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UNC Institute for Convergent Science from Here At UNC on Vimeo.

As a leading global public research university bound by 226 years of service to the greater good, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks daring solutions to the world’s most challenging problems. The UNC Institute for Convergent Science is the next step in realizing those solutions.

Find out more at: campaign.unc.edu/ics

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HealthMap from healthmap on Vimeo.

A description of HealthMap, the global disease alert surveillance system.

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Population Health and ACO Dashboard Webinar from Waypoint Consulting on Vimeo.

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FOLIO at Cornell University from EBSCO on Vimeo.

FOLIO at Cornell University

Dean B. Krafft, Chief Technology Strategist at Cornell University Library talks about his library’s involvement in the FOLIO project to create an open source library services platform.

Twitter: @FOLIO_LS

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UMass Lowell and EBSCO Discovery Service from EBSCO on Vimeo.

discovery.ebsco.com

EBSCO Discovery Service transforms the library experience at UMass Lowell

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University of Cape Town - Knowledge Hub on Tobacco Control from David Ritchie on Vimeo.

This is a short campaign film promoting the work of the Knowledge Hub - aimed at adressing tobacco consumtion through the economics of taxes

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The Voice of Hagia Sophia - Trailer from Duygu Eruçman on Vimeo.

The Voice of Hagia Sophia is a short documentary that explores the reverberant soundscape of 1500 year-old Hagia Sophia. For centuries, resonant voice and bounded light worked together inside this magnificent building to evoke the divine. Today as a museum, the function of the space has changed; and it is only through digital technology that we can experience the enveloping sound of Hagia Sophia which can bring us closer to understanding its complex history.

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The Climb from Preston Gibson on Vimeo.

Clinging to a frosty mountain side, a lone climber faces the elements while battling his inner demons. Will he survive? Will he reach the summit? Do you even care even at all even?

A film that examines the burning question of our time: when life presents challenges, how will we respond?

Created by Alex Deaton & Preston Gibson With generous help from Mark Bartels, Jim Roberson, & Hieu Vu Duc

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Earthquakes of Magnitude 6+ from 1898 to 2017 from Catherine Schenck-Yglesias, MHS on Vimeo.

a student exercise in map animation for ESRI Cartography MOOC, May 2018

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Maps of Earthquakes Magnitude 6+ from 1898 to 2017 from Catherine Schenck-Yglesias, MHS on Vimeo.

completed for the ESRI Cartography MOOC in May 2018 as a student exercise

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Pemex Premium • Comercial de TV from David Herrera on Vimeo.

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HaloPixel from David Herrera on Vimeo.

Activa tu marca en 360° con el único Efecto Matrix de vanguardia en México y cautiva a tus clientes llevando tu publicidad a otro nivel. Cotiza hoy mismo tu activación. 5591959899 hola@halopixel.mx

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“You know that moment when you read something, and then immediately have to re-read it because you cannot believe it is true? That happened to me when I read that the levels of slavery and people trafficking today are greater than at any point in history. Surely that cannot be right? Obviously there is no precise figure, but the International Labor Organization and respected abolitionists like Kevin Bales and Siddharth Kara put the global number of slaves at between 10-30 million worldwide. At a minimum, 10 million. Driving the global people trading business is ruthless greed, vast returns on investment and crucially, government ineffectiveness. The same as most criminal enterprises. And the numbers involved are extraordinary. The United Nations estimates the total market value of human trafficking at 32 billion U.S. dollars. In Europe, criminals are pocketing around $2.5 billion per year through sexual exploitation and forced labor. But let’s remember the commodity here is not drugs or contraband; it is human beings. And usually the most vulnerable in society. Those unable to defend themselves, those who innocently trust the intentions of others, those who can easily be made to disappear. The cruelty and inhumanity of those who would profit from such a crime is truly shocking. In previous centuries, when slaves were captured and traded each had a significant market value. Although their ill-treatment was often horrific, the reality was that it made economic sense to keep a slave alive and functioning, to protect what was usually a significant investment, made with a view to long term. That is not so today. Many girls and women, who are trafficked, particularly for the sex trade, are done so with a view to high rate of return over a relatively short period of time. Then they are switched from the steady supply of replacements. And what do you suppose happens to those who are seen to have maxed out their usefulness? Often addicted to drugs they have been forced to take, almost certainly in the country illegally, with no support, and with no record that they ever existed. A bad outcome is more or less assured. It is also difficult to see any hope for the people who trade in people. They have reconciled themselves to the awful crimes that they commit, and are unlikely to stop because others tell them to.”

— From CNN’s “Freedom Project,” focusing a spotlight on modern-day slavery — which 12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen referred to in his Oscar acceptance speech on Sunday.