Video Broadcast : # Several factors (e.g. Terman, Shockley) led to the birth of Silicon Valley. Terman Professor [later Dean] Frederick Terman joined Stanford University instead of the more established ones in the East (e.g. MIT) because of his health. He is known for encouraging his students such […]
Video Broadcast : #154December 25, 2020 Adjacent to the RU Student Union Building was the RU Gymnasium. The gymnasium was donated by Chan Chor Khine (RU Council Member). He is the second son of philanthropists Chan Mah Phee and Daw Aye Mya. There were competitions for Weight Lifting […]
Video Broadcast : #147 December 22, 2020 SEAP Games Volleyball Champions by U Aye (M62, RU Selected), HIC/FAO/UN(Retired) Ko Kyaw Han from RU Forestry was Burma selected player in 1961 SEAP Games in which Burma won gold medal. The team was led by Ko Kyaw Nyunt (1), we […]
Video Broadcast : # Win – Lose In a two person zero sum game, there is usually a winner and a loser. In multiple person zero sum game, there is usually some winners and some losers. No Joint Winners One or more overtime periods may be necessary to […]
Video Broadcast : # Male Swimmers Tin Maung Ni Mya Thee Maung Kyi Aung Than Nyunt Soe Chit Soe Oscar Thwin Derek Lynsdale Aye Kyaw Willie Huie Richard Yu Khin Htay Aung Nanda Kyaw Zwar Female Swimmers Sally Soe Mary Soe Elizabeth Smythe Marlar Swe Polly Ba San […]
Video Broadcast : # Several definitions Example : Ability to use tools to create better tools Types The list is not exhaustive Human Intelligence Animal Intelligence Military Intelligence Machine Intelligence Artificial Intelligence AI / Artificial Intelligence Word proposed by John McCarthy and colleagues for a new discipline (different […]
Video Broadcast : #October 4, 2020 Rowing in Myanmar Laung (7 paddlers of more) Leg rowers (of Inlay) Rowing Clubs Cambridge University Home club of Sir Arthur Eggar RBC (Rangoon Boat Club) Exclusive for Europeans and Anglo-Burmese RUBC (Rangoon University Boat Club)Founded in 1923 by Sir Arthur Eggar […]
Video Broadcast : #September 8, 2020 NFLC and Burmese University of MarylandEstablished NFLC in 1986 Portal For resources Burmese Language Project (in 2008)Served as Burmese Language Expert Listening Comprehension Sample : Win Pe Lwe Eik (Win Pe’s Bag) Reading Comprehension Sample : Short story by U Po Kyar […]
Video Broadcast : # When the University of Rangoon was established in December 1920, it had the Department of Law. U May Aung served as the first Professor. U May Aung U May Aung (Barrister-at-law, LL.D) served as Professor of Law from 1920 -1922. He was a Rakkhine […]
Video Broadcast : #043September 28, 2020 Introduction Studied basics of Chemistry as part of General Science Dhatu Beda (Chemistry in Burmese) Took “Dhatu Beda” in the first ever HSF Only examination in 1962. Maung Maung Kyi (SPHS) scored the highest marks in Chemistry. He had Distinction in Chemistry […]