July 2012

James M. Patell: Expeditions into Extreme Affordability

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Wed, Jul 11 2012 - 6:00pm

Expeditions into Extreme Affordability

James M. Patell,  Herbert Hoover Professor of Public and Private Management, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Professor Patell will discuss lessons learned in the development of Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability, an interdisciplinary project course taught at the Stanford d-school in which graduate students apply design, engineering and business skills to create comprehensive solutions for challenges faced by the world's poor. Read more »

Story Wars

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Tue, Jul 10 2012 - 6:00pm

 Story Wars

Carrie Armel, Researcher, Stanford; Co-Chair, Behavior, Energy and Climate Change ConferenceJon Else, Cinematographer, Last Call at the Oasis; Professor of Journalism, UC BerkeleyJonah Sachs, Co-founder, Free Range Studios; Author, Story Wars

The lead character in the story of carbon is a gas that is invisible and has no smell. The impacts of that gas are often thought to fall first on polar bears and people in faraway lands, in a time far into the future. Read more »

Belva Davis: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism

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Tue, Jul 10 2012 - 6:30pm

Belva Davis: A Black Woman’s Life in Journalism

Belva Davis, Emmy Award-winning TV Journalist/Anchor; Host, This Week in Northern California, KQED TV; Author, Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman’s Life in Journalism

From being the first black TV journalist in the West to one of the most respected media figures in the nation, Davis has indisputably changed the face of American journalism. Read more »

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Leslie

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Condie

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Dr. Michael Condie, 2012 Cruising the Baltic Sea