2005 Evening at Egan Collection

![]() | CSI Wildlife: Prosecuting Wildlife Crimes by Bradley Swanson Bradley Swanson, Assistant Professor of Biology, Central Michigan University, comes to UAS to discuss the ways that wildlife biology can be used to solve wildlife crime. Swanson highlights several wildlife crime cases, from poaching to mysterious cat killings, all of which were solved with the help of wildlife forensic science. Caution: The following program contains explicit wildlife forensic photographs. This program may not be suitable for all viewers. Recorded September 30th, 2005 Sponsored by: University of Alaska Southeast Produced by: UAS Video Production Services © 2005 University of Alaska Southeast Running Time: 1 hour, 8 minutes |
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![]() | GIS in the Tongass: Seeing the Forest Through the Trees by Sanjay Pyare UAS Assistant Professor of GIS & Landscape Ecology, Sanjay Pyare, looks at the geography of Southeast Alaska from early navigation to mapping with the use of Geographic Information Systems. Recorded October 14th, 2005 Sponsored by: University of Alaska Southeast Produced by: UAS Video Production Services © 2005 University of Alaska Southeast Running Time: 1 hour, 5 minutes |
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![]() | Social Capital of People, Groups, and Organizations by Yuliya Ivanova Social capital represents the resources available to people and organizations within their social realm. This lecture, by Assistant Professor of Management Yuliya V. Ivanova, provides a more complete definition of social capital for people and organizations, how it can be used as capital, its potential benefits and risks, and how it can be created and destroyed. Recorded October 21st, 2005 Sponsored by: University of Alaska Southeast Produced by: UAS Video Production Services © 2005 University of Alaska Southeast Running Time: 1 hour, 24 minutes |
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![]() | American Cannibals: A Literary History by Nina Chordas Nina Chordas, UAS Assistant Professor of English, discusses the idea of how cannibalism adhered to the Americas and how it became distinctly an American literary motive. She analyzes some of the literature that has developed and propagated the notion of American cannibalism. Recorded October 28th, 2005 Sponsored by: University of Alaska Southeast Produced by: UAS Video Production Services © 2005 University of Alaska Southeast Running Time: 51 minutes |
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![]() | Bald Eagles of the North Pacific Coast by David Hancock Noted Canadian ornithologist, conservationist, and writer, David Hancock, shares over 50 years of experience observing and studying the bald eagle of the Pacific Northwest. Hancock has published numerous scientific articles and scores of books on birds. In this presentation he focuses on bald eagles in different stages of their development. Recorded November 4th, 2005 Sponsored by: University of Alaska Southeast Produced by: UAS Video Production Services © 2005 University of Alaska Southeast Running Time: 1 hour, 35 minutes |
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![]() | Creating Alaska: The Constitutional Covention 50 Years Later by Terrence M. Cole and Thomas Stewart Dr. Terrence M. Cole, Professor of History and Director of the Office of Public History at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, gives an historical overview of Alaska’s Constitutional Convention that took place in 1955-1956. Judge Thomas B. Stewart, who was Secretary to the Alaska Constitutional Convention, adds his own insights into what did and didn’t happen during the Convention. Recorded November 11th, 2005 Sponsored by: University of Alaska Southeast Produced by: UAS Video Production Services © 2005 University of Alaska Southeast Running Time: 1 hour, 52 minutes |
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![]() | Russians in Tlingit America: The Baranov Era and the Battles of Sitka by Richard and Nora Dauenhauer Richard Dauenhauer, UA President’s Professor of Language at the University of Alaska Southeast, and his wife, Nora Dauenhauer, discuss the Russian presence in Alaska during the beginning of the 19th Century. Recorded November 18th, 2005 Sponsored by: University of Alaska Southeast Produced by: UAS Video Production Services © 2005 University of Alaska Southeast Running Time: 1 hour, 20 minutes |
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![]() | Poetry and Pictures from the Arctic by Brendan Kelly & Mary Hicks Dr. Brendan Kelly, Dean of Arts and Sciences, and Professor Mary Hicks talk about the current state of the Arctic ecosystem. Their lecture brings science and art together with a blend of literary effects and scientific research. Recorded December 2nd, 2005 Sponsored by: University of Alaska Southeast Produced by: UAS Video Production Services © 2005 University of Alaska Southeast Running Time: 1 hour, 31 minutes |
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