TEDxCornellU 2015: Traditions and Transitions

Milstein Hall
129 Sibley Dome
Ithaca, New York, 14853
United States

Adarsh Jayakumar

Before coming to Cornell, Adarsh Jayakumar traveled around the world as a professional chess player. Currently, he is the 4th highest ranked United States chess player in his age group. He has taught chess in schools and prisons across the United States.

Barbara Lang

Barbara Lang is a veteran public speaker, career coach, etiquette engager, connector and food entrepreneurship consultant with over 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry. With a long and diverse career nationally and internationally, Barbara believes that developing a "Hospitality Mindset", no matter the circumstance, leads to an enhanced and distinctive style of engagement benefiting everyone – both in and out of the workplace.

Fredrik Logevall

Fredrik Logevall is a Swedish-American historian and educator at Cornell University, where he is the Stephen and Madeline Anbinder Professor of History. He is a specialist in U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam Wars, and serves as the Vice Provost for International Affairs. His latest book, Embers of War, won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2013 as well as the inaugural American Library in Paris Book Award. Starting Fall 2015, he will hold joint-positions in the Harvard Kennedy School and Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Jon Kleinberg

Jon Kleinberg is the Tisch University Professor of Computer Science and Information Science at Cornell University. His research focuses on issues at the interface of networks and information, with an emphasis on the social and information networks that underpin the Web and other on-line media.

Karim Abouelnaga

As a sophomore at Cornell University in 2011, Karim Abouelnaga founded Practice Makes Perfect, a nonprofit organization that aims to redefine the summer learning experience for low-income youth. Research has found that two thirds of achievement gaps can be explained by unequal access to summer learning, so his organization is dedicated to a summer education program to support students from kindergarten through college matriculation.

Miwa Takaki

Miwa Takaki is part of the inaugural MBA class at Cornell Tech. Additionally, she is pursuing a Masters in Sustainability Management at Columbia University, and will soon be joining the eBay team as a Sr. Technical Product Manager. As a standout member of the Cornell and New York City community, Miwa has been involved in social entrepreneurship projects like Hack Roosevelt Island and TextOF, a program that helps identify and educate women in developing countries about obstetric fistula.

Nick Cheney

Nick Cheney is a Computational Biology PhD Candidate at Cornell and a Visiting Fellow at the Vermont Complex Systems Center. His research focuses on emergent complexity in artificial life, with an emphasis on embodiment and morphology in evolving systems.

Robert Sternberg

Robert J. Sternberg created his first intelligence test while in seventh grade. Today, he is perhaps best known for his research on intelligence, love, cognitive styles, and creativity. His triarchic theory of intelligence focuses on what he refers to as "successful intelligence" which is composed of three elements: analytical intelligence, creative intelligence, and practical intelligence.

Scott Seidenberger

Scott Seidenberger is a junior in the Industrial and Labor Relations School at Cornell University. He has focused his undergraduate degree on the impact that technology has had on the culture, organization, and people of the U.S. military. *The personal views expressed by the speaker are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Air Force or the Department of Defense.