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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 May 17
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1) Peter Berle talks with Representative Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) about his decision to reject legislation that would repeal parts of the Endangered Species Act. 2) Thomas Lalley talks with officials from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and spokespeople from General Electric about Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination in the Hudson River. 3) In the Ear to the Ground segment, Linda Anderson talks with Tony Delcavo, a United Airlines pilot who educates passengers about clear cuts in national forests while flying over the Bald Mountains. 4) Bill McKibben reads from his introduction to the 1997 re-release of ?Walden? by Henry David Thoreau. 5) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with farmers from eastern Missouri about the asparagus harvest. 6) Berle talks with Juanita Joyner, Director of Community Development at Isles, about bioremediation and using the Indian mustard plant to clean Brownfield sites. 7)Peter Berle talks with Jack Weinberg, senior campaigner for Green Peace, Kip Howlett, Vice President and managing director of the Chlorine Chemistry Council, and Dr. James Simons, professor of civil and environmental engineering, about the impact of chlorine on the environment. 8) Author Don Gayton reads a passage from his book, ?Landscapes of the Interior: Re-explorations of Nature and the Human Spirit.? 9) Folk musician Pete Seeger sings, ?My Dirty Stream,? from his album, ?Clearwater II.?
- Subject:
- General Electric Company, Endangered species--Law and legislation--United States, Clearcutting, and Polychlorinated biphenyls--Environmental aspects--Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J)
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- Type:
- Image
- Date Created:
- 1966 January
- Collection:
- University Photograph Collection
- Collecting Area:
- University Archives
- Collection ID:
- ua390
- Description:
- A group photograph of the "Smart Team" in the General Electric College Bowl, left to right: Lawrence J. Epstein, State University of New York at Albany, Class of 1967; Fred A. Childs, State University of New York at Albany, Class of 1969, captain; B.Weinstein; and Frank L. Burd, State University of New York at Albany, Class of 1968.
- Subject:
- Photographers, Epstein, Lawrence J., State University of New York at Albany, Childs, Fred A., Weinstein, B., Class of 1969, Burd, Frank L., General Electric Company, University Archives Photographs, Waldinger, Conrad, Quiz shows, Class of 1967, and Class of 1968
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- Type:
- Image
- Date Created:
- 1977
- Collection:
- University Photograph Collection
- Collecting Area:
- University Archives
- Collection ID:
- ua390
- Description:
- Ivar Giaever as viewed behind equipment in a laboratory. Giaever was awarded the Citizen Laureate Award in 1977. Giaever was at the time a biophysicist at General Electric. Giaever won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1973 and later became a professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The Citizen Laureate Awards were established by the University Foundation at the suggestion of its chair, Alan Iselin. Candidates for the award come from the four county region. The awards are given for sustained achievement in scholarly service and community service. The individual award is know as a "Laurie."
- Subject:
- Citizen Laureate Award, Laboratories, University Foundation, Awards, Giaever, Ivar, General Electric Company, and University Archives Photographs
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- Type:
- Image
- Date Created:
- 1977
- Collection:
- University Photograph Collection
- Collecting Area:
- University Archives
- Collection ID:
- ua390
- Description:
- Ivar Giaever standing with a device in a laboratory. Giaever was awarded the Citizen Laureate Award in 1977. Giaever was at the time a biophysicist at General Electric. Giaever won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1973 and later became a professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The Citizen Laureate Awards were established by the University Foundation at the suggestion of its chair, Alan Iselin. Candidates for the award come from the four county region. The awards are given for sustained achievement in scholarly service and community service. The individual award is know as a "Laurie."
- Subject:
- Citizen Laureate Award, Laboratories, University Foundation, Awards, Giaever, Ivar, General Electric Company, and University Archives Photographs
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- Type:
- Image
- Date Created:
- Undated
- Collection:
- University Photograph Collection
- Collecting Area:
- University Archives
- Collection ID:
- ua390
- Description:
- A portrait of Arthur M. Bueche, once the head of research and development at General Electric and a visiting speaker at the university.
- Subject:
- Campus visits, Bueche, Arthur M., Orators, General Electric Company, Portraits, and University Archives Photographs