By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPublished: February 22, 2012 at 4:49 PM ET (New York Times) NEW YORK (AP) — Barney Rosset was a publisher, not an author, and struggled for decades to write the story of his brave and wild life. But few over the past 60 years had so profound an impact on the way […]
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Create a cool animated photo montage in After Effects
This 14 step online tutorial from Layers Magazine teaches you how to create a really cool animated photo montage. It’s structured in a way that easily enables you to switch out the photos in the animation for new ones as well. Your final result will be a short animated Quicktime movie. Check it out! How […]
Continue readingSelected New Home Use Titles in Media Services
Check out these titles that were recently added to the Media Services Home Use Collection. Hero/Ying Xiong – HU DVD 596Elephant – HU DVD 790Longest Day – HU DVD 1263Office: Season 6 – HU DVD 4029-4033Office: Season 7 – HU DVD 4034-4038Looney Tunes Super Stars: Pepe le Pew – HU DVD 4255She’s the Man – […]
Continue readingTransgender Identity Film and Panel Discussion – Wednesday, February 22, 7:00 p.m., EQB Lounge
Wednesday, February 22, 7:00 p.m., EQB Lounge (East Quad Building)7:00 p.m., film, “Transgeneration”8:00 p.m., panel discussion on transgender identity, with Edgardo Merville, director of the Gender and Sexuality Program at Children’s National Medical Center; John Strang, staff psychologist, Children’s National Medical Center; Hunter and Tracey, persons who have transitioned gender9:15 p.m., pizzaSponsor: Department of PsychologyContact: […]
Continue readingSOC’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking Presents: Exploring the Potential Power of Film in Protecting America’s National Parks
Tuesday, February 21, 7:00 p.m., Mary Graydon Center, Wechsler TheaterStephen Shackelton, a top executive and Chief Ranger with the National Park Service (NPS), shows stunning stills and clips of our iconic national parks like Yellowstone and Yosemite, and describes how NPS uses the media to protect and conserve these national jewels Sponsor: SOC’s Center for […]
Continue readingNew Media Center Software Training Sessions this week:
The New Media Center is located on the lower level of the library past the Technology Services desk, next to Media Services. The NMC conducts open workshops on a variety of topics related to multimedia production. These 30 to 60 minute sessions are open to all AU faculty, staff and students with all levels of […]
Continue readingIn the News: Behind Taliban Lines
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Continue readingHot Docs: Fruit of Our Labor now available in Media Services
As the international community reflects on the impact of years of war in Afghanistan, Community Supported Film provides an opportunity to also reflect on the situation from an Afghan perspective through 10 Afghan-made documentaries. Story 1: L is for Light, D is for Darkness, Hasibullah AsmatyStory 2: Searching for a Path, Reza SahelStory 3: Hands […]
Continue readingUC Film Series Presents: Evolution of Zombies Part 2
UC Film Series Presents: Evolution of Zombies Part 2Night of the CreepsFriday, February 17, 2012From 6:00 – 8:30pmMudbox on the Lower Level of the LibrarySponsored by Bender Library and University College
Continue readingHot Docs: Strategic Teacher now available in Media Services
“One of the greatest challenges facing schools today is the push to raise the expertise of teachers. but if teachers are going to become experts, they need proven strategies and the training to make them work…plain and simple. In ’The strategic teacher,’ renowned education consultant Harvey Silver illustrates practical ways to make this happen in […]
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