Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Where does imagination reside? Who or what is cultivating the practice of imagination? When are social, religious, and cultural boundaries appropriate? What is needed to unleash public imagination in ways that benefit our communities’ economic, social, and cultural health? These are just a few of the thought-provoking questions that will be explored across the city through performances, dance, panel discussions, exhibits, workshops, and more during the 2008 Spirit & Place Festival. (more…)
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
IUPUI is hosting the 3rd Annual Native American Indian Education Conference. This year’s focus is on the many aspects of Native American Indians and New Media. All the tribes in Indiana maintain websites and are dealing with website development and maintenance. Tribes outside Indiana stay in touch with members through websites and many other electronic sources. (more…)
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
Adrienne Mayor is an independent scholar who investigates scientific realities embedded in myth and classical antiquity. (more…)
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
A panel of experts from the Indiana University Center for Bioethics and the Indiana University School of Medicine will provide a status report on predictive genetic technology and discuss where ethics, medicine, and science intersect — and where the future is taking us. (more…)
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
China’s present problems with air pollution brings to light the serious environmental issues facing our world. How healthy is the environment of our state and country? Recycling and reducing are steps we can all take, but what else is required? (more…)
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Hear about the outlook for Eli Lilly, courtesy of the Economic Club. (more…)
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Johann Galtung is coming to Indy. The most influential living social scientist, he is the founder of the academic study of peace and conflict studies, a discipline now offered as a major or a minor on virtually every college in America and Europe. He’s the author of more than a hundred books and more than a thousand articles. He is reported to have served as a mediator in more than 40 internaitonal conflicts. Think of one degree of seperation: if an academic uses the word “peace,” either she has read Galtung or she studied withsomeone who read Galtung. But is it all just a “peace racket”? (more…)
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Since 1985, the International Center of Indianapolis has honored a foreign-born or Indiana resident who has made an outstanding contribution to Indiana and the world in the fields of business, culture, education, government, medicine, media, research, sports or community service. On the 35th anniversary of its founding, the Center presents the International Citizen of the Year Award to recognize and honor the IU-Kenya Partnership. (more…)
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
John Clark is of the belief that arts organizations, small businesses, and community groups will be the engines that redefine relations between Indianapolis and the world. As you eat your plate at an Ethiopian restaurant, see if he has any grounds for his opinion. (more…)
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
“The Story of Stuff,” a 20-minute video that covers environmental, psychological and social impacts of our consumption oriented society, will be shown on Wed. July 9 at 6 pm in Room 116 at Wheeler Art Center, 1035 Sanders, sponsored by Marion County Green Party, Campaign for Sustainable Economics, The Black and Latino Institute, and Simple Living Group of Indianapolis. Discussion afterwards will be lead by Greg Buck. For more info, contact Greg Buck at ecothink@yahoo.com or 917-1638.
