Author Jennifer Worick lists for Today.com the ten books you really should have read in high school: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/43945489/ns/today-books/t/books-you-really-should-have-read-high-school/
Geomorphologist Dave Montgomery is quizzed in this Seattle Times article about what it means when trees look like they’re doing the samba: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/fieldnotes/2015649719_what_trees_tell_us.html
Gabriel Bol Deng, an educator and former refugee from Sudan, celebrated the completion of a school building in his home village in Ariang, now in the Republic of South Sudan: “The people of Ariang are entering this historic birth of a new nation with a higher sense of hope and optimism, because the school will …
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Check out Ruth DeGolia rocking the Spanish news show NY1 Noticias, where she explains the origins of her non-profit Mercado Global and shows off necklaces, earrings and bags made by craftswomen in rural Guatemala: http://www.ny1noticias.com/content/cultura_y_sociedad/142683/mercado-global-conecta-a-mujeres-artesanas-de-guatemala
The website YouTern named Ellen Bremen‘s @chattyprof twitter account one of 50 job seekers should follow: http://www.youtern.com/thesavvyintern/index.php/2011/07/11/the-top-50-twitter-accounts-job-seekers-must-follow/
Check out this great interview with Socheata Poeuv where she talks about the revelation of a family secret, and how that led her to create her non-profit, Khmer Legacies, an organization that encourages young Cambodian-Americans to interview their relatives about the Khmer Rouge regime: https://www.samaralectures.com/speakers-names/socheata-poeuv/?post_type=speaker-videos
We are happy to announce two new speakers have been added to our roster: Ellen Bremen is a +10 year faculty member in Communication Studies and puts her valuable skills to work teaching students how to interact with their professors in ‘Say This, Not That’! Amanda Koster is an internationally acclaimed photographer who leads trips …
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Check out Warren Etheredge having the tables turned on him! Here he is being interviewed about his interview/conversation techniques right after his talk at the 140 Character Conference in NYC! http://www.vlogviews.com/warrenetheredge
Astronomer Phil Plait is quoted in this The Week article about the recent pictures taken of Saturn’s moon Helene by NASA’s Cassini orbiter: “I’ve said it before… Saturn’s moons are damn weird.”
James Yee, former Muslim army chaplain at Guantanamo Bay, speaks about being a Muslim in today’s post-9/11 era: https://www.samaralectures.com/speakers-names/james-yee/?post_type=speaker-videos