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October 18, 2013
in Humanities

TEDxMet: Icons—Streaming Live Tomorrow

October 18, 2013
in Humanities

Where can you go tomorrow, Saturday, October 19th, to see dance legend Bill T. Jones, Nobel Prize-winning psychologist and neurobiologist Eric Kandel, internationally-acclaimed illustrator Maira Kalman, distinguished critic Nicolai Ourousoff, and even more celebrated artists, dancers, architects, curators, percussionists, and writers? You don’t have to go anywhere! TEDxMet: Icons will

October 13, 2013
in Current Affairs, Political Science

If Mayors Ruled the World: A Conversation with Benjamin Barber

October 13, 2013
in Current Affairs, Political Science

As the government shutdown eases through its thirteenth day, Congress’s’ approval rating has dropped near an all-time-low of 5%. The American people are quickly losing their faith in their federal government as deep party lines prevent progress and decision-making. Benjamin Barber, author of If Mayors Ruled the World, points out