Join us for Global Speaker Series event with Regina E. Dugan, vice president for engineering at Google. In this student-led interview, Dugan will discuss her insights on today's business environment within a global context. Regina Dugan has been widely recognized for her leadership in innovation and technology. She currently leads Google's Advanced ...
Prosocial Primates: Empathy in Animals and HumansThe GGSC is pleased to present this talk by Greater Good editorial board member Frans de Waal--world-renowned primatologist, one of Discover magazine's "47 Great Minds of Science," and a pioneer in the study of the evolutionary basis of empathy and kindness. Dr. de Waal's research is not only foundational to ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
THE UC DAVIS D-LAB: INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT-BASED LEARNINGDr. Kurt Kornbluth discuss examples of critical thinking, design, and innovation from the UC Davis D-Lab. He will highlight projects in developed and developing countries focused on Sustainable Energy and Agriculture, promoting Human Animal, and Environmental Health.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Imaging Life at High Spatiotemporal ResolutionAs our understanding of biological systems has increased, so has the complexity of our questions and the need for more advanced optical tools to answer them. For example, there is a hundred-fold gap between the resolution of conventional optical microscopy and the scale at which molecules self-assemble to form sub-cellular ...
7:00-7:25: Indrani Baruah(Architect and Visual Artist) on "Cultural Re-Imaginations : Experiments in Creative Placemaking"Cultural Re-imaginations challenges the traditional boundaries between art/architecture, artist/artisan, crafts/arts, public/private and inside/outside...Read more7:25-7:50: Stephen Bailey(Lawrence Berkeley Labs) on "How to Make a 3D Map of the Universe (and Why?)"5000 little robots will help position ...
Dan Barber is the Chef of Blue Hill, a restaurant in Manhattan, and Blue Hill at Stone Barns, a nonprofit farm and education center. Barber has received multiple James Beard awards and was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in the world in 2009. He writes about food ...
