- -: TEDxUNC - Victoria Hale - The Nonprofit Pharmaceutical Sector
February 24, 2012 (about 12 years ago)The social innovator and founder of a nonprofit pharmaceutical company talks about her efforts to create bring low-cost medicine to women and children around the world. Hale talks about breaking down financial and business barriers to achieving nonprofit success. In the spirit of ideas worth spr...
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- -: TEDxUNC - Shamila Kohestani - How Sports Impact the Lives of Women
February 24, 2012 (about 12 years ago)The captain of the first women's Afghan national soccer team and recipient of the 2006 Arthur Ashe Courage Award talks about growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan and the challenges facing women and girls in that environment. Kohestani discusses how playing soccer gave her confidence and co...
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- -: TEDxUNC - Joe DeSimone - Diversity as a Fundamental Tenet of Innovation
February 24, 2012 (about 12 years ago)The chemical engineer and recipient of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize discusses the ways in which diversity in a team enhances its ability to problem-solve and create successful innovation. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring peo...
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- -: TEDxUNC - VIRGINS - Performance
February 24, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Saman Khoujinian and Gabriel Anderson are part of the band VIRGINS, which originated with help from UNC entrepreneurs and students. The band hails from Florida and has toured their home state on bicycles, with their instruments on their backs. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a pr...
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- -: TEDxUNC - UNC Bhangra Elite - Performance
February 23, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Bhangra Elite is a UNC dance group that specializes in an energetic, Punjabi style of dance mixed with modern hip-hop music. The group was created in 1996 and competes nationally. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together...
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- -: TEDxUNC - Hangdrum - Performance
February 24, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Blake Larson, an avid drummer, performs on the hangdrum. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and con...
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- -: TEDxUNC - Dan Ariely - The Unexpected Joys and Problems with Creation
February 24, 2012 (about 12 years ago)The Duke University professor of psychology and economics and New York Times bestselling author talks about what motivates people to take action and perform the unpleasant tasks in life. Ariely connects psychological motivations to solving problems in both everyday life and global health. In the...
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- -: TEDxFargo_SusanMathison_The Role of Beauty in Women
February 24, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Susan Mathison enthusiastically believes that there is beauty in everyone and she strives to help others see the beauty in the world around them. Her work in plastic surgery helps bring out the beauty in her patients. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organ...
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- -: TEDxUNC - Poetic Portraits of a Revolution - Egypt and Tunisia in Stanza, Still Shot, and Stories
February 24, 2012 (about 12 years ago)A group of poets who traveled to Egypt and Tunisia during the Arab spring document the revolutions through a poetic lens. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks...
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- -: TEDxUNC - Hammered Dulcimer and Cello - Performance
February 24, 2012 (about 12 years ago)UNC students Jordan Humphrey and Christian Adams perform on the hammered dulcimer and cello. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers comb...
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