Roslin Institute

Executive summary “The Greatness of nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated" - Mahatma Gandhi Unfortunately, we often hear the news about the illicit wildlife trafficking or illegal wildlife trade. Wildlife seems to be traded all around us. It is used not only as pets and trophies but also for food, leather, home decorations and medical purposes. Wildlife is an important part of ecological community as it plays an important role in the environment. I know that

The Ludlow Massacre of 1914 is one of the bloodiest strike in the American labor history. Historians have debated whether the event was a massacre of innocent lives caused by the Colorado Fuel & Iron (CF&I) or as a battle between the company workers and the company militiamen. The CF&I stated that the event was an act of its workers to demilitarize the company and to prevent importation of “strikebreakers”. However, Thomas Andrews’ Killing for Coal: America’s Deadliest Labor War introduces the concept

Claude Monet, a french painter, painted the Church at Varengeville, Grey Weather, in the year 1882, in the midst of his artistic career. Varengeville-sur-Mer is a small commune in the Seine-Maritime of the north-western region in France. The painting is oil paint on a canvas about 25 by 32 inches, and hangs directly on the wall, in a simple ornate frame.The work’s current location is in the Speed Art Museum, in Louisville, KY. The artwork is hung at a horizontal orientation. In the upper left corner

According to the National Cancer Institute, “In 2014, it is estimated that 15,780 children and adolescents ages 0 to 19 years will be diagnosed with cancer and 1,960 will die of the disease in the United States” (National Cancer Institute). This statistic may seem rather small when compared to the thousands of people in the United States but the number of 1,960 is not just a statistic, each digit represents the loss of a child, some of theses deaths are avoidable though. The ongoing battle

Whaling is an old and inhumane practice that should be stopped. In fact the act of commercial whaling is illegal under international law. Japan still continues this practice today, despite orders to stop given to the Japanese government by the UN’s International Court of Justice in March of 2014 (WDC). Even before that ruling Japan has been asked by the international community to stop whaling, but they continued to do so through a loop hole in the International Whaling Commission or IWC. That hole

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute have found that approximately 38.5% of both male and female will be diagnosed with some form of cancer throughout their lives. Unfortunately, this statistic hits a little too close to home for many of us. (BE3) Because there are so many different branches, forms, and strings of cancer, scientists are still unable to find a specific cure for all of them. (BE2) Cancer affects all of us in so many different ways and with so many different people, for me,

During the time of the 19th and early 20th century, became a time known as modern society, known for its modernity and time of modernism. During this time, artists were flourishing and growing into their own skin, pushing the limits in art, never seen before. This was a time where society became dominated by industrialization, modernization around civilization. The focus became more on machine-age life than ever before. But with machine-age life came the city life, below the night-lights where

Did I ever have a philosophy of teaching? Well! Yes, for sure, I wrote it in my job application to IIT Kanpur back then and then later in another to IIT Gandhinagar. There were some thoughts that I had read about teaching pedagogy and I had also learnt from the training I received earlier, while doing Graduate Teaching during my Ph.D. days. Thoughts like, know much more to tell more, start with objectives and conclude with outcome each day, convey your energy through your actions in class, be patient

outcomes was to implement an education process so that there was a tracking system that would determine if the participants were at the human health center and clinic for their initial visit or a repeat visitor. The NC-BCSP is a National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored undertaking that was designed to increase African-American women of five (5) counties in North Carolina, access to education and services for breast cancer screening processes. The NC-BCSP had designed the program to focus on women

The short speech written by William Safire is very effective in achieving its purpose. This article in not insipid, it captures the audience and allows them to feel the emotions of the people.“Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin...know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice.” Safire mentions the sacrifice those two men made and honors them for what they did for mankind. Not only are they credited for their accomplishments, but also honored and mourned. “...these men were the first[on the moon]