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"The Universe in a Nutshell: The Physics of Everything Michio Kaku, Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics at CUNY What if we could find one single equation that explains every force in the universe? Dr. Michio Kaku explores how physicists may shrink the science of the Big Bang into an equation as small as Einstein's "e=mc^2." Thanks to advances in string theory, physics may allow us to escape the heat death of the universe, explore the multiverse, and unlock the secrets of existence. While firing up our imaginations about the future, Kaku also presents a succinct history of physics and makes a compelling case for why physics is the key to pretty much everything. The Floating University Originally released September, 2011."

Please be patient while this page loads -- it takes several minutes. But it does include, after all, the entire universe. You may see a blank space below, then a gray box. Stick with it. When it's finished loading, prepare to be mesmerized.

Amazing video with zoom-in/zoom-out showing scale of the universe from very small to very large. (Similar to "Powers of Ten" video)

Google Search has always been about finding the best results for you. Sometimes that means results from the public web, but sometimes it means your personal content or things shared with you by people you care about. These wonderful people and this rich personal content is currently missing from your search experience. Search is still limited to a universe of webpages created publicly, mostly by people you've never met. Today, we're changing that by bringing your world, rich with people and information, into search.

Place Out Of Time is a simulation of a trial, where students play guests who come from a range of places and times throughout history to discuss some of the great issues of humankind. Our trial takes place (virtually) at the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain. Place Out of Time is a writing intensive project for middle and high school students, meant to draw upon their sense of play and the hook of having an audience for their ideas to engage them in putting a twist on the study of history. Student participants and university mentors debate issues and perspectives in character, and move from reading and studying about their characters to a series of opportunities for original research--both historical and creative--as they decide what their character would say about issues that took place in places far distant (in time and geography) from their lives.

The universe is mostly empty space. Even in a "crowded" region like our solar system, the distances between planets are so vast that they are difficult to imagine. This animation simulates a voyage from the sun past all nine planets. For convenience, the planets are lined up in the same direction.

"Gone are the days of noisy projectors and professors writing with colored markers on white boards at Briar Cliff University. Touch screens, apps and digital receivers are replacing these outdated teaching tools, as the college seeks to create dynamic classroom interaction between students and faculty by pairing the Apple iPad3 with Apple TV. Briar Cliff began providing incoming freshmen with Apple iPad tablets in 2011. This school year, the Apple TV, a little black digital media receiver, will make its first appearance on campus in classrooms and dorm lounges. "

The Ethnographic Research in Illinois Academic Libraries (ERIAL) Project is a two-year study of the student research process.  The project is funded by an LSTA grant awarded to Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) by the Illinois State Library.  The goal of the project is to understand how students do research, and how relationships between students, teaching faculty and librarians shape that process.  ERIAL is also an applied study-that is, research pursued with the purpose of uncovering, understanding and addressing social problems.  As such, its goal is to use the results to develop more user-centered library services.

CHICAGO -- For a stranger, the main library at the University of Illinois at Chicago can be hard to find. The directions I got from a pair of clerks at the credit union in the student center have proven unreliable. I now find myself adrift among ash trees and drab geometric buildings.

Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks -- including death itself -- at the university's 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005. Transcript of Steve Jobs' address: http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html Stanford University channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/stanford 69,964 likes, 787 dislikes

breaks down various screen capture software

I Pad project

Interactive weather site