Events Tagged 'Education'
posted by jeffers () at May 1st, 2012
Hello Everyone,
Please join us, May 2 at 4:30 pm slt. for our final Global Agenda @UD for the spring term.
Our Speaker is: Matthew M. Aid
Topic: The Future of Intelligence and Espionage
Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Delaware/56/150/26
Matthew M. Aid is a leading intelligence historian and expert on the National Security Agency. He was instrumental in exposing that U.S. intelligence agencies had been improperly "reclassifying" and removing documents from the National Archives to keep them secret. He is a Russian linguist, and author of Intel Wars: ... more » »
posted by jeffers () at April 2nd, 2012
Hello All,
On Wed. April 4th 2012 UD will be hosting 2 live simulcasts on the UD islands.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Delaware/51/149/26
As usual we will be taking questions from our SL audience during Global Agenda.
IM Firery Broome for help getting to or questions about these events.
Please join us for one or both if you can!
12:00 SLT -UD's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Spring 2012 Distinguished Lecturer Series.
Who: Thomas Sterling of Indiana University
Topic: Execution Model Driven X-Stack Strategy
About the speaker:Thomas Sterling is a Professor of Informatics ... more » »
posted by jeffers () at March 19th, 2012
Hello Everyone!
Please join us for the next speaker in the Global Agenda 2012 "Spies, Lies & Sneaky Guys" series.
Speaker: Robert Grenier - HUManINTelligence in the Digital Age
Date: Mar 21, 2012 - 4:30 pm SLT
Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Delaware/56/150/26
Robert Grenier served 27 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, most recently as head of its Counterterrorism Center. Among previous assignments, he led agent training at “The Farm,” was CIA representative to the White House on Iraq during the 2003 invasion, and, as CIA station chief in ... more » »
posted by jeffers () at March 12th, 2012
Hello Everyone!
Please join us for our next speaker in the this year's Global Agenda series, "Spies, Lies & Sneaky Guys: Espionage and Intelligence in the Digital Age"
Speaker: Gen. Michael Hayden - Electronic Underworld
Date: Mar 14, 2012 - 4:30 pm SLT
Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Delaware/56/150/26
Gen. Michael Hayden is former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and former Director of the nation's most secretive intelligence organization, the National Security Agency. Appointed by Presidents Clinton and Bush, Hayden led those agencies between 1999 – 2009, during the ... more » »
posted by jeffers () at February 20th, 2012
Hello Everyone,
Please join us for the first talk in our new Spring 2012 Global Agenda series,
"Spies, Lies & Sneaky Guys: Espionage and Intelligence in the Digital Age".
Date: Feb 22, 2012 - 4:30 pm SLT
Speaker: Dana Priest - Military Intelligence Complex
Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Delaware/56/150/26
Dana is a two-time Pulitzer prize winning investigative reporter for The Washington Post. She covered the invasion of Panama, reported from Iraq, covered the Kosovo war, and has traveled widely with Army units in Asia, Africa and South America and on ... more » »
posted by jeffers () at February 15th, 2012
Please join us today Feb. 15th at 12:00 PM SL, for the first simulcast of
UD's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Spring 2012 Distinguished Lecturer Series.
Who: Nader Engheta of University of Pennsylvania
Topic: "Of Light, Electrons, and Metamaterials"
Where:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Delaware/51/149/26
When: today Feb. 15th at 12:00 PM SL
About the speaker:
Nader Engheta is the H. Nedwill Ramsey Professor of Elec. and Sys. Eng., and Professor of Bioengineering, at Penn.
He received his B.S. from the University of Tehran, and his M.S and Ph.D. from Caltech.
He was selected as one of the Scientific American Magazine ... more » »
posted by jeffers () at November 28th, 2011
Hello All,
Please join us for our last speaker in this year's National Agenda.
Some of you may remember her from last year. She knows her subject really well and is super funny in her delivery.
Prof. Danna Young, in UD's Dept. of Communication
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 4:30pm slt
Her topic is: Political Entertainment
http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Delaware/56/150/26
Young’s research interests include political media effects, public opinion, political satire and the psychology of political humor. Her work on the role and effects of late-night comedy in the changing political ... more » »
posted by jeffers () at November 7th, 2011
Hello All,
Please join us for our next UD faculty speaker.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 4:30pm slt
Prof. David Wilson, Political Science & International Relations
Experimenting with Public Opinion: Race and Politics: National Agenda 2011 Girding for Battle @UD
http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Delaware/56/150/26
Wilson has served as Senior Statistical Consultant for The Gallup Organization in Washington, D.C. He teaches and researches political psychology and survey research methods, specializing in public opinion on racial attitudes, workplace politics, and survey context effects.
This is a live simulcast. We will be taking ... more » »
posted by jeffers () at October 31st, 2011
Hello All,
Please join us for our next off campus speaker in the National Agenda 2011 Girding for Battle @UD series.
Melanie Sloan - Scandalous Politicians! : National Agenda 2011 Girding for Battle @UD
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 4:30pm slt
http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Delaware/56/150/26
Sloan is the founder and Executive Director of CREW, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, and is a nationally recognized expert on congressional ethics. Prior to starting CREW, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia where, from 1998-2003, ... more » »
posted by jeffers () at October 25th, 2011
Hello All,
Please join us for our next faculty speaker in the National Agenda 2011 speaker series.
When: Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Time: 4:30pm slt
Who: Prof. Jason Mycoff, Political Science & International Relations
What: Redistricting for the 2012 Election: National Agenda 2011 Girding for Battle @UD
Where: http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Delaware/56/150/26
Jason's research interests include the Congress, presidency, and judiciary with special interest in committees, political leadership, and the interaction between the legislative and executive branches. He teaches American politics classes including Introduction to American Political Systems, Congress and ... more » »
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