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Events for November 10, 2011
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CANCELLED- San Diego Gas and Electric Info Session
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
Viterbi School of Engineering Career Connections
Workshops & Infosessions
This information Session has been cancelled
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: RTH 218 Viterbi Career Services
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AOE Enginerd T-shirt Sales
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Alpha Omega Epsilon is selling Enginerd T-shirts as a fundraiser for our engineering sorority. Please support us by purchasing one of our 4 designs! Go to uscaoe.webstarts.com for more information and contact info.
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Alpha Omega Epsilon USC
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CREATE Distinguished Speaker Series
Thu, Nov 10, 2011 @ 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Maria Ressa, Author of Seeds of Terror & Former CNN Bureau Chief, Jakarta
Talk Title: âFrom Bin Laden to Facebookâ
Series: CREATE Distinguished Speaker Series
Abstract:
National Center for Risk & Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events at the University of Southern California
You are cordially invited to attend
the CREATE Distinguished Speaker Series
presenting
Maria Ressa
Author of Seeds of Terror
Former CNN Bureau Chief, Jakarta
November 10, 2011
10:00 a.m. â 11:30 a.m.
University of Southern California
Lecture Title:
âFrom Bin Laden to Facebookâ
A look at how terrorism has evolved in Southeast Asia through an exciting new discipline thatâs come of age in the past decade: social network theory.
The study of social networks merges personal psychology, group dynamics and sociology with new technology to look at how emotions and complex behavior spread through societies. Maria Ressa fuses this with lessons learned from personal experiences in two areas: as head of a crisis team during an Abu Sayyaf kidnapping; and as head of a multi-media election campaign for the Philippinesâ largest television network (the campaign won numerous international awards for its use of citizen journalism and social media).
She looks specifically at Al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah, the spread of the ideology, the evolution of both groups and provides a paradigm for analyzing the future.
Biography: Maria A. Ressa has been a journalist in Asia for 25 years, nearly two decades as CNNâs bureau chief in Manila then Jakarta. As the former CNN lead investigative reporter focusing on terrorism, Ms. Ressa wrote the first book from the region documenting the growth of Jemaah Islamiyah and its links to Al-Qaeda, Seeds of Terror: An Eyewitness Account of Al-Qaedaâs Newest Center of Operations in Southeast Asia. For the past six years, she determined strategic direction and managed about 1,000 journalists for ABS-CBN, the largest multi-media, multi-platform news operations in the Philippines. Her work aimed to redefine journalism, combining traditional broadcast, new media and mobile phone technology for social change.
A graduate of Princeton University, she taught courses in broadcasting and political science at the University of the Philippines and Princeton University. She is writing her next book as the Author-in-Residence at the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at RSIS in Singapore.
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This event is by invitation only and will be held on the campus of USC at:
Leonard Davis Auditorium
Andrus Gerontology Center
3715 McClintock Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Please RSVP to http://www.usc.edu/esvp with the code âRESSAâ by October 23rd.
Detailed directions and parking instructions will be sent to attendees by November 1st.
Host: CREATE
More Info: http://www.usc.edu/esvpLocation: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Erin Calicchio
Event Link: http://www.usc.edu/esvp
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Distinguished Lectures Series
Thu, Nov 10, 2011 @ 12:45 PM - 01:45 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Talk Title: To Be Announced
Series: Distinguished Lectures Series
Host: Rajiv Kalia
Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 159
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
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Remixing Everyday Life: Connected with Tiffany Shlain
Thu, Nov 10, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
Reception to follow.
Award-winning filmmaker and Webby Awards creator Tiffany Shlain will screen and discuss her innovative film Connected as well as her prominent role as a woman using technology to ask pressing social questions. A fascinating transmedia project, Connected is an illuminating journey through the interconnectedness of humankind, nature, progress and morality at the dawn of the 21st century. Al Gore remarked of the film, âTiffany Shlain demonstrates, with lyrical simplicity, our interdependence on one another and the interconnectedness of humanity with all life on earth. With a tightly synchronized dance between her powerful images and insightful wordsâwith humor, and with a creativity all her own, Tiffany illuminates the issues that affect us allâincluding environmental degradation, dizzying technological innovation and population growthâand helps us to understand our inter-relationship with the world in a way that is both freeing and inspiring.â The film recently won a Women in Film award from National Geographic and was an official Sundance 2011 selection.
Following a screening of the film, USC faculty member Tara McPherson will lead a discussion with Shlain and the audience, including questions generated in part through a moderated Twitter feed.
About the Artist
Honored by Newsweek as one of the âWomen Shaping the 21st Century,â Tiffany Shlain is a filmmaker, artist, founder of the Webby Awards and cofounder of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Her films have been selected at over 100 film festivals, including Sundance, Tribeca and Rotterdam, and have won twenty awards, including audience and grand jury prizes. Shlainâs films are a fusion of documentary and narrative and are known for their whimsical yet provocative approach to unraveling complicated subjects like politics, cultural identity, technology and science. She has been singled out by the New York Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and the Sundance Institute for her cutting-edge work using documentaries and Internet distribution in unique ways to engage audiences. A sought-after keynote speaker known for her visual presentations, she lectures worldwide on filmmaking and the Internetâs influence on society.
Organized by Phil Ethington (History) and Tara McPherson (Cinematic Arts). Co-sponsored by the Center for Transformative Scholarship.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: School Of Cinematic Arts (SCA) - The Ray Stark Family Theatre (SCA 108)
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
