José Andrés: How a team of chefs fed Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, chef José Andrés traveled to the devastated island with a simple idea: to feed the hungry. Millions of meals served later, Andrés shares the remarkable story of creating the world's biggest restaurant -- and the awesome power of letting people in need know that somebody cares about them.
Daphne Koller: What we're learning from online education
Daphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free -- not just as a service, but as a way to research how people learn. With Coursera (cofounded by Andrew Ng), each keystroke, quiz, peer-to-peer discussion and self-graded assignment builds an unprecedented pool of data on how knowledge is processed.
Roger Stein: A bold new way to fund drug research
Believe it or not, about 20 years' worth of potentially life-saving drugs are sitting in labs right now, untested. Why? Because they can't get the funding to go to trials; the financial risk is too high. Roger Stein is a finance guy, and he thinks deeply about mitigating risk. He and some colleagues at MIT came up with a promising new financial ...
Andrew Jose: The Power of Citizen Journalism
Andrew Jose is a freelance journalist covering Security, Business, the Middle East, and the U.S. His work has appeared in The Daily Caller, International Policy Digest, and the Eastern Herald. Besides journalism, he is a student at Georgetown University's campus overseas in Qatar, set to graduate in 2023. He is pursuing a Bachelors of Science in...
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José Andrés: How we fed an island after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico
In 2010, Andrés formed World Central Kitchen, a non-profit that provides smart solutions to end hunger and poverty by using the power of food to empower communities and strengthen economies. His team served over 3.6 million meals to the people of Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. Here's how they did it.
José Andrés Herranz: Vecindad, poderosa herramienta para el cambio social
En muchos barrios y ciudades se viven circunstancias adversas como el desempleo o la exclusión social ¿Qué hacemos ante ello?. En este apasionado e inspirador Talk José Andrés Herranz nos descubre cómo en su barrio y desde las personas, gracias a entender la palabra vecino de otra manera, han logrado, a través de la puesta en marcha de proyectos...
Carlos José de Coelho Andrade: Felicidade baseada em evidência
O médico oncologista do INCA (Instituto Nacional do Câncer) e mestre em gestão de tecnologias em saúde, Carlos José de Andrade, traz evidências de que a felicidade é um fator fundamental na manutenção da saúde e na prevenção de doenças. “A principal missão de vida é ser feliz”, afirma. Andrade sensibiliza ao contar alguns relatos da experiência ...
Andrés y José Alba Bajatta y Antonio Romero: Bully Magnets