http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections News about our newest websites and projects, as well as special events. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:19:02.492 -0700 special.collections@oregonstate.edu en-us http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/news.html#chomskyvideo http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/news.html#chomskyvideo Transcribed video of a two-hour lecture and Q & A session by Dr. Noam Chomsky is now available on the Special Events section of the Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections website. Titled "Prospects for World Order" and delivered on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, the talk provides compelling analysis of international relations from the left-radical perspective. http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/news.html#mackinnonvideo http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/news.html#mackinnonvideo Fully-transcribed video of Dr. Roderick MacKinnon's 2008 Linus Pauling Legacy Award Lecture is now available on the Special Collections webpage. Titled "Ion Channel Chemistry: The Electrical System of Life," Dr. MacKinnon's talk provided a fascinating glimpse into the history of scientific inquiry into the human electrical system. The presentation also introduced recent developments in the study of the molecular principles of selectivity and gating in potassium channels -- a field of research that many feel will shed new light on potential cures for a wide range of neuromuscular diseases. http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/news.html#1995conferencevideo http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/news.html#1995conferencevideo Almost nine hours of transcribed video featuring presentations by a number of famed scientists and historians is the latest addition to the Special Events website presented by the Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections. Of particular note is a lecture by 1962 Nobel laureate Dr. Francis Crick titled "The Impact of Linus Pauling on Molecular Biology." Video of a talk by an additional Nobel Prize winner, Dr. William N. Lipscomb (Chemistry, 1976) is a further highlight of this release. http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/news.html#2008legacyaward http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/news.html#2008legacyaward Dr. Roderick MacKinnon, winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, will speak in Portland on Monday, May 5th. The lecture, entitled “Ion Channel Chemistry: The Electrical System of Life,” will be held at the Portland Hilton & Executive Tower at 8:00 PM. The event is free and open to the public. Seats may be reserved ahead of time. http://paulingblog.wordpress.com/ http://paulingblog.wordpress.com/ The Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections is pleased to announce the launch of its latest online venture, the PaulingBlog, available at http://paulingblog.wordpress.com. http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/news.html#bond2008 http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/news.html#bond2008 A revised and dramatically expanded version of the website "Linus Pauling and the Nature of the Chemical Bond: A Documentary History" is being released by the Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections in celebration of the 107th anniversary of Linus Pauling's birth. http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/news.html#residentscholar http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/news.html#residentscholar Research grants are being made available to scholars interested in conducting work in the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers at OSU Libraries Special Collections. Stipends of $2,500 per month renewable for up to three months (for a total maximum grant award of $7,500) will be made available to researchers in the history of science whose proposals detail a compelling potential use of the materials held in the vast Pauling archive. Grant monies can be used for any purpose. http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/events/2007paulingconference/index.html http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/events/2007paulingconference/index.html More than nine hours of fully-transcribed video from a recent major conference on Linus Pauling are now available via the Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections website.