60-Second Slam
In this spin on our popular 60-Second Lectures series, 11 School of Arts & Sciences' faculty and students prove that a world of knowledge can be condensed into just sixty seconds of time.
Featuring:
- Herman Beavers, Professor of English: “Morrison, Jazz, and Postmodernity”
- Rebecca Bushnell, Dean of SAS, “10 Things I Love About Penn”
- Dennis DeTurck, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
- Angela Duckworth, Assistant Professor of Psychology: “Why Achievement Isn't Normal”
- Irina Marinov, Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Science, “Water and Future Climate Change”
- Melanie Mircir, graduate student: “Seeing Ulysses in Philadelphia”
- Christopher Nichols, post-doctoral fellow: “American Isolationism: It's Not What You Think”
- Yuval Orr, C’11: “From Tupac to Gangster Arabi: Hip-Hop in the Middle East”
- Deven Parker, C’12
- Eric Trager, graduate student: “Egypt's Leaderless Revolt: A View from the Ground”
- Mark Trodden, Fay R. and Eugene L. Langberg Professor of Physics, “The Cosmos as a Microscope: Reading the Laws of Nature in the Night Sky”
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