UChannel is a consortium of universities that makes public affairs lectures available to a general audience by distributing free video and audio recordings in many digital formats – for streaming, downloading and broadcast. It was originally launched as the University Channel.

Origins

UChannel charter members are: *

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (''abbrev.'' SPIA; formerly the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs) is a professional public policy school at Princeton University. The school provides an array of c ...

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School of International and Public Affairs The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) is the List of schools of international relations in the United States, international affairs and public policy school, public policy school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League univers ...

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

Middlebury College Middlebury College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont, United States. Founded in 1800 by Congregationalism in the United States, Congregationalists, Middlebury w ...

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Rohatyn Center for International Affairs
* the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the

University of Texas The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 students as of fall 2 ...

at Austin The project was incubated at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and launched its website in July 2005.

Content

The collection includes events from dozens of universities around the world, all dealing with issues of public interest such as war, health, media, economy and global developments. Speakers come from the ranks of academics, authors and policymakers, and their presentations are offered to the public uncut and unedited. UChannel's focus is on public and international affairs because, as UChannel's Executive Director Donna Liu explains, "that is where the public stands to benefit the most from having access to the kind of well-researched, dispassionate, reasoned analysis that academia can provide". The content consists largely of unedited, full-length lectures, events and conferences that take place in academia.

Access

Individuals may access the material directly from the UChannel website or via subscription to

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. Programming is also made available to a variety of TV distributors, including

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(Campus Consortium's (previously CampusEAI) Open Student Television Network (OSTN)), cable TV video-on-demand and some of the Public, educational, and government access (PEG)

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References

External links

UChannel website
Educational organizations based in the United States