Happy Wednesday everyone! Catch up with latest news from some of our headlining speakers: Congratulations to Kate Harding who has been named one of two visiting writers for the Cornell College Center for the Literary Arts! Be sure to check out the newest book from Sonia Shah, Pandemic. Available now! Head over to …
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Here are the latest updates from our speakers who have been making headlines: Lilly Ledbetter’s fight for equal pay for equal work is set to get the big screen treatment! Feminist Filmmaker Rachel Feldman’s award-winning script, Ledbetter, explores the titular star’s historic face-off with tire giant Goodyear; with it, the veteran director is rebooting the woman-driven, socially conscious drama genre. Go Lilly! …
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Check out the latest updates from our speakers! Bruce Campbell has teamed up with Wizard World and Cinedigm to host a new game show for CONtv called Last Fan Standing. The first episode airs on Monday, March 9th. Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson takes a few minutes to answer live questions from Snap Chat Users. Sonia Shah discusses …
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We hope everyone had a fantastic holiday season and is ready for a healthy and productive year in 2015! Let’s get caught up on what some of our speakers have been up to: On December 17, 2014, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo banned the practice of high-volume hydraulic fracturing (of shale formations) in New York …
These days, if you turn on the TV or radio or read a newspaper, you’re bound to see something about Ebola. Here’s what two experts –Sonia Shah and David Quammen– have to say: Quammen gives readers a bigger picture of the current Ebola outbreak in his newest book, writing, …”it’s already ten times …
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Here is the latest from our speakers who are making headlines: In connection with her tenure as the Ottaway Prof of Journalism at SUNY, Sonia Shah has launched a new investigative website on Lyme disease. Lorene Cary, author of If Sons, Then Heirs and Black Ice, speaks about her novels in-depth through an online interview with Deborah …
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We would like to take a minute to honor and remember two fallen hometown heroes: Lieutenant Edward J. Walsh Jr. and Firefighter Michael R. Kennedy of the Boston Fire Department. A Lieutenant Walsh – Firefighter Kennedy Memorial Fund has been established, donations can be made here. *************************************************************************************************************** Here’s what some of our speakers have …
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We are gearing up for the NACA 2014 Conference right here in our home city of Boston! We look forward to seeing everyone there! We hope that everyone enjoyed the Super Bowl! Congratulations to our friends in Seattle and condolences to our friends in Denver! Be sure to check out NPR’s sit-down with …