Predicting and Preventing Autoimmune Diabetes University of Washington 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6 What are the causes and risk factors that lead to a disease such as type I diabetes? Find out with Gerald Nepom of the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason and affiliate professor at the University of Washington.
	Pancreas Transplantation University of Washington 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10 Can pancreas transplantation improve the quality of life for people with diabetes? Dr. Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam of the department of urology at the University of Washington considers the possibilities.
	Real-Time Continuous Glucose Monitoring: Revolutionary or Another Fad? University of Washington 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3 Diabetes management might be on the verge of dramatic change. Irl Hirsch, professor of medicine at the University of Washington, traces the latest evolution in glucose monitoring systems.

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This month's video pick

The Mounting National Debt: Blame Both Parties
10 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30
University of Maryland, College Park
Peter G. Peterson is chairman and co-founder of The Blackstone Group. He is also chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, founding chairman of the Institute for International Economics and founding president of The Concord Coalition. In 1971, President Richard Nixon named Peterson assistant to the president for International Economic Affairs. He was named secretary of commerce by Nixon in 1972. Peterson is also the author of several books, including “Running on Empty: How the Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do about It.”