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Auret van Heerden: Making global labor fair
“I was sitting in a slum outside Gurgaon just next to Delhi, one of the flashiest, brightest new cities popping up in India right now, and I was talking to workers who worked in garment […]
Leslie Morgan Steiner: Why domestic violence victims don’t leave
“Over 85 percent of abusers are men, and domestic abuse happens only in intimate, interdependent, long-term relationships, in other words, in families, the last place we would want or expect to find violence, which is […]
Quyen Nguyen: Color-coded surgery
“Successful innovation is not a single breakthrough. It is not a sprint. It is not an event for the solo runner. Successful innovation is a team sport, it’s a relay race. It requires one team […]
Anthony Atala: Printing a human kidney
“Can we grow organs instead of transplanting them?” asks surgeon Anthony Atala. He demonstrates an early-stage experiment that could someday solve the organ-donor problem: a 3D printer that uses living cells to output a transplantable […]
Alexandre Marchac: Beyond Esthetics at TEDxESCP
In this talk, Dr. Alexandre Marchac shows how innovations in plastic and reconstructive surgery can make a difference in people’s life. – Way to go Sacha! I haven’t been that moved for ages!
Eric X. Li: A tale of two political systems
“We live in the dusk of an era. Meta-narratives that make universal claims failed us in the 20th century and are failing us in the 21st. Meta-narrative is the cancer that is killing democracy from […]
Amy E. Herman: How art can help you analyze
Amy E. Herman explains why art historical training can prepare you for real world investigation, by enhancing communication and analytical skills.
