UC Santa Barbara (Video)

Twenty years after the tragic death of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Yoram Peri reflects upon his life as politician, statesman and general, his dedication to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, his leadership in signing the Oslo Accords, and his assassination by a right-wing Jewish extremist. Rabin’s deeply contested legacy – hero versus traitor – reflects the mounting cultural war between liberal, secular Israelis who place great emphasis on Western, democratic values and religious Israelis who believe the Torah and traditional values should guide everyday life. Series: "Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Humanities] [Show ID: 30268]

Dennis Clegg describes the recent strategies to develop a regenerative patch for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration by developing a cellular therapy using stem cells.

Series: "Scientific Horizons" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 29899]

In this information-rich age when voluminous amounts of data are being generated, processed, and transformed at ever increasing rates, Joann Kuchera-Morin asks how does one master control, working with these data as if it were intuitive and second nature? Can one master control much in the same way that a composer or musician creates or performs a composition, with intuitive precision? And if so, could one design a computational framework that could support this creative process, allowing researchers of different fields to work with their data as artists do? Series: "Women in Science" [Humanities] [Show ID: 30518]

Joseph Polchinski explores the battle in physics: either quantum mechanics must break down, or our understanding of spacetime must be wrong. The latest is the ‘firewall’ paradox: if quantum mechanics is to be saved, then an astronaut falling into a black hole will have an experience very different from what Einstein’s theory predicts. This has led to many new ideas that may lead to the unification of these two great theories. Series: "GRIT Talks" [Science] [Show ID: 30519]

Go behind the scenes with cameraman/editor, Mark Romanov, who specializes in hard-to-get shots which is apparent in his work on Rick Rosenthal's documentary, The Dark Side of the Ocean.

Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 30029]

Scott Dettmer is a founding partner of the law firm, Gundersen Dettmer where he focuses on the representation of fast-growing private and public companies in the technology and life science industries. He also represents a wide range of venture and private equity funds in their investment transactions. Series: "Technology Management Program" [Business] [Show ID: 30338]

UCSB Script to Screen hosts director Jay Roach (Austin Powers trilogy) and screenwriter John McNamara for a conversations about Trumbo, a historical piece about a blacklisted screen writer and the screen writing process. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 30277]

Oscar-winning screenwriter Alan Ball, veteran writer/producer, whose credits include Six Feet Under and True Blood, joins host Matt Ryan to discuss the production and legacy of “American Beauty.” Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 30159]

Gerd Gigerenzer, director of the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, wants us all to be more “risk savvy.” He explores different kinds of risks and the ways we are misled and manipulated by politicians, financial advisors, doctors and others who purport to be looking out for us. Series: "SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 30163]

Gerd Gigerenzer discusses how the people within the health care system should work together to receive the outcomes they desire. Series: "SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 28732]