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The DragonFly Effect: How Ideas Take Flight
The DragonFly Effect: How Ideas Take Flight
Social psychologist and marketer Jennifer Aaker gives a presentation which draws on psychological insights on happiness,... Read more
26 May 2011
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The Future of the American West: A History
The Future of the American West: A History
David Kennedy talks about the development of the American West as a region as well as the issues that need to be solved ... Read more
26 May 2011
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Stem Cells and the Promise of New Cancer Therapies
Stem Cells and the Promise of New Cancer Therapies
Irv Weissman gives a presentation on the current state of stem cell research and technology, describing the current uses... Read more
7 Feb 2011
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What's Happening with English Language Learners in Our Schools?
What's Happening with English Language Learners in Our Schools?
Claude Goldenberg and Susan O'Hara discuss the challenges of teaching english language learners in the public school sys... Read more
7 Feb 2011
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Race to … Where? Will "Reform" Cure or Kill the American Public Education System?
Race to … Where? Will "Reform" Cure or Kill the American Public Education System?
(November 13, 2010) Deborah Stipek discusses the efforts that have been made over the last few years to reform the publi... Read more
3 Dec 2010
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Iraq Then and Now: Lessons from Empires Past
Iraq Then and Now: Lessons from Empires Past
Professor Priya Satia explores the parallels between the British occupation of Iraq after World War I and the current Am... Read more
3 Dec 2010
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Music, Memory and (Gulp) Aging
Music, Memory and (Gulp) Aging
Jonathan Berger discusses music as an aspect of human behavior and how it can be used to trigger memories and emotions. ... Read more
3 Dec 2010
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Why the Boston Tea Party Really Mattered
Why the Boston Tea Party Really Mattered
Jack Rakove gives a detailed history of the historic event that we now know as the Boston Tea Party. He gives historical... Read more
15 Oct 2010
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The Automobile: Past, Present and Future
The Automobile: Past, Present and Future
Michael Shanks, Chris Gerdes, Clifford Nass, and Sebastian Thrun -- all leading inventors and researchers at Stanford's ... Read more
11 Jun 2010
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Touching Where It Hurts: The Physician in a Technological Age
Touching Where It Hurts: The Physician in a Technological Age
Dr. Abraham Verghese, a professor at Stanford University, discusses how doctoring has changed in the technological age, ... Read more
11 Jun 2010
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From Dreams to Reality: Medical Breakthroughs on the Horizon
From Dreams to Reality: Medical Breakthroughs on the Horizon
The presenters discuss how Stanford is leading the way in inventing and developing novel diagnostic and medical surveill... Read more
11 Jun 2010
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Performance in the Age of Social Networks, or, Facebook as Theater
Performance in the Age of Social Networks, or, Facebook as Theater
Peggy Phelan, Stanford Ann O'Day Maples Professor in the Arts, discusses the elements of performance and self-fashioning... Read more
8 Jun 2010
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Motivating People in Lean Times
Motivating People in Lean Times
Professor Frank Flynn explores alternative "psychological levers" that can help engender employee motivation--tools that... Read more
8 Jun 2010
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Innovation Is a Process, Not a Flash
Innovation Is a Process, Not a Flash
David Kelley, George Kembel, Perry Klebahn, and Diego Rodriguez, four leading innovators from the Hasso Plattner Institu... Read more
8 Jun 2010
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What's New at the U.S. Supreme Court?
What's New at the U.S. Supreme Court?
Kathleen Sullivan, Stanford Professor of Law, discusses recent rulings by the US Supreme court and asks if these decisio... Read more
11 May 2010
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Improving Education: The Connection Between Motivation, Mind-Set and Achievement
Improving Education: The Connection Between Motivation, Mind-Set and Achievement
Carol Dweck and Deborah Stipek discuss their perspectives on how a "fixed" mind-set can compromise a student's motivatio... Read more
22 Mar 2010
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Civil Rights Law After Obama
Civil Rights Law After Obama
Pamela Karlan will discuss what President Obama's election means for the blockbuster statutes passed during the Second R... Read more
4 Dec 2009
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The Jazz Improviser's Mind
The Jazz Improviser's Mind
Mark Applebaum, jazz pianist, composer, and Associate Professor of Composition and Theory in the Stanford Music Departme... Read more
26 May 2009
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The Innocence Revolution and the Death Penalty
The Innocence Revolution and the Death Penalty
Lawrence Marshall, professor of law and associate dean for public service and clinical education, discusses the ramifica... Read more
26 May 2009
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Solutions to the Long-Run Problems of the Economy
Solutions to the Long-Run Problems of the Economy
John Shoven, professor of economics and director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), and Geo... Read more
26 May 2009
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