Shakespeare in shackles: the transformative power of literature

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TEDxUCLA 2012: Open Shakespeare in shackles: the transformative power of literature About Laura For more than 25 years, Laura Bates has worked in Indiana state prisons as a volunteer and as a professor of English literature. She created the world’s first...

The sound of fear

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TEDxUCLA 2012: Open The sound of fear About Daniel Daniel T. Blumstein is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, at UCLA, and a Professor in UCLA’s Institute of the Environment & Sustainability. He has studied animal...

Live sketching

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So far we’ve had an amazing line up of inspiring speakers. Here’s a visual recap of the event so far! Steve Buccellato warms up with a quick sketch of the TEDxUCLA stage. Barbara J. Natterson-Horowitz compares human and animal hearts in her talk,...

Open up to the organ

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TEDxUCLA 2012: Open Open up to the organ About Christoph Christoph Bull is a concert organist, pianist, composer and singer-songwriter who has performed around the world at venues ranging from the Catholic Cathedrals of Moscow, Saint-Denis, Salzburg and Los Angeles to...

The science gap

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TEDxUCLA 2012: Open The science gap About Jorge Jorge Cham is the creator of the online comic strip “Piled Higher and Deeper (PHD)” as well as the video channel PHD-TV. Born and raised in the Republic of Panama, he obtained his Ph.D. in Robotics from...