Drue Kataoka is a modern artist based in Palo Alto, CA. Her artistic vocabulary incorporates both the refined techniques of her ancient Zen art form of Sumi-e and cutting-edge conceptual innovations inspired by life in Silicon Valley. Drue’s original works are sought after by discerning collectors and investors in Silicon Valley and around the globe. [...]

Asma Abbas teaches Politics and Philosophy at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. She received her doctorate in Political Theory and Social Thought from the Pennsylvania State University, on the heels of an M.A. in liberal studies at the New School for Social Research, and an MBA at the Institute of Business [...]

In March of 2009, Eric submitted the winning proposal to UC Berkeley’s Bears Breaking Boundaries Curricular InnovationContest with the course “The Economics of Philanthropy.” The proposal beat out twenty-seven other proposals from graduate and undergraduate teams, taking home $5,000 for project implementation. The proposal came to fruition in January 2010 as an upper division course [...]

The UC Men’s Octet is an eight member a cappella singing group comprised of some of the finest male singers at the University of California, Berkeley. Founded in 1948, the Octet has entertained audiences around the world with its unique mesh of close harmonies and zany antics. Dazzling fans with wide repertoire of barbershop, doo-wop, [...]

Dacher Keltner received his BA in Psychology and Sociology from UC Santa Barbara in 1984 and his PhD in Social Psychology from Stanford University in 1989. After a post-doc at UCSF with Paul Ekman, in 1992 he took his first academic job, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and then returned to Berkeley’s Psychology Department in [...]

What can a stroke tell us about brain development and communication? How can brain-computer interfacing reduce surgery time? What can a blind man avoiding obstacles in a room tell us about vision and consciousness? Bradley Voytek (ketyov.com) is completing his Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley. He studies the role of brain [...]

What can a stroke tell us about brain development and communication? How can brain-computer interfacing reduce surgery time? What can a blind man avoiding obstacles in a room tell us about vision and consciousness? Bradley Voytek (ketyov.com) is completing his Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley. He studies the role of brain [...]

David Ewing Duncan is an award-winning, best-selling author of books, essays, articles and short stories; and a television, radio and film producer and correspondent. He writes columns for Fortune and for MIT Technology Review, and is the Chief Correspondent for public radio’s “Biotech Nation.” He writes for the New York Times, Wired, Discover, National Geographic, [...]

Rick Smolan is a former Time, Life and National Geographic photographer best known as the co-creator of the Day in the Life and America 24/7 series. He and his partner, Jennifer Erwitt, are the principals of Against All Odds Productions, which specializes in the design and execution of large-scale global projects that combine compelling storytelling [...]