Video PUP Speaks: Christopher Harris on the need to reframe Black History Month February 21, 2024 This month, Christopher Harris reminds us that to celebrate Black history is to cherish everyday Black life. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Hana Schank on public interest technology January 19, 2024 In order to address the critical challenges of our time鈥攑ublic health, climate change, homelessness, and more鈥攇overnments and non-profit organizations must effectively utilize technology. Here Hana Schank, PUP Speaks speaker and author of 'Power to the Public: The Promise of Public Interest Technology', introduces a revolutionary new approach鈥攑ublic interest technology鈥攖o transform the way we solve problems. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Ben Wildavsky on the art of career preparation October 11, 2023 Following years of research into the connections between education and employment, Ben Wildavsky shares the most vital lessons of what he calls the career arts, which include cultivating a mix of broad education, targeted skills, and social capital in order to ensure socioeconomic mobility. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Emily Hund on the rise of the influencer industry September 11, 2023 The rising popularity of the social media influencer has significantly reshaped culture, the flow of information, and the way we relate to ourselves and each other. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Athena Aktipis on the evolutionary drivers of cancer July 17, 2023 When most of us consider the driving forces of cancer, not many of us would consider evolution to be one of them. It wasn鈥檛 until she began her research that Athena Aktipis realized that not only is cancer a living and ever evolving entity, but it is evolution itself that has paved the way for cancer鈥檚 ubiquity. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Kate Clancy on the magic and mysteries of menstruation May 04, 2023 The science of menstruation, something that over half the world does for months and years on end, has come a long way. At one point scientists were dismissive, assuming that periods had no purpose to the body. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Karen Greenberg on the long legacy from 9/11 to 1/6 January 05, 2023 The events of both September 11, 2001 and January 6, 2021 were unprecedented in our nation鈥檚 history. In this video from Karen Greenberg, we can see how increased secrecy and decreased accountability within American politics post 9/11 fostered a political climate in which Trumpism was able to thrive. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Jay Phelan and Terry Burnham on how to uncover 'the secret syllabus' January 03, 2023 Drawing on decades of learning and teaching experience, Professors Jay Phelan and Terry Burnham show how students at both graduate and undergraduate levels can master the 鈥榮ecret syllabus鈥� and get the most out of their college experience. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Torie Bosch on the intimate connections between technology and its creators December 14, 2022 When they think of 鈥渃ode鈥�, many people imagine something impersonal and immutable. In this video, PUP Speaks speaker Torie Bosch shows the surprisingly intimate connections between technology and the people who create it. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Chris Bail on polarization and the pandemic November 07, 2022 In this video Chris Bail, PUP Speaks speaker and author of Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing, demonstrates how the cracks that showed in our societies during the COVID-19 pandemic threaten to split us in two. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Jennifer Carlson on the racialization of gun policing July 07, 2022 When asked their policy preference on guns, police prioritize gun rights over gun control on a ratio of 3:1. The application of the law is therefore governed by the same biases found in all areas of American society鈥攁nd particularly by racial disparity. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Eddie Cole on town and campus conflict June 30, 2022 锘匡豢In recent months the media have closely followed the issues of student housing at Berkeley, highlighting the tensions that frequently arise between university campuses and those living around them. Here, PUP Speaks speaker Eddie R. Cole explores the racialized history of campus expansion and community conflict, and the role that university leadership has played鈥攆or better and worse鈥攊n the battle for racial equity on campus. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Marybeth Gasman on poor faculty diversity June 08, 2022 The diversification of the academy will not be achieved under within the current academic environment. In this video, PUP Speaks speaker Marybeth Gasman explains what must change for equity to be achieved. Read More
Video In Dialogue with Lucas Bessire and Emmet Gowin April 29, 2022 In聽The One Hundred Circle Farm, renowned photographer Emmet Gowin (b. 1941) presents stunning aerial images of center-pivot irrigation systems in the western and midwestern United States. In this short discussion with anthropologist and National Book Award finalist Lucas Bessire, author of Running Out, Gowin offers insight into his powerful photographic survey of the impact of irrigation systems on landscape. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake on correcting economic disappointments March 18, 2022 The past two decades have witnessed sluggish economic growth, mounting inequality, dysfunctional competition, and a host of other ills that have left people wondering what has happened to the future they were promised. Read More
