Month: March 2024

The Importance of Sacred Practice with Martin Jean

The Importance of Sacred Practice with Martin Jean

As the Yale Institute of Sacred Music celebrates its 50th anniversary, ISM Director Martin Jean discusses the institute’s past, present and future; how to save the genre of classical music; and what’s lost for humanity if sacred practice declines.
https://divinity.yale.edu/news/importance-sacred-quadcast-interview-martin-jean

Leading the way | Naasu Fofanah | The next Richard Branson of Sierra Leone? Or politics?!

Leading the way | Naasu Fofanah | The next Richard Branson of Sierra Leone? Or politics?!

Nassu Fofanah is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Susue Consulting and Susue Women’s Finance, in addition to being a Yale World Fellow at the Jackson School of Public Affairs. In this episode, Naasu speaks about her vision for Sierra Leone, and how it should be difficult to do difficult things.

Leading the way | Ben Christensen | From creating ‘Rocks’ to giving old wood new life

Leading the way | Ben Christensen | From creating ‘Rocks’ to giving old wood new life

Ben Christensen is the founder and CEO of Cambium Carbon, one of Peter’s former students. They talk about Ben’s path from a small town in New Mexico to starting a business that stops wood being wasted in cities and beyond. Ben also speaks about his “rocks”, purpose, and the experience of running very long distances.

Harnessing the Immune System to Detect and Eradicate Disease

Harnessing the Immune System to Detect and Eradicate Disease

Professor John Tsang and President Peter Salovey discuss the vast possibilities of the Yale-backed Chan Zuckerberg Biohub New York and its ambition to engineer immune cells for early disease prevention, detection, and treatment.

Emerging Global AI Regulations with Anat Lior

Emerging Global AI Regulations with Anat Lior

Our guest is Prof. Anat Lior (https://drexel.edu/law/faculty/fulltime_fac/Anat%20Lior/) who is an assistant professor at Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law, an AI Schmidt affiliated Scholar with the Jackson School at Yale and an affiliated fellow at the Yale Information Society Project. Her research interests include AI governance and liability, quantum computing policy, and the intersection of insurance and emerging technologies. The interview was recorded on Dec 5, 2023.

Further Reading:
EU AI Act: https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/the-act/
Biden AI Executive Order: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/10/30/executive-order-on-the-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-development-and-use-of-artificial-intelligence/
Lior A. Insuring Ai: The role of insurance in artificial intelligence regulation. Harv J Law Technol. 2002;35(2):467–530. Available from: https://jolt.law.harvard.edu/assets/articlePDFs/v35/2.-Lior-Insuring-AI.pdf

Eyes on the World: Using Data to Combat Human Rights Violations in Conflict (Part Two)

Eyes on the World: Using Data to Combat Human Rights Violations in Conflict (Part Two)

In our third episode of Yale Global Health Insights podcast, Dr. Chekijian continues the conversation with Nathaniel Raymond, Executive Director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health and an expert in war crime investigation and humanitarian research. They continue to discuss Nathaniel’s work as a consulting detective investigating war crimes and human rights violations globally, sharing significant impacts on his work, the importance of the Law of Armed Conflict, and discussing what cases he’d like to explore.

Mechanisms of neurodegeneration: an interview with Alison Chase

Mechanisms of neurodegeneration: an interview with Alison Chase

Want to learn more about neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, and how scientists learn to combat them? Join the YJBM Podcast for a conversation with Alison Chase, a graduate student in the Lim lab! In her research, Alison focuses on understanding astrocytes’ role in SCA1 pathogenesis and the mechanisms underlying regional and neuronal vulnerability in neurodegenerative diseases.

Useful links:
https://www.limlabyale.com/

YJBM Science News Podcast: Episode 14

YJBM Science News Podcast: Episode 14

Welcome to this week’s episode of YJBM Science News, where we discuss the recent news in healthcare and science across the Yale community. Today, our hosts Mara and Samantha will share some of the most intriguing topics of the past week.

Links:
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07098-5
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.L012036
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl6163

Craft & Career – Mina Kimes, YC ’07, writer, producer, on-air sports analyst – Part 2

Craft & Career – Mina Kimes, YC ’07, writer, producer, on-air sports analyst – Part 2

The Craft & Career series connects with professional creatives from the arts, entertainment, and media industries, to discuss the nuances of their craft, the reality of their careers, and how, in often surprising ways, these two concerns can work together.

Continuing our talk with writer, producer, and on-air ESPN sports analyst, Mina Kimes ’07.
More info on Mina Kimes:

https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/mina-kimes/

http://twitter.com/MinaKimes

https://www.youtube.com/@minakimes

https://www.instagram.com/mina_kimes/

The Mina Kimes Show: https://tr.ee/H0-aQTe7Hc

OCS Craft & Career Podcast (full episode list) – https://ocs.yale.edu/podcast