- -: TEDxUNC - Alan Murray - Television News 3.0
February 24, 2012 (about 12 years ago)The deputy managing editor and executive editor of online for The Wall Street Journal talks about the changing nature of tv news. Murray shows how technology has given average citizens and traditional print reporters the ability to easily convey news through video to audiences around the world. ...
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- -: TEDxUNC - Holden Thorp - Welcome and Introduction
February 24, 2012 (about 12 years ago)UNC-Chapel Hill's Chancellor and Kenan Professor of Chemistry gives an introduction to UNC's TEDx event. A member of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Thorp discusses the importance of innovation and collaboration in creating social change. In the spirit of ideas ...
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- -: TEDxUNC - Mipso Trio - Performance
February 24, 2012 (about 12 years ago)The Chapel Hill band of Wood Robinson, Jacob Sharp, and Joseph Terrell "bring soul to folk, rock'n'roll to bluegrass, and something funky to Americana." The band performs a not-yet-released song. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring...
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- -: TEDxUNC - Greg Van Kirk - Social Entrepreneurship: You are the Relative Expert
February 23, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Senior Ashoka Fellow talks about successful social innovation in the context of his efforts to found the MicroConsignment model -- a sustainable, replicable means of delivering health-related goods and services to remote villages using entrepreneurship and local empowerment. In the spirit of ide...
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- -: TEDxOU - Ghislain d'Humières - An Intergenerational Forum of Wisdom
February 23, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Fulfilling the roles of military officer in France, International Decorative Art Specialist in New York and Los Angeles, Director of Jewelry for Christie's in Los Angeles, South America and Geneva, humanitarian in Guatemala and Director of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, d'Humieres has fostered...
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- -: American Artifacts: David Rubenstein on Magna Carta & U.S. History
February 23, 2012 (about 12 years ago)The owner of the 1297 Magna Carta discusses the document at the National Archives unveiling of a new encasement for the recently conserved parchment.
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- -: TEDxOU - Kyle Harper - The Science Of Deep History : The Case Of Monogamy
February 23, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Kyle Harper's intellectual pursuits are wide-ranging, from the history of slavery in the ancient world to the development of Christian notions of marriage and family and how law and justice in Greece and Rome continue to shape western legal systems today. Through his studies and research, one tru...
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- -: TEDxOU - Courtney Griffin - Epigenetics and the Influence of Our Genes
February 23, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Because we want to understand what genes are required for blood vessel development, Courtney Griffin studies certain enzymes that help turn genes on and off. These enzymes are specifically involved in relaxing DNA that is normally tightly coiled up in our cells. Dr. Griffin is now the Assistant M...
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- -: TEDxOU - Bobby Gruenewald - The Responsibility of Technology
February 22, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Listed by Fast Company as one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business in 2011, Bobby is one of the leading voices in the Church as it relates to innovation and the use of technology. He frequently writes and speaks on the topic, and has been featured in the Washington Post, TechCrunch, CNN, C...
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- -: TEDxOU - Beatrice Williamson - One Person's Generosity & The Power of Education
February 21, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Beatrice Williamson is a distinguished leader known for her warmth, humor and commitment to learning. She was born in Kisumu, the third largest city in Kenya. From the age of nine years old until her second year of college, Beatrice received a scholarship for education from Swedish missionary Ann...
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