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BRANTFORD — Wilfrid Laurier University invites the community to the Technology and Human Security Speaker Series hosted by the Centre for Research on Security Practices (CRSP). The inaugural public lecture in the series takes place Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. Professor Martin Innes, director of the Crime and Security Research Institute and the Police Science …

President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation John G. Palfrey ’94 spoke to Harvard Law School students about the intersections of technology and public interest — a topic he said is increasingly relevant as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — on Monday. The lecture also featured three first-year law students …

MARTINSBURG — Students from schools in Berkeley County and Jefferson County got an insight on how technology is an avenue of expression during the second installment of the districts’ joint virtual lecture series in honor of Black History Month, “STEAMing Ahead in Black Excellence.” Wednesday night’s lecture featured Dr. Phill Branch, a professor at Goucher …

Image / Shutianyi Li This Fall, following the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Call to Action for engineers to “crowdsource and collectively brainstorm engineering solutions for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19),” USC Viterbi is offering “Viterbi vs. Pandemics!,” a new lecture series by USC Viterbi faculty to comprehensively provide an engineering-centric framework for addressing and understanding the COVID-19 pandemic. During …

Events HEALTH LECTURES: The following free programs will be offered at Get Healthy Brooksville, 1254 S Broad St., Brooksville. Reservations are required for both; to RSVP, call (352) 796-9798: • A digestive health lecture with Brenda Watson will be offered Jan. 28. Refreshments will be at 6 p.m., and the lecture at 6:30 p.m. The …

Recently, I worked with a research assistant to assess the efficacy of the use of smart phones and tablets in lectures. The study involved asking students to use their own devices to access an app. On the app, students could post ‘chat’ questions. The questions they posted would appear simultaneously on the lecture slides at …