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WGBH has videotaped select lectures from the IDEAS Boston
2004 conference (June 7-8, 2004) and made them available here
as Webcasts. Enjoy!
For more lectures, by these and other stimulating speakers,
please visit the WGBH
Forum Network.
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Leonard P. Guarente, PhD - Biologist
This MIT molecular biologist explores calorie restriction and natural
substances in red wine as ways to add decades to expected life spans.
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Nawal M. Nour, MD, MPH - Obstetrician
This MacArthur Fellow founded the nation's first clinic for female African
immigrants who have been genitally circumcised.
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Tracy Kidder - Author
This Pulitzer Prize winner delves into the human experience, including
building a house, living in a small town, and changing health care in
Haiti.
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Gloria White Hammond - Minister,
Pediatrician
This inner-city pediatric and adolescent specialist helped liberate more than
9,000 Sudanese slaves as part of a ministerial coalition.
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Barry Bluestone, PhD - Economist
This founding member of the Economic Policy Institute focuses on the
economic conditions of low- and middle-income American families.
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Elizabeth Diller & Ricardo Scofidio -
Architects
This husband-and-wife design team merges art and architecture into
high-profile commissions like the new Institute for Contemporary
Art in South Boston.
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Rodney A. Brooks, PhD - Robotics
Specialist
This artificial intelligence expert is working on ways for robots to actually "think" rather than just perform programmed tasks.
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Julie Moir Messervy - Landscape Designer
This creator of inspirational gardens collaborated with cellist Yo-Yo Ma on the Toronto Music Garden inspired by Bach.
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Sarah Sze - Artist
This artist and MacArthur Fellow transforms ordinary objects into
gravity-defying works in horizontal and towerlike formations.
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Osvaldo N. Golijov, PhD - Composer
This Grammy nominee and MacArthur Genius Award winner creates contemporary
classical works drawn from his Jewish/Argentine heritage.
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Julie Taymor - Director
This film, theater, and opera director has had such international hits as include The Lion King and Frida, winner of two Academy Awards.
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James J. Collins, PhD - Biomedical
Engineer
This MacArthur Fellow uses science to transform cells into microscopic
computers that may someday help solve health problems.
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Ilan Stavans, PhD - Author and Professor
This author and personality on PBS's La Plaza explores "Spanglish," the
Spanish/English language equivalent of Ebonics.
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Mahzarin R. Banaji, PhD - Psychologist
This Harvard psychologist explores how our unconscious prejudices and
attitudes conflict with our conscious beliefs and responsibilities.
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Arthur Ganson - Sculptor
This self-described "cross between a mechanical engineer and a choreographer"
creates ingenious mechanical sculptures.
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John Palfrey - Internet Privacy Specialist
This legal expert specializes in intellectual and technology law as it
relates to electronic commerce, privacy issues, and governance.
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Angela Belcher, PhD - Nanotechnologist
This MIT professor combines genetics and computer science to manipulate
virus genes into microscopic computer chips.
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Tod Machover - Musician, Composer, Inventor
This MIT professor mixes acoustic and electronic sound, orchestras and
interactive computers, and rock and operatic arias.
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