Traditional Arts Indiana’s Bicentennial Exhibition

VR WORKSHOP 2005 "Virtuality in Arts and Design" VIRTUAL EXHIBITION PROJECTS

EN) The workshop has obtained a High Patronage of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It discusses themes linked with creation and application of the virtual reality in tha Arts and Craft, to produce and communicate cultural content. The event gives an occasion to express and discuss different combinations of art languages and industrial design planning. The activity develops in two differ...

Reflections of a Member of the Bicentennial Class on the Bicentennial Symposium

This perspective piece explores what it means to be a first-year medical student at Yale School of Medicine during its bicentennial year. At first, it seemed like a hefty burden to bear. However, upon listening to Dr. Eric Kandel speak at the Bicentennial Symposium at Yale on April 28, 2011, it became clear what it means to be a part of the future of science and medicine at Yale.

The bicentennial of the stethoscope: a reappraisal

BACKGROUND AND AIM Two hundred years ago Laennec, a young French physician discovered the stethoscope, in order to improve the lung auscultation. The stethoscope became the emblematic appendix of the physicians. Nurses use it also to monitor patients and medical students are proud to use it. We critically review the significance of the stethoscope 200 years after its discovery. METHODS Pertin...

Two Indianas – A Story of Disparate Growth and Opportunity

he American Dream, to have a better life than those who came before us, is possible because of opportu‐ nity. A favorable juncture of circum‐ stances,* opportunity can be viewed economically as a combination of employment, income, population, and education. More jobs in a location creates a situation in which there are more opportunities to find a suitable match between employer and employee. L...

The Challenge of the Bicentennial Decade