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Please join us in welcoming Dr. Reiner Braun to campus and hear him speak about his decades-long efforts in working towards global, nuclear non-proliferation. Dr. Braun is currently involved in planning activities for the Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty negotiations at the United Nations in March and June, as well…
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Film Screening: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 – 6:00pm32-155Join us for a film screening of Dr. Strangelove with a discussion to follow lead by Dr. James Muller. In 1980, Dr. Muller cofounded International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, a group that received a Noble Peace Prize in 1985 for organizing popular opposition to Reagan’s…
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Join us for a discussion on technology and human connectedness with Professor Sherry Turkle, author of Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age. Reclaiming Conversation investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity and productivity. Part of the Hack Your Mind series hosted by…
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Multitasking: Why Your Brain Can’t Do It and What You Should Do About It
Tuesday, April 11, 2017 – 12:00pm66-144Listen to a recording of this program View the presentation slides from this program Here’s practical advice from a neuroscientist: Don’t try to multitask. It ruins productivity, causes mistakes, and impedes creative thought. Many of you are probably thinking, “But I’m good at it!” Sadly, that’s an illusion.…
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Registration is not required for this program. Do you find yourself pulled to your smartphone right after you wake up in the morning? Every time you have a spare moment during the day? While you are eating a meal with a friend? Before you go to bed? Our…