Stories Survive: Martin Karplus
Nobel Laureate Martin Karplus was eight years old when his family fled Nazi-occupied Austria, shortly after the arrival of German forces in 1938. They escaped via Switzerland and France to […]
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Risky Decisions: How Mathematical Paradoxes and Other Conundrums Have Shaped Economic Science
Museum of American FinanceOnline discussion. At its core, economics is about making decisions. In the history of economic thought, great intellectual prowess has been exerted toward devising exquisite theories of optimal decision making […]
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Leading Your Business toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The manner in which corporations are run globally is over. The leaders who recognize that employees, customers, and shareholders should be treated compassionately and equally are now displacing old leaders, […]
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Senate Power vs. the Majority
This is a program of Debate Defends Democracy, a virtual discussion of Constitutional issues and the Bill of Rights presented at Federal Hall. With increasing frequency over the past two […]
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China’s Literary Giants: The Legacy of Yu Hua
China InstituteLiterature experts discuss the work of Yu Hua, one of China’s most revered writers, and the state of Chinese literature today. Spanning four decades of modern history, from the Republican […]
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Burj Khalifa: What We Learned
Skyscraper MuseumSkyscraper Museum webinar. Bill Baker is now a structural engineering consulting partner at SOM, where he led the firm’s practice for over twenty years. Since joining SOM in 1981, he […]
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Digital Trivia Tuesday
Brookfield PlaceTest your trivia IQ at home with your friends and family! Follow along on Zoom and enter your answers via Kahoot, as you compete for a variety of fun BFPL […]
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Heroines Of The Holocaust
Museum of Jewish HeritageDuring the Holocaust, more than 3,000 women fought back against the Nazis in ghettos, forced labor camps, concentration camps, and partisan units. Join Dr. Lori Weintrob, Director of the Wagner […]
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The Forbidden City at 600: Women in the Imperial Palace
China InstituteMuch is known about the lives of the emperors who lived behind the vermilion walls of the Forbidden City. But what of the women? In the third program of a […]
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Seaport Fit Virtual Workouts
Fitness classes via Instagram released every Tuesday and Thursday, featuring Trooper Fitness, Pure Barre and Lyons Den Power Yoga.
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STEM Supremes: In Conversation with Elizabeth Blackburn
NY Academy of SciencesConversation with the queen of telomeres: Australian-American scientist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn. Light years on from her early work sequencing the DNA of pond scum, Blackburn unraveled our understanding of the […]
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Stories Survive: Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff
Museum of Jewish HeritageAs a small child, Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff fled her Nazi-occupied hometown of Kosice, Slovakia (then Czechoslovakia) along with her parents and infant brother. They remained on the run and […]
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