Financial impact of a competitive payment system on New Jersey hospitals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Evaluation of the implementation of the AHCPR smoking cessation guideline 1 2 3 4 5

Symposium on mental health policy and managing care in the public interest 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Program to develop emergency medical services for children in rural areas 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

National Basketball Association program to educate youth about the health risks of tobacco use 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Abstinence-based teen drug, HIV and pregnancy prevention program 1 2

Page created on January 10, 2012

Engineering the New Libya. Steven Cherry talks to Mustafa Abushagur, an electrical engineer, IEEE member and interim deputy prime minister of Libya, about rebuilding the country. (1/11/12)

Reinventing the Scientific Method. Host Steven Cherry interviews Michael Nielsen, author of Reinventing Discovery and theoretical physicist specializing in quantum computation (Kindle edition). 12/30/11

The Critical Threat to Critical Infrastructure. Host Steven Cherry interviews Steve Chabinsky, deputy assistant director, Cyber-Security, FBI, about the urgent need to protect corporate networks, personal computers and government systems. 12/12/11

The Future of Work. Host Steve Cherry interviews Andrew McAfee, co-author (along with Erik Brynjolfsson) of Race Against The Machine: How the Digital Revolution is Accelerating Innovation, Driving Productivity, and Irreversibly Transforming Employment and the Economy. McAfee, an economist at the MIT Sloan School of Management, argues that technology really has put a lot of people out of work. He suggests ways in which government and industry can get the U.S. economy going again. 12/7/11

Last updated on January 11, 2012

Speech written for Robert Samson, general manager, global public sector, IBM Corporation.

Delivered to the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Commandant’s Lecture Series,   Washington D.C., April 29, 2009.

Published in “Vital Speeches of the Day,” September 2009, Volume LXXV, No. 9.

Last updated on November 6, 2011

TC Today

Psychology is in the House (December 16, 2011)

Bottling common sense James Comer, Teachers College trustee, has created successful schools by replicating the effects of strong parenting and vibrant communities.

What’s a mother to do? Suniya Luthar, professor of psychology and education at Teachers College, explores the stresses of society’s toughest job.

Views on the News (November 3, 2011)

Gut Check: Can the U.S. Meet a Public Health Challenge More Complex Than Smoking. Poor fitness and nutrition are undermining kids’ performance in school. Does the U.S. have what it takes to meet a public health challenge more complex than smoking?

Three stories I wrote for an upcoming issue of TC Inside, a publication of Teachers College (Columbia University). To be published in spring 2012.

Making assistive technologies available to all. Karen Gourgey at the Computer Center for Visually Impaired People wants students to explore the “great city out there.”

Bringing the real world to the classroom. Dean of Columbia School of Engineering collaborates with TC to implement STEM programs in Harlem and Northern Manhattan public schools.

Using technology to teach 21st-century skills. Stanford professor Dan Schwartz emphasizes the role of technology as a supplement to the school curriculum.

Last updated on December 29, 2011

Ribbon-cutting ceremony for Philadelphia-based center of nanotechnology. 5-minute opening remarks for university president.

Are we living in the Prairie of Prax? How can we talk to each other in a polarized political environment? An episode in the university’s 60-second lecture series.

Last updated on September 9, 2011

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