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."
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.
Jack Valenti, former President of the Motion Picture Association of America, and Larry Lessig, Professor of Law at Stanford University, probe critical questions about the impact of the new digital environment on intellectual property rights, innovation, and creativity.
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.
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."
Vocational Anticipatory Socialization and Discursive Messages: Exploring Girls' Propensity to Study and Enter Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. More: http://annenberg.usc .edu/Events/071015re ssem.aspx
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.
Journalism professor Bryce Nelson moderates a discussion with Ken Weiss and John Vande Wege of the Los Angeles Times. His topic: the Pulitzer Prize series on pollution of the oceans.
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