Check out this nice write up in the Indiana Daily Student about Rebekka Armstrong‘s visit to Indiana University: ‘âCondoms get a bad rap,â she said. âBut one of these couldâve saved my life.â’ Video from the talk will be up shortly!
Professor Ellen Bremen was recently a guest on Portland’s AM Northwest, talking about her new book âSay This, NOT That to Your Professor: 36 Talking Tips for College Successâ. This is a nice little summary of what Ellen’s talks also cover. Watch the video here:
Check out this insightful new review of Professor Ellen Bremen’s recently published book ‘Say This, NOT That To Your Professor‘: “This book is a great summer primer for parents and college bound students and a dialogue opener between the kids and parents regarding upcoming obstacles to success”. You can also find another review and interview …
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Articles are coming in about filmmaker and activist Jen Marlowe‘s recent deportation from the Kingdom of Bahrain. Here is a Telegraph article, where Marlowe explains that she had gone to Bahrain as part of the pro-democracy initiative Witness Bahrain, âto observe, document, and expose what is happening on the ground, and to stand in solidarity with …
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One of our speakers, filmmaker and activist Jen Marlowe was, on July 14th, detained at the airport in Bahrain, interrogated and deported. She spent three weeks there investigating the uprising and subsequent crackdown by the Bahrani government. Read the AFP report on her deportation. Now safe in Lebanon, Jen will be blogging further about what …
Check out Dave Montgomery‘s recent TED talk: ‘A Geologist’s Investigation Into Noah’s Flood’, also the subject of his soon-to-be-released third book ‘The Rocks Don’t Lie.’
We love it when two of our favorite things come together – science, and comics! Astronomer Phil Plait now has a cartoon alter-ego, as you can see in this Mega Cynic comic strip where he tries to debunk the ‘super moon’ phenomenon. This is at least the third time Phil has made it into the …
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Master communicator Warren Etheredge continues his streak of amazing interviews with three whoppers: he talks with Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West about Economic Justice; he interviews comedian Lewis Black about his recent return to Theater, and drills director Lynn Shelton on where she gets her Artistic Vision. Keep em coming, Warren!
Astronomer and science advocate Phil Plait (also author of the Bad Astronomy blog) is interviewed in this lifehacker article: “How to Determine If A Controversial Statement Is Scientifically True”, on various steps to take to make up your own mind about a controversial claim.