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U.S. Immigration Policy: Challenges for the 21st Century

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Web Address: http://atlas-real.atlas.uiuc.edu:8080/ramgen/globalstudies/fall2006/smil/gs20061018_martin.smil
Date: October 18, 2006
Speaker(s): Susan Forbes Martin, Executive Director of Institute for the Study of International Migration
Organization: Global Studies Initiative
Keywords: North America; United States; Immigration; Migration
Research Clusters: Social and Policy Sciences
Format: SMIL
Running Time: 1 hour

The Pakistan Earthquake: A Wake-up Call for Mid-America?

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Web Address: http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/cas/cas060215.rv
Date: February 15, 2005
Speaker(s): Amy Gajda, Irfan S. Ahmad, Jerome F. Hajjar, Max Edelson, Robert B. Olshansky, Robert Bauer, Susan Kieffer
Organization: Center for Advanced Studies
Keywords: Middle East; North America; Natural Disasters; Pakistan; United States; Environment
Research Clusters: Social and Policy Sciences
Format: Real Media
Running Time: 1:14:26
Series: CAS Initiative on Megacatastrophes: Science, Policy, and Human Behavior
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This video recording is available thanks to the Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Illinois.

Big Cotton: How a Humble Fiber Created Fortunes, Wrecked Civilizations, and Put America on the Map

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Web Address: http://atlas-real.atlas.uiuc.edu:8080/ramgen/globalstudies/fall2005/smil/gs20051019_yafa.smil
Date: October 19, 2005
Speaker(s): Stephen Yafa, Writer and Public Intellectual
Organization: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Keywords: North America; United States; Agriculture; Economics; Trade
Research Clusters: Social and Policy Sciences; Sustainable Development
Format: Real Media
Running Time: 1:01:04
Series: Global Studies Initiative
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Videography and streaming video courtesy of ATLAS: Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts & Sciences, College of LAS, UIUC.

The Slow-Motion Suicide of the American Empire

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Web Address: http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/cas/millercomm051103.rm
Date: November 3, 2005
Speaker(s): Ted Rall
Organization: Universal Press Syndicate
Keywords: North America; United States; Economics; Empire; International Relations
Research Clusters: Social and Policy Sciences
Format: Real Media
Running Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Series: CAS/MillerComm Lecture Series
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Mr. Rall is a journalist, columnist, cartoonist and author of Generalissimo El Busho.

 

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