TEDxYale 2013: Solve for y

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In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxYale, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxYale event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized. Our theme is "Solve for y," and it is meant to challenge our speakers to explain their unique "y," the key ingredient to their work and inspiration, and describe "why" it is significant. More than any other variable, "y" also represents the speakers' common ground, Yale.

  1. 03/12/2013 · VIDEO

    TEDxYale 2013: Michael Frame

    Michael Frame spoke at TEDxYale. The event, held on February 23, 2013 explored the theme "Solve for y." The speakers were challenged to explain their unique "y," the key ingredient to their work and inspiration, and describe "why" it is significant. More than any other variable, "y" also represents the speakers' common ground, Yale. Michael Frame teaches mathematics at Yale University. He specializes in biomathematics courses, and in fractal geometry. For 20 years he worked with Benoit Mandelbrot, a collaboration that was a joy without bound.

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  2. 03/12/2013 · VIDEO

    TEDxYale 2013: Richard Prum

    Richard Prum spoke at TEDxYale. The event, held on February 23, 2013 explored the theme "Solve for y." The speakers were challenged to explain their unique "y," the key ingredient to their work and inspiration, and describe "why" it is significant. More than any other variable, "y" also represents the speakers' common ground, Yale. Dr. Prum is an evolutionary ornithologist with broad interests in diverse topics, including phylogenetics, behavior, feathers, structural color, evolution and development, sexual selection, and historical biogeography. His recent research has focused on theoretical and molecular studies of the development and evolution of feathers, developing and applying new tools for the study of the physics and evolution of structural coloration, and continued efforts in phylogenetic ethology of polygynous birds. He has conducted field work throughout the Neotropics and in Madagascar, and has studied fossil theropods in China. He is Curator of Ornithology in the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History and Head Curator of Vertebrate Zoology.

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  3. 03/12/2013 · VIDEO

    TEDxYale 2013: Cody Pomeranz

    Cody Pomeranz spoke at TEDxYale. The event, held on February 23, 2013 explored the theme "Solve for y." The speakers were challenged to explain their unique "y," the key ingredient to their work and inspiration, and describe "why" it is significant. More than any other variable, "y" also represents the speakers' common ground, Yale. Cody Pomeranz is a sophomore History major from Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the Co-founder and Student Coordinator of the Queen City Classic Chess Tournament, one of the largest scholastic chess tournaments in the country and the recipient of the 2006 United States Chess Federation (USCF) "Tournament of the Year" award. He is deeply passionate about education issues; he has taught two summers of U.S. History, Chess, Debate, and Creative Writing to underserved middle school students at Breakthrough Cincinnati, written policy speeches on education for the Obama campaign in Pennsylvania, and contributed to The Huffington Post.

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  4. 03/12/2013 · VIDEO

    TEDxYale 2013: Teeth Slam Poets

    Jacob Sandry spoke at TEDxYale. The event, held on February 23, 2013 explored the theme "Solve for y." The speakers were challenged to explain their unique "y," the key ingredient to their work and inspiration, and describe "why" it is significant. More than any other variable, "y" also represents the speakers' common ground, Yale.

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  5. 03/12/2013 · VIDEO

    TEDxYale 2013: Teeth Slam Poets

    Sean Beckett spoke at TEDxYale. The event, held on February 23, 2013 explored the theme "Solve for y." The speakers were challenged to explain their unique "y," the key ingredient to their work and inspiration, and describe "why" it is significant. More than any other variable, "y" also represents the speakers' common ground, Yale.

    4 min

  6. 03/12/2013 · VIDEO

    TEDxYale 2013: Teeth Slam Poets

    Sean Beckett spoke at TEDxYale. The event, held on February 23, 2013 explored the theme "Solve for y." The speakers were challenged to explain their unique "y," the key ingredient to their work and inspiration, and describe "why" it is significant. More than any other variable, "y" also represents the speakers' common ground, Yale.

    4 min

  7. 03/06/2013 · VIDEO

    TEDxYale 2013: Roz Savage

    Roz Savage spoke at TEDxYale. The event, held on February 23, 2013 explored the theme "Solve for y." The speakers were challenged to explain their unique "y," the key ingredient to their work and inspiration, and describe "why" it is significant. More than any other variable, "y" also represents the speakers' common ground, Yale. Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, environmental campaigner, and keynote speaker. She holds four world records for ocean rowing, including first woman to row three oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian. She has rowed over 15,000 miles, taken around 5 million oarstrokes, and spent cumulatively over 500 days of her life at sea in a 23-foot rowboat. She uses her ocean rowing adventures to inspire action on the top environmental challenges facing the world today. Roz Savage was also a 2012 Yale World Fellow.

    11 min

  8. 03/06/2013 · VIDEO

    TEDxYale 2013: Eddie Opara

    Eddie Opara spoke at TEDxYale. The event, held on February 23, 2013 explored the theme "Solve for y." The speakers were challenged to explain their unique "y," the key ingredient to their work and inspiration, and describe "why" it is significant. More than any other variable, "y" also represents the speakers' common ground, Yale. Opara is a multi-faceted designer whose work encompasses strategy, design and technology. His projects have included the design of brand identity, publications, packaging, environments, exhibitions, interactive installations, websites, user interfaces and software, with many of his projects ranging across multiple media. He is currently a partner at Pentagram.

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In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxYale, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxYale event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized. Our theme is "Solve for y," and it is meant to challenge our speakers to explain their unique "y," the key ingredient to their work and inspiration, and describe "why" it is significant. More than any other variable, "y" also represents the speakers' common ground, Yale.

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