{"id":55151,"date":"2015-12-17T11:14:07","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T17:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=55151"},"modified":"2016-01-04T13:24:15","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T19:24:15","slug":"tedxum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/tedxum\/","title":{"rendered":"TEDxUM 2015 Available on YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-55236\" src=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TED-300x300.png\" alt=\"TED\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TED-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TED-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TED-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TED-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TED.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 The University of Mississippi hosted its first &#8220;TEDx&#8221; talk in October, which featured 10 brief lectures from Ole Miss faculty members to showcase &#8220;ideas worth spreading.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Though the event was open to only 100 attendees, those talks are\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TEDxTalks\/search?query=tedxum\">available on YouTube\u00a0<\/a><\/u>for those who missed it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tedxum.olemiss.edu\/\">&#8220;TEDxUM 2015&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0uses the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ted.com\/\">TED Talks\u00a0<\/a>conference format, which\u00a0brings together lecturers and other participants in a globally popular set of conferences run by the Sapling Foundation under the slogan &#8220;Ideas worth spreading.&#8221; Under the rules set by TED, seating was limited for the event, even though interest was very high.<\/p>\n<p>Lizzy Wicks, a senior international studies and French major from Ocean Springs, organized the event along with Marvin King, UM associate professor of political science and African-American studies. They&#8217;re planning a much larger event for 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Each of the talks focused on really different topics, so there is something for everybody,&#8221; King said. &#8220;I was most happy when audience members told us how much they learned because of the talks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We really want people to watch these videos and share them with their friends and family. It&#8217;s really amazing how much you can learn watching these short, 12-minute videos.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The following talks, all 12-18 minutes long, are available on the TEDxUM 2015 YouTube channel:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Randy Wadkins, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, talking about nanotechnology<\/li>\n<li>Matthew Wilson, assistant professor of performance, lecturing on humor<\/li>\n<li>Mitchell Robinson, of Strawberry Plains Audubon Center, discussing diversity and environmental activism<\/li>\n<li>Cathy Janasie, research counsel for the National Sea Grant Law Center, lecturing on water scarcity<\/li>\n<li>Michele Alexandre, professor of law and Leonard B. Melvin Lecturer in Law, giving her talk titled &#8220;The B Word&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Gregory Heyworth, associate professor of English, lecturing on digital humanities<\/li>\n<li>David Rock, dean of the UM School of Education, discussing classroom technology<\/li>\n<li>Laura Johnson, associate professor of psychology, lecturing on cross-cultural engagement<\/li>\n<li>Marc Slattery, professor of pharmacognosy, talking about drug research from the ocean<\/li>\n<li>Chris McCurdy, professor of medicinal chemistry and pharmacology, lecturing on natural products used to diagnose neural damage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 The University of Mississippi hosted its first &#8220;TEDx&#8221; talk in October, which featured 10 brief lectures from Ole Miss faculty members to showcase &#8220;ideas worth spreading.&#8221; 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