Mike "frosty" McNeill and Alejandro "Ale" Cohen offered a personal crash course in all things Dublab ("from robots to revolution"), including a live broadcast from the Annenberg School.
The USC Center on Public Diplomacy welcomed Senior Fellow Benjamin Barber, author of international bestseller Jihad vs. McWorld, for a talk as part of this year's Conversations in Public Diplomacy series. Dr. Barber will speak on "Democratization via Military Intervention vs. Democratization from the Inside Out: Comparing Iraq and Libya."
Designer Tom Ford and cultural commentator Guy Trebay engage in a conversation about the distinctive role of homage, open appropriation and creative transformation in fashion. The Norman Lear Center's landmark conference on creativity and ownership in the fashion industry asks whether the fashion industry offers a compelling model for other creative industries to explore and emulate.
The Annenberg Networks Network presents a seminar with Tim Berners-Lee, founder of MIT's World Wide Web consortium and considered by many to be the inventor of the World Wide Web.
The final segment of IMPACT Episode 36 is about ferrets. Cute pets or destructive menaces? Impact is an award-winning television news magazine produced by journalism students at USC's Annenberg School for Communication.
The Pacific Council on International Policy and the USC Center on Public Diplomacy discuss the importance of diplomacy in mitigating terrorism around the world.
Journalism professor Roberto Suro and Bill Kovach, Chairman of the Committee of Concerned Journalists discuss "Democratic Information in a Democratic Media." More: http://annenberg.usc .edu/Events/071016hj w.aspx
The Vice provost for Globalization and the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School welcomed Ambassador Paulo Cesar Meira de Vasconcellos to USC. Ambassador Meira de Vasconcellos spoke to students and faculty members on cultural diplomacy in Brazil. Ambassador Meira de Vasconcellos is the Director of the Cultural Department for the Foreign Ministry of Brazil.
Producer Erica Bardin explores the suicide of a newlywed Iraq War soldier after the completion of his third tour of duty. We look at his story within the larger context of the mental and emotional struggle soldiers face upon returning to civilian life after their service is over.
A presentation by Scott Brooks, associate sociology professor at the University of California, Riverside. His topic: "Wishing on a Dream: Towards a Structural Perspective of Hoop Dreams."
The Grand Avenue Committee presented plans for the new civic park in downtown Los Angeles on April 22, 2008, to a crowd of over 100 citizens. City officials as well as the park designer and programer spoke and answered questions.
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