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Earth Day 2018 Discussion Oct 23, 2018

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Since 1970, Earth Day has been on April 22 and focused on education and change. 48 years later, what has changed and what is the future? Kelly Sanders, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at USC Viterbi School of Engineering and Travis Longcore, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Spatial Sciences and Biological Sciences USC School of Architecture and USC Dornsife debate the trends, difficulties, and solutions we're faced with sustainability.

Getting the details of science fiction right, Black Panther, comics and movies Sep 24, 2018

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Clifford Johnson of USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Henry Jenkins of USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism come together to discuss Black Panther, comics and how science and pop culture converge.

The Impact of Social Media, Fashion and Celebrities on Culture Aug 02, 2018

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Elizabeth Currid-Halkett of USC Sol Price School of Public Policy and Johanna Blakely of USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism cover how people view themselves in and out of social media, and its effect and influence on culture.

Virtual Reality as a Form of Medicine Aug 02, 2018

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Judy Pa of Laboratory of Neuro Imaging at Keck Medicine of USC and Skip Rizzo of USC Institute for Creative Technologies a discuss the use of virtual reality and artificial intelligence to rewire our brains so we can stay healthy.

How technology use is transforming healthcare and impacting society Jul 20, 2018

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Andrea Armani, professor from USC Viterbi School of Engineering and Jonathan Lasch, executive director of the Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at USC, discuss how technology is being used to transform healthcare and impact society. Topics discussed include biotechnology and the new USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience.