Astronomer Phil Plait explains asteroids on the Huffington post science blog Talk Nerdy to Me: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/11/asteroids-meteors-space-rocks-impact_n_2842340.html
Astronomer Phil Plait is featured in NPR’s TED Radio Hour ‘Peering Into Space’ where he talks about the asteroids that are or are not likely to hit Earth. Listen to it here: http://www.npr.org/2013/03/08/172136499/peering-into-space
Lost Boy of Sudan Gabriel Bol Deng recently visited the St. Ursula Academy and the St. John’s Jesuit High School in Ohio. Read about and watch a video of his visit on northwestohio.com.
Dr. Terrence Roberts, one of the Little Rock Nine, spoke at West Virginia University for Black History Month. Read about his visit and watch a short interview with him here.
Samara Lectures is at the National Association for Campus Activities national convention, this year in Nashville, TN! We can hear live music from our hotel room! Stop on by booth #603 if you’re here too!
Human rights advocate Jen Marlowe‘s recent visit to Jamestown Community College in NY was covered by the Post-Journal in this positive profile: “Our hope was that we could bring someone in who could involve the community and engage the students in understanding the bigger issues that face the world, but still connect them to the motivations …
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We’re sure you’ve heard of the meteor that broke up over Russia last night, but did you know an entirely separate asteroid is currently zooming by Earth? Get all the details on Phil Plait, aka The Bad Astronomer’s blog, and tune in at 11AM PST or 2PM EST for a live Hangout on Google + …
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The website Boing Boing has a new podcast called ‘Tell Me Something I Don’t Know‘, and Gary Groth, founder/publisher of The Comics Journal and Fantagraphics Books is their first guest! This hefty hour long interview traces Gary’s path from founding The Comics Journal in 1976, the introduction of journalism into comics, and alternative comics today.
Today is the two-year anniversary of Bahrain’s Arab Spring, a pro-democracy uprising that continues despite ongoing harsh repression from the Bahraini regime. To mark the two-year anniversary of the Bahraini people’s struggle, Samara Lectures is pleased to offer a new talk: BAHRAIN: THE UNCOVERED ARAB SPRING In July 2012, human rights activist and documentary filmmaker …
The 53 minute version of Eli Kimaro‘s documentary A Lot Like You is streaming online on PBS until February 22nd. Check it out!