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Africa Week Lecture: Carl Wilkens on "Rwanda 1994 and Beyond"

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Recorded on: 10/29/2009
Runtime: 01:15:24

The African and African American Studies Interdisciplinary Unit (AAAS) presented a lecture by Carl Wilkens, the only American who stayed in Rwanda after the 1994 genocide started. Wilkens's decision resulted in preventing the massacre of hundreds of orphans between April and July 1994. His story has inspired many in the United States, Rwanda, and around the world.  [more…]

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Speeches

10th Annual Faculty/Staff Research and Creativity Fall Forum: Scott W. Roberts

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Recorded on: 10/29/2009
Runtime: 00:04:30

In this podcast, Scott W. Roberts, professor, Health and Wellness Department, discusses the research project he completed with Richard J. McCowan, director of Research and Evaluation, Center for Development of Human Services/Research Foundation of SUNY, "Using Infant Simulation to Reduce Pregnancy Among High School Students."  [more…]

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Research

10th Annual Faculty/Staff Research and Creativity Fall Forum: Interim President Dennis K. Ponton

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Recorded on: 10/29/2009
Runtime: 00:04:19

Interim president Ponton offers welcoming remarks at this annual event which brings the Buffalo State community together to share their significant, engaging, adventurous, and potentially ground-breaking work.  [more…]

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Research

Contemporary Children's Books and Films Lecture: Jerry Griswold

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Recorded on: 10/17/2009
Runtime: 00:56:50

Author Jerry Griswold is a specialist in American literature and culture and in children’s literature. He is the author of seven books, including the prize-winning Audacious Kids (in paperback, The Classic American Children’s Story), The Meanings of “Beauty and the Beast,” and the recent Feeling Like a Kid. Griswold has also published more than 200 essays in the Paris Review, the Nation, the New Republic, the Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times Book Review and a columnist for Parents’ Choice.  [more…]

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Academic |
Young Adult Literature

Cross-Border Post-Keynesian Conference Keynote Session: Financial Crisis and Reform

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Recorded on: 10/9/2009
Runtime: 01:58:02

In this podcast, noted scholars Jan A. Kregel and L. Randal Wray present the keynote session for this year’s Cross-Border Post-Keynesian Conference. Read more.  [more…]

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Economics