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Historical Understanding In The U.S. Constitution, Kristopher W. Chesterman

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

How did the America’s Founding Fathers use historical knowledge to inform their actions and decisions that ultimately led to the creation of the Constitution? This dissertation begins to answer this question by providing context to the Framers’ education on both colonial and personal levels. Starting with exposure to historical content through learning Greek and Latin, this research explores the depth of historical knowledge possessed by the Founders and how they used that knowledge to explain their thoughts and ideas throughout the tumultuous years surrounding the American Revolutionary War. This aspect of the Constitution’s formation is overshadowed by the prominence of …

Founders' Day Convocation (2015 Program And Video), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

Award-winning children’s book illustrator, author and Holocaust survivor Anita Lobel gave the address, “Walls, Bridges, Crossings: Getting There!” on Feb. 25, 2015, at the convocation celebrating the 165th anniversary of Illinois Wesleyan's founding.

Founders' Day Convocation (2011 Program And Video), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Founders' Day Convocation (2010 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Founders' Day Convocation (2009 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Founders' Day Convocation (2008 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Eliza Buffington And The Early Years Of The Library, Carol Terry

Infinite Radius: Founding Rhode Island School of Design

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A History Of Risd's Histories: Happy Indeed Is The Audience That Has No Random Historian, Andrew Martinez

Infinite Radius: Founding Rhode Island School of Design

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Preface, Dawn Barrett, Andrew Martinez

Infinite Radius: Founding Rhode Island School of Design

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Founders' Day Convocation (2007 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Founders' Day Convocation (2004 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Founders' Day Convocation (2003 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Founders' Day Convocation (2002 Program And Video), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Why Is It That Computers Still Can't Do What Our Brains Can?, Marvin Minsky

IMSA Great Minds Program ®

Why is it that computers still cannot do what our brains can? Marvin Minsky has been studying this problem for over 20 years, and he believes it is because computers are shackled by constraints we place on them. He believes, by changing the instructions we give them, computers will be able to have motivations and feelings ... and consciousness! What are these constraints, and how will removing them release the power of computers?

Founders' Day Convocation (2001 Program And Video), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Nova, 1999 Summer, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

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Recent IMSA graduate Keith Winstein of Oak Park spent part of his summer doing something quite unconventional for an 18-year-old.

Winstein was the only student in a group of 11 official United States delegates to attend the first World Conference on Science (WCS) in Budapest, Hungary, from June 26 to July 1. The conference brought together 2,500 scientists from 150 countries.

Founders' Day Convocation (1999 Program And Video), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Nova, 1998-99 Fall-Winter, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

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To "bring the best minds in the world to IMSA," the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy launched its Great Minds Program in the Fall of 1998. Leading the program is Nobel Laureate Dr. Leon Lederman, a "founding father of IMSA."

This story is the first in a series to appear in upcoming NOVAs, charting the development of the program and its impact on IMSA students and staff, and other students and teachers in Illinois.

Founders' Day Convocation (1997 Program And Video), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Making History: Quarks, Neutrinos, And Virtual Perfection: Interviews With Robert W. Galvin And Leon M. Lederman, Timothy J. Gilfoyle

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In 1986, Leon Lederman helped establish the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, one of the nation's first residential secondary schools created specifically for gifted students in the sciences. "Kids hate to be different," Lederman recognizes, "and very bright kids know they're different when they're in normal schools, and they react to that differentness in many different ways. But here, they're all the same. They're all . . . academically gifted and work together and collaborate and . . . have excellent teachers. While the building was a hand-me-down from the overbuilding of schools in the early '70s, it works, and …

Founders' Day Convocation (1996 Program And Video), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Founders' Day Convocation (1993 Program And Video), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Founders' Day Convocation (1992 Program And Video), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

A performance by Roger Roloff '69 is included in this recording but his remarks are not.

Comets And The Origin Of Life, Carl Sagan

James R. Thompson Leadership Lectures

Dr. Carl Sagan is the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and the Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University. He played a leading role in the Mariner, Viking and Voyager expeditions to the planets, for which he received numerous awards including the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement. His scientific research has enhanced mankind's understanding of the greenhouse effect on Venus, dust storms on Mars, the origin of life, and the search for life elsewhere.

Dr. Sagan is author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books, including The Dragons of Eden for which …

Founders' Day Convocation (1991 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

The recording includes the part of the 1991 Founders Day Convocation featuring Honorary Degree presentations to Dr. Theodore R. Williams (Class of 1960) and Governor Jim Edgar; Edgar's speech on education in Illinois is also included.

Leon Lederman: Nobel Laureate And Illinois' First Science Adviser, William H. Allen

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Leon N. Lederman, Illinois' first science adviser, worries about "the glaze." It coats the eyes of politicians when scientific subjects come up. The glaze might not be so important if it weren't for the fact that crucial policy issues involving science and technology are everywhere: global climate change, solid waste disposal, high-speed rail transit and stimulation of the advanced technology industry — to name just a few.

Founders' Day Convocation (1990 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

This recording features the rededication of Buck Memorial Library and Dr. Thomas Everhart's speech on the influences of technology in education.Digitized from a cassette in Spring 2018.

Nova, 1990 Winter, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

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Governor James R. Thompson and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Dr. Leon M. Lederman were honored at the formal dedication of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy on December 14. During the ceremony the Academy was dedicated to the People of Illinois in their honor.

1989 Charge To The Graduating Class Of Imsa, Leon Lederman

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I considered a number of snazzy subjects for my remarks to you today:

• The Unexpurgated Story of the Big Bang
• The Unbearable Lightness of Neutrinos
• Symmetry, Complexity and the Origin of Eagle Foods

Founders' Day Convocation (1989 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

The recording features Ariel Dorfman's speech "Missing Continents: The Challenge of Disappearances" and some of his poems.