Archive for January, 2011
2011 Dates…
…are out! Find out more: TEDxKids @SMU – 12.2.11 TEDxKids @SMU continues to grow and engage middle school students from across DFW. Click on the link above to learn more. TEDxSMU – 12.3.11 At TEDxSMU III, we’re talking about Disruption. Click on the link above to learn more. Here’s the news release: TEDxSMU 2011 Date [...]
Read moreTEDxSMU Tuesday 1.25.11
Great Apes and Bonobos Great Ape Trust is a scientific research facility in Des Moines, Iowa, dedicated to understanding the origins and future of culture, language, tools and intelligence. Announced in 2002 and receiving its first ape residents in 2004, Great Ape Trust is home to a colony of six bonobos involved in noninvasive interdisciplinary [...]
Read moreTEDxSMU Tuesday 1.18.11
As a follow up to our conversation about Haiti and the challenges it faces in rebuilding, we’ve put together a list of resources for further exploration in the areas of architecture/engineering, politics, healthcare, and microfinance. Architecture/Engineering Haiti’s Quake, One Year Later: It’s the Rubble, Stupid! Time, January 12, 2011 “[Rubble removal] requires massive funding, and [...]
Read moreTEDxSMU Tuesdays
TEDxSMU Tuesdays are off to a great start! In collaboration with Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Lab, we’re presenting a TEDTalk and facilitating engaging discussions with members of the SMU and Dallas communities. We’ll host this brown bag series every Tuesday of the spring semester. The topic changes every week, so join us as often as [...]
Read moreAmazing talks from TEDxKIDS @SMU
Check out the fabulous talk from Daniella Willis, a junior at the Oakridge Academy in Arlington, TX. Daniella competed in the Brave New Voices competition last summer in Los Angeles, and joined us at TEDxKIDS @SMU to share some of her poetry. Then, Mick Ebeling tells us a story that sounds impossible (NOT!) — the [...]
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