TEDxAustinCollege 2017
On September 23, 2017, Austin College hosted the second annual TEDxAustinCollege event. It featured members of the Austin College community as speakers, TED talks, lunch, and an interactive Discovery Depot to explore ideas worth spreading. The theme for this year’s event was Pieces of a Mosaic.
TEDxAustinCollege 2017 Videos
- Rob Kelso - Paving the Way to Planetary Settlement
- Sierra Salser - First Glances and First Words
- David Savage -International Refugees in Texas: How They Get Here and What Happens Next
- Peter Schulze - We Aren’t Going to Mars
- Ivette Vargas-O’Bryan - Paradigm Shift Toward Universal Compassion
- Aaron White - What Part of You Will Live Forever?
- Asil Yassine - Literacy: The Great American Theft
TEDxAustinCollege 2016
On September 22, 2016, Austin College hosted the first annual TEDxAustinCollege event, with the theme of Adding Value to a Changing World. It featured our own faculty speakers who gave live TED talks about ideas worth spreading. There were also TED talk videos, an interactive Discovery Depot, a Main Stage for a limited number of people to attend the live event, and on-campus simulcast of the entire programming.
TEDxAustinCollege 2016 Videos
Dr. David Baker
The Most Extreme Life Form in Our Solar System
Dr. Lisa M. Brown
Who Gets the Benefit of the Doubt? And Who Shouldn’t?
Dr. George Diggs
Real Food Diets for Lions, Zebras, People and Beyond
Dr. Mark Hébert
Happiness vs. Meaning:
Must I Choose?