Tag: talks-readings
Are We All Represented (Equally) in the House?
This is part of a series called Debate Defends Democracy. The Constitution intends the House to reflect the political will of each state’s...
Pivot to China: How Jin Mao Portended Future Supertalls
Skyscraper Museum webinar. Mark Sarkisian is the structural and seismic engineering partner in SOM's San Francisco office. He holds fourteen U.S. and...
“The Light Of Days” Book Talk
Witnesses to the brutal murder of their families and neighbors and the violent destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in...
Stories Survive: Mark Schonwetter
Mark Schonwetter was a young child in Brzostek, Poland when Germany invaded and his family was forced out of their home. After his father was taken...
Women In Investment Management (Part 1): The Gender Short Situation
Webinar. Diversification is a core principle of investing. Yet money managers have not applied it to their own ranks. Only around 10% of portfolio...
Pieces of China: Julia Lovell on the Monkey King
A shape-shifting trickster on a kung-fu quest for eternal life, Monkey King is the unforgettable protagonist of Journey to the West, one of China’s...
SPACs: Special, Speculative or Spam?
Webinar. What exactly is a SPAC, or special purpose acquisition company? What would make some companies pick a SPAC over an IPO? And why are...
Getting to Zero: How the US-China Race for Electric Vehicles is Changing the World
Until recently, a handful of fleet-footed Chinese companies and Tesla have dominated the Electric Vehicle market, as US “legacy” carmakers...
Remembering Olga Lengyel And “Five Chimneys”
In 1944, Hungarian physician’s assistant Olga Lengyel was deported to Auschwitz along with her parents, husband, and two sons. She was put to work...
Wright and New York: The Making of America’s Architect
Wright and New York turns upside down the conventional notion that Frank Lloyd Wright hated the city, and the city was antagonistic to him. In this...
