A very interesting lecture on Grace O'Malley otherwise known as 'Granuaile' delivered by Author Anne Chambers, was enjoyed by members of the Society and the General Public at the Parish Centre, ...

“Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time,” a film about Aldo Leopold’s life and influence over land conservation and the science and ethics that accompany it. The film, which was ...

Conflating ‘interesting’ with ‘entertaining’ and getting caught in a never-ending loop of shinier and shinier edutainment should be shunned in favour of cultivating sustained interest How can we make ...

A guide to making lectures more interactive learning experiences that keep students interested Nine out of 10 students would “strongly prefer” or “somewhat prefer” to have in-person lectures that were ...

Many academics tout active learning approaches as the gold standard to keep students engaged in the classroom. When it comes to accounting, though, many experienced faculty members know that lectures ...

Acclaimed PBS NewsHour political commentator Mark Shields visited Northwestern on Tuesday to deliver the 2012 Minow Lecture in Communications. Shields’ talk focused on his experience covering ...

Starting tomorrow, you can spend six weeks learning from women scientists at the University of Arizona. And it won't cost you anything. The six women speaking at the College of Science's lecture ...

DURING A RECENT talk playfully titled “Vax Museum,” epidemiologist René F. Najera focused on unsung heroes behind the development of vaccines, the kind of people he likes to highlight in his History ...

As with anything, college lectures have changed in many ways over the years. When I was an undergraduate student at the University of Connecticut in the late 1980s, lectures were pretty much delivered ...