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Past lectures

Let's Talk Politics: Turning Your Opinions into a Career

Author, columnist, commentator, and Cornell alumna S.E. Cupp shares inside tips and tricks on how to become a political pundit.

What Can Facebook, Amazon, and Google Teach Us about Society and about Ourselves?

Jon Kleinberg, the Tisch University Professor in Cornell’s Department of Computer Science, talks about how data gleaned from digital networking offers a radically new perspective on fundamental questions in the social sciences.

The Future of Small

Paul McEuen, Cornell's Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics, examines why small is so big and speculates how nano will change your life, both for good and for ill.

 

  • Kenneth H. Blanchard, "Leading Others and Yourself at a Higher Level," July 28, 2010
  • Patricia A. Moore, "A Journey of the Lifespan," July 21, 2010
  • James B. Maas, "Everything You Need to Know About Sleep, But Are Too Tired to Ask," July 14, 2010
  • Rachel Dickinson, "The Writer's Life: Juggling Soccer Balls, Birds of Prey, and Moleskin Notebooks," July 7, 2010
  • Joyce Carol Oates, "The Writer's (Secret) Life: Woundedness, Rejection, and Inspiration," August 5, 2009
  • Marjorie Blachard: "Leading Others and Yourself at a Higher Level," July 29, 2009
  • Brian C. Wansink, "Mindless Eating: Secrets and Solutions," July 22, 2009
  • Francis J. DiSalvo, "World Challenges: Making Our Way to Sustainable Solutions," July 15, 2009
  • Amy Dickinson, "An Evening with Ask Amy, July 8, 2009
  • Kathie T. Hodge, "A Visit to the Mushroom Planet," July 1, 2009