The first speaker in Media Innovators Speakers series at Stanford University for the 2017-2018 Academic Year, Dan Carlin, is widely known for his long time, highly popular podcasts, Hardcore History and Common Sense. In his visit to the Brown Institute at Stanford on October 11, 2017, he also shared with the audience how he went from being a local
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CS 581: Bringing Media Innovators to Stanford
The newly-opened space at Stanford is allowing new programming on the campus, expanding the reach and portfolio of Brown West. One of these new endeavors in the fall term is the offering of our first course, CS581, a seminar series which has featured several diverse speakers at the forefront of Media Innovation. Click on the
Watch ‘Experiencing Racism in VR’ at TEDxRVA
Psychologist Courtney D. Cogburn focuses her work on how racism contributes to racial inequalities in health. With support from a Magic Grant through the Brown Institute, Courtney and a team of researchers at Columbia and Stanford University have been using virtual reality to help people experience the complexities of racism to not only encourage them
“This is not a game:” Jane McGonigal visits Brown at Stanford
Game developer Jane McGonigal joined Brown Institute Stanford Director Maneesh Agrawala on May 23 for a conversation about critical topics in game theory and culture entitled “This is Not a Game.” The two discussed how new forms of media – online gaming and augmented realities – influence our personal wellness, political views and collective behaviors.
Washington Post Executive Editor Marty Baron, In Conversation
Just hours after The Washington Post unveiled its new slogan “Democracy Dies in Darkness,” the Brown Institute at Stanford hosted the newspaper’s Executive Editor Martin “Marty’” Baron, as part of the Institute’s Winter Quarter Speaker Series. Brown’s Stanford Director, Maneesh Agrawala, interviewed Baron before a capacity crowd at Stanford’s CEMEX Auditorium. The two held a wide-ranging discussion
Stanford Daily’s take on the Media Innovation Showcase
Stanford’s campus newspaper, The Stanford Daily, gave a run down of the projects recently presented at the the Brown Media Innovation Showcase in their article, “Brown Institute showcase features tour guide drones, defense contract database.” Read their report here, or if you’d like to see the flash presenations from the night, the video is now posted (or watch
Maneesh Agrawala featured at the Commonwealth Club
As a MacArthur Foundation Genius Grantee, Stanford Brown Director Maneesh Agrawala, together with digital artist Camille Utterback, were welcomed by the Commonwealth Club of California as guest speakers this past week in an event entitled “Meet the Geniuses: Inside the MacArthur Foundation’s Creative Thinking Awards.”
“On the Brink of Famine”: Full Doc Released
The Drop Posted by FRONTLINE Today we are proud to announce the release of the full documentary “On the Brink of Famine.” “On the Brink” takes you inside South Sudan in 360° to meet people battling a man-made hunger crisis. Experience the front lines of a famine in the making, in a VR documentary by Marcelle Hopkins, Evan Wexler and
Second VR Trailer for “On the Brink”: The Camp
The Drop Posted by FRONTLINE Imagine having to leave your family, your home, everything you hold dear, and walk alone for days just to find food and shelter. Eventually, you end up in a camp with over 120,000 others who, like you, fled the violence of civil war — living on the brink of starvation. It’s one