Posted by Jess in Speakers
on Mar 30th, 2010 | 1 comment
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. Drue’s non-private commissions include numerous high-profile projects for clients like Nissan, Cisco, SUN Microsystems, Nordstrom, The Koret Foundation, The Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the Hoover Institution. Drue recently participated...
Posted by Jess in Speakers
on Mar 29th, 2010 | 2 comments
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 Administration, University of Karachi. Her work inhabits the intersections of politics, ethics, and aesthetics in various philosophical and cultural traditions. She has worked on issues of suffering, memory, labour, voice, and representation, and has of late become...
Posted by Jess in Speakers
on Mar 27th, 2010 | 0 comments
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 at UC Berkeley.
Thanks to generous support from Doris Buffett, president of the Sunshine Lady Foundation, students in the course will be selecting a Bay Area nonprofit to donate $10,000 to by the end of the Spring...
Posted by admin in Web
on Mar 19th, 2010 | 0 comments
TEDxBerkeley’s co-curator Kai Chang will be taking time out from his day to answer questions in the IAMA/AMA (“I am a [X]“/”Ask Me Anything”) section of the popular community weblog Reddit.
Burning questions? Not every secret can be revealed (and oh, we have some wonderful surprises to reveal on April 3rd!), but you’re welcome to log in to your Reddit account (or create one – it literally takes just seconds) and join in the conversation!
(And if you like the IAMA thread, please do upvote it so we end up on the front page. ^_^...
Posted by Jess in Speakers
on Mar 18th, 2010 | 2 comments
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 stage antics. Dazzling fans with wide repertoire of barbershop, doo-wop, contemporary pop, modern alternative, and of course, Cal fight songs, the group has released dozens of recordings over the years. The Octet is also the only two-time champion of the International Competition of Collegiate A Cappella.
The group has...
Posted by Jess in Speakers
on Mar 18th, 2010 | 6 comments
Dacher Keltner
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 1996, where he is now a full professor.
Dacher’s research focuses on two time-honored questions. A first is the biological and evolutionary origins of human emotion, with a special concentration on compassion, awe, love, and beauty, and how emotions...
