Public lecture

A public lecture is one means employed for educating the public in the arts and sciences. The Royal Institution has a long history of public lectures and demonstrations given by prominent experts in the field. In the 19th century, the popularity of the public lectures given by Sir Humphry Davy at the Royal Institution was so great that the volume of carriage traffic in Albemarle Street caused it to become the first one-way street in London. The Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures for young people are nowadays also shown on television. Alexander von Humboldt delivered a series of public lectures at the University of Berlin in the winter of 1827–1828, that formed the basis for his later work Kosmos.

Besides public lectures, public autopsies have been important in promoting knowledge of medicine. The public autopsy of Dr. Johann Gaspar Spurzheim, advocate of phrenology, was conducted after his death, and his brain, skull, and heart were removed, preserved in jars of alcohol, and put on display to the public. Public autoposies have sometimes verged on entertainment: American showman P. T. Barnum held a public autopsy of Joice Heth after her death. Heth was a woman whom Barnum had been featuring as being over 160 years old. Barnum charged 50 cents admission. The autopsy demonstrated that she had in fact been between 76 and 80 years old.

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Foluseke Abidemi Somolu Foundation Holds Second Public Lecture on the Place of Knowledge, Competence and Integrity in Engineering Practice

This Day 21 Nov 2024
The Foluseke Abidemi Somolu Foundation recently held its second public lecture, with the theme ... This will be the second public lecture hosted by the Foluseke Abidemi ... The public lectures are a key component in the Foundation’s goal of advancing engineering practice in Nigeria....
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J&K government advertises 575 posts, Opposition fumes over nearly 60% reserved seats

Hindustan Times 21 Nov 2024
The Jammu and Kashmir government has referred 575 posts of lecturers to be recruited by the Public Service Commission (PSC), but only 238 posts have been reserved for open merit candidates and the others for candidates with different reservations ... 575 lecturer posts is good....
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Parra calls for fairness in lecturer recruitment reservation policy

Kashmir Media Service 20 Nov 2024
In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, MLA from Pulwama and senior leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has raised concerns over the reservation distribution in the recruitment process for lecturer posts conducted by the Public Service Commission....
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'We are in triage': Panel says meth still Guam's drug of choice by far

Guam Pacific Daily News 20 Nov 2024
20, 2024 at the University of Guam's Lecture Hall for a public forum to discuss challenges and solutions surrounding the ongoing drug epidemic on Guam ... That was the consensus of the panel of experts gathered at the University of Guam's Lecture Hall for a public forum to discuss challenges and solutions surrounding the ongoing drug epidemic on Guam....
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Peter Mbah: Knowledge, Not Assets, at the Soul of Any Successful Nation

This Day 20 Nov 2024
“As I have often emphasised, nations seldom rise above the standard of their public education ... Vice Chancellor of ESUT, Professor Aloysius-Michael Okolie; Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of ESUT Governing Council, Sir Chinyeaka Oha; and Chairman of the public lecture, Professor Obiora Ike, commended Mbah for his huge investments in the education sector....
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Answering the Genocide Charges: The World Is Not Listening

The Algemeiner 20 Nov 2024
Say it enough times and the general public, students at universities, ... “Under no definition is Israel committing genocide.” He’s further stated, “…there is no targeting of civilians.” Indeed, the West Point expert, now lecturing on the topic in the public sphere, titles his talks....
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People: Prosperity Law; Bevan Brittan; South Yorkshire Local Visitor Economy Partnership; and more

The Business Desk 20 Nov 2024
As well as expertise in supporting large, private sector businesses across the full spectrum of legal employment issues, she has experience in advising large, public-sector bodies, such as the Police Federation of England and Wales. Her career, which includes a role as lecturer at ......
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Opinion: I spoke to college students after the election. Here’s how to make them care more ...

The Los Angeles Times 19 Nov 2024
As luck would have it, after the election I found myself giving a lecture to between 40 and 50 students at an American University media and public policy class ... Interestingly, two young women from Pakistan, who had not voted, were least surprised by the outcome ... Not one hand was raised ... They don’t want to be lectured to or preached at ... Be real....
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Today's events for Nov. 20

Aiken Standard 19 Nov 2024
Angel Rañales will give a lecture titled "The Art of Pilgrimage to Santiago ... The lecture is free and open to the public, and is part of USC Aiken’s Aiken in The Alley series. This lecture is sponsored by Groucho's Deli ... Tickets are $10 for the general public, $7 for students and free for USCA students ... The public is invited....
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World Toilet Day: ‘Eliminate pit latrines from public schools in SA’

Mail Guardian South Africa 19 Nov 2024
A Place for Peace, an apt one when considering the state of toilets in South Africa’s public schools — more than 3 900 illegal pit toilets are still in use, according to Amnesty International South Africa ... The elimination of pit toilets in public schools has been an ongoing battle....
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Call to ban cakes and biscuits at school lunchtimes in England

AOL 19 Nov 2024
“These findings reinforce the urgent need for a complete ban on cakes and biscuits currently permitted under the school food standards at lunchtime, as they are unlikely to align with current maximum sugar guidelines,” said Dr Kawther Hashem, a lecturer in public health nutrition at QMUL and Action on Sugar’s head of research and impact ... ....
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READY, FIRE, AIM: A Streetcar Named Infinite Desire

Pagosa Daily Post 19 Nov 2024
They don’t make philosophers like they used to. There are exceptions to the rule, of course ... But in general, our public schools and universities no longer turn out people like Bertrand Russell ... Dr ... Russell spent six months in prison for publicly lecturing in opposition to British involvement in World War I.� He later said of his imprisonment.....

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