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All Topics (October 20 through December 31)
Monday, October 21
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AI and Education Initiative Human and Machine Learning Lunch Series with John GabrieliSpeaker: John Gabrieli, Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT Talk Title: “Predicting Risk and Resilience in Mental Well-Being” Abstract: Mental well-being has declined by many measures over the past decade, especially in youth. Brain mechanisms underlie mental well-being, mental illness, and the treatment of mental illness, but elucidation of those mechanisms has had,…
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Meet the American Parkinson Disease FoundationThe American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) is a nationwide grassroots network dedicated to fighting Parkinson’s disease (PD) and works tirelessly to help the approximately one million with PD in the United States to live life to the fullest in the face of this chronic neurological disorder. Chief Mission Officer Rebecca Gilbert will join us to…
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The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won't Save the PlanetGreen electricity is key to curbing climate change, but while prices of solar and wind power have tumbled, the golden era of renewables has yet to materialize. What if the problem is not that transitioning to renewables is too expensive, but that saving the planet is not sufficiently profitable? In “The Price is Wrong: Why…
Tuesday, October 22
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National Academies of Medicine: Potential Research Priorities to Inform Readiness and Response to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1): A WorkshopNASEM is holding an online workshop consisting of two full-day sessions that will explore research priorities to inform readiness and response to the ongoing Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) A (H5N1) outbreak in the United States.
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Climate, Development and International Financial Institutions: Perspectives from the Global SouthPrecisely at a time when a rapid mobilization of resources is required to achieve development and climate change goals, the cost of capital has soared, economic growth has remained sluggish, climate impacts have intensified, sovereign debt is dampening investments, and geopolitical tensions are straining an already fraught international financial system. Achieving shared climate and development…
Wednesday, October 23
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Meet the Russell Sage FoundationThe Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) is dedicated to “the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States.” The foundation funds social science research that extends the methods, data, and theories of the social sciences to better document and understand the nation’s most pressing social, political, and economic problems. RSF supports visiting scholars in…
