave-research-seminar-6 - Learn more about CaJAGWR: http://cajagwr.caltech.edu - For the past 60 years, Carver Mead, Gordon and Betty Moore Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Emeritus, at Caltech, has focused his research and teaching on the physics and technology of electron devices. Learn more, including a timeline of his contributions: http://carvermead.caltech.edu/ Produced in association with Caltech Academic Media Technologies. ©2015 California Institute of Technology | 6/2/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | VideoAt the Intersection of Art and Science (Apr. 29, 2015) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 5/13/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 4 | VideoClimate Change and Energy in the 21st Century (Feb. 18, 2015) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 4/1/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | VideoThe Knowledge Society as a Practical Utopia and its Hidden Impact on Higher Education (Feb. 4, 2015) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 2/10/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 6 | VideoDetection of B-mode Polarization at Degree Scales Using BICEP2 (Mar. 20, 2014) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 3/24/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | VideoGeometrical Snapshots from Ancient Times to Modern Times (Nov. 5, 2013) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 12/6/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 8 | VideoThe Next Wave of Wireless Communications (May 29, 2013) | Wouk Lecture by Lawrence Larson | 7/3/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 9 | VideoAdventures in Science, Technology, and Business since Caltech (May 17, 2013) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 5/22/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 10 | VideoCaltech - City of Hope Biomedical Research Initiative: Accelerating Medical Discoveries (Apr. 30, 2013) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 5/16/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | VideoA Discussion with Steve Koonin - Part 2 (Mar. 14, 2013) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 3/27/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 12 | VideoA Discussion with Steve Koonin - Part 1 (Mar. 14, 2013) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 3/27/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 13 | VideoA Discussion with Arun Majumdar - Part 2 of 2 (Nov. 5, 2012) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 11/20/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 14 | VideoA Discussion with Arun Majumdar - Part 1 of 2 (Nov. 5, 2012) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 11/20/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 15 | VideoA Conversation with Charlie Munger (Mar. 11, 2008) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 8/24/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 16 | VideoA Converstion with Walter Isaacson (May 2, 2012) | James Michelin Distinguished Lecture: Walter Isaacson is the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies institute based in Washington, D.C. He has been the chairman and CEO of CNN and the editor of TIME magazine. He is author of "Steve Jobs" (2011), "Einstein: His Life and Universe" (2007), "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life" (2003), and "Kissinger: A Biography" (1992) and coauthor of "The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made" (1986). Isaacson is a graduate of Harvard College and of Pembroke College of Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He began his career at The Sunday Times of London and then the New Orleans Times - Picayune/States-Item. He joined TIME in 1978 and served as a political correspondent, national editor and editor of new media before becoming the magazine's 14th editor in 1996. He became chairman and CEO of CNN in 2001, and then president and CEO of the Aspen Institute in 2003. He is the chairman of the board of Teach for America, which recruits recent college graduates to teach in underserved communities. He was appointed by President Barak Obama and confirmed by the Senate to serve as the chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and other international broadcasts of the United States, a position he held until 2012. He is vice-chair of Partners for a New Beginning, a public-private group tasked with forging ties between the United States and the Muslim world. He is on the board of United Airlines, Tulane University and the Overseers of Harvard University. From 2005 to 2007, after Hurricane Katrina, he was the vice-chair of the Louisiana Recovery Authority. The Michelin lectures were established in 1992 by New York designer Bonnie Cashin in memory of her uncle, James Michelin, who had always hoped to attend Caltech. The purpose of the lectures is to promote a creative interaction between the arts and sciences. | 5/8/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 17 | VideoQ&A: Out of a Black Hole (March 12, 2012) | Q&A session following the March 12, 2012, Caltech lecture by Stephen Hawking titled, "Out of a Black Hole." The session was moderated by John Preskill. | 5/1/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 18 | VideoScientific Research and Education: Challenges and Opportunities (Mar. 23, 2012) | Wouk Lecture by Subra Suresh | 4/3/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 19 | VideoBest of Times, Worst of Times: Hard Choices for Tomorrow's World (Feb. 28, 2012) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 3/9/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 20 | Video2011 Draper Prize Lecture (Nov. 9, 2011) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 11/21/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 21 | VideoThe Warped Side of the Universe (Oct. 29, 2010) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 8/4/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 22 | VideoThe Tau Manifesto (June 28, 2011) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 7/14/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 23 | VideoPowering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology (Oct. 7, 2010) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 5/25/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 24 | VideoScience, Technology, and Innovation Policy in the Obama Administration (April 19, 2011) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 5/18/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 25 | VideoQ&A: Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy in the Obama Administration (April 19, 2011) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 5/17/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 26 | VideoExtrapolating the Past vs. Inventing the Future (October 26, 2010) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 11/9/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 27 | VideoSustainable Energy- Without the Hot Air (April 5, 2010) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 5/12/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 28 | VideoPanel- Energy and Other Sustainability Challenges (Nov. 14, 2009) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 1/6/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 29 | VideoKeynote- Energy and Other Sustainability Challenges (Nov. 14, 2009) | DIHCoursePage.NoDescriptionOrTime | 1/6/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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