ARTICLES OF INTEREST
June 5, 2020
QUOTE(S) OF THE WEEK
"Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?" – Lillian Hellman
“Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and, therefore, the foundation of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.” – J. K. Rowling
"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare." – Japanese Proverb
“Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every scientist I have met who has been a success has had to imagine.” – Rita Dove
"Creativity builds the resilience we need in times of crisis. It has to be nurtured from the earliest age to unlock the imagination, awaken curiosity and develop appreciation for the richness of human talent and diversity. Education is the place where this starts." – Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of the International Arts Education Week
“It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little.” – Sydney Smith
“We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.” – Stevie Wonder
“Love the battle between chaos and imagination.” – Robert Fulghum
“There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.” – Jonas Salk
Some Good Stuff | Collected Quotes – Tom Peters
VIDEO(S) OF THE WEEK
Nike says 'Don’t Do It' when it comes to racism in reaction to George Floyd's death AdAge.com
Watch Virtual Science Speed Dating Science and Entertainment Exchange
Artist Recreates Characters From The Simpsons As Real People LA Bible
CANDY SHOP Animated Short Patrick Smith
2020 IAEW | Why Arts Education Matters UNESCO
Unravelling unconscious bias: Nesta talks to Dr Pragya Agarwal Nesta
About STEM for Dance STEM for Dance
FEATURED EVENTS/OPPORTUNITIES
TED 2020 | Uncharted TED Through July 10
Also TED2020 seeks the uncharted TED Blog Through July 10
SBA Launches National 2020 SBIR Road Tour to Connect Tech Entrepreneurs with Federal R&D Funding Yahoo! Finance Midwest Tour | June 1 – 5; stops in Omaha, Nebraska; St. Louis, Missouri; ChampaignUrbana, Illinois, and Bloomington, Indiana. Rockies Tour | August 10 – 14; stops in Bozeman, Montana; Idaho Falls, Idaho; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Laramie, Wyoming. Central Southern Tour | November 2-6; with stops in Jackson, Mississippi; Shreveport, Louisiana; Dallas, Texas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Fayetteville, Arkansas.
NEW Adam Pisoni, Founder & Executive Chairman, Abl Schools Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders | eCorner, Stanford University June 10
Save the Date | ENCATC Congress ENCATC – The European network on cultural management and policy October 28 – 30 | Prague, Czechoslovakia
AIGA Design Conference AIGA November 12 – 14 | Pittsburgh, PA
Call for Articles | General Issue European Journal of Cultural Management and Policy | ENCATC Deadline: Ongoing
CreativeMornings | a monthly breakfast lecture series CreativeMornings Various
Interactive Map | Science Festivals Science Festival Alliance Various
ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Systemic racism and coronavirus are killing people of color. Protesting isn't enough National Geographic
Why Is the Human Brain So Efficient? Nautilus
It's Black Birders Week—Here's Why Celebrating Black Scientists and Naturalists Matters Mental Floss
Why Diversity is the Mother of Creativity Innovation Management
We can soon thank butterfly tongues for better cancer treatments and vaccines Popular Science
MIT Elects the First-Ever Black Woman to Serve as Student Body President Afro Tech
A Grad Student Solved the Epic Conway Knot Problem—in a Week WIRED
Civil society creativity around the world can sustain protests in the coronavirus era Brookings
Experts: Spotlight on art is one upside of lockdowns Futurity
A Drop in Commercial Flights Is Bad for Hurricane Forecasts WIRED
158 Resources to Understand Racism in America History | Smithsonian
Deep Biases Prevent Diverse Talent From Advancing Science & Nature | Smithsonian
Pandemics and Pandemonium New Geography
University entrepreneurship — without the university Technology Crunch
Why the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ Looks Much Like the First INSEAD Knowledge
5 Voices Who Are Resetting America News + Politics | OZY
Butterfly Effect: George Floyd’s Death Could Haunt American Diplomacy Around the World | OZY
There’s a simple way to reduce extreme political rhetoric on Facebook and Twitter Fast Company
As graduations go virtual, are yard signs exposing kids to scammers? Fast Company
Report: Racial justice groups hit by more cyberattacks during George Floyd protests Fast Company
Everyone’s favorite graduation gift, ‘Oh, the Places You’ll Go!’ has its work cut out for it this year Fast Company
Average is not the same as typical Seth’s Blog
Face of a 7,500 year-old woman reveals Gibraltar's earliest humans National Geographic
Why SpaceX Is A Game Changer For NASA [Infographic] Forbes
How The Coronavirus Is Transforming Innovation Forbes
Council Post: Corporate Storytelling in The Age of Data Forbes
Leading for Possibility Adventures in Divergent Thinking | Psychology Today
Ceramic Artist Lalese Stamps Creates 100 Wildly Varying Mug Handles in 100 Days Colossal
How to Make Your Virtual Jam Session Sound—and Look—Good WIRED
Why our perception of time is so messed up right now Mic
The Lives of Others: When does imagination become appropriation? Harper’s
Drawing Plays an Important Part in Children's Emotional Roles Art Works Blog | National Endowment for the Arts
We need to talk about how media and creatives portray Black people Fast Company
PANTONE Shines Light On Human Race With Color Cards In Wide Range Of Skin Tones DesignTaxi.com
Face masks unleash creativity: ‘You can be part of the bigger story’ The Christian Science Monitor
How Artists Can Instigate Social Change, According to a New Guide KQED
Science, innovation drive change in Tampa’s Uptown District 83 Degrees
New No-Slip Sole Takes Inspiration From the Japanese Art of Kirigami Smart News | Smithsonian
Does architecture have a framework for applying material innovation? The Architect’s Newspaper
Terence Corcoran: Bring back the freedom to innovate Financial Post
Hip sneaker maker Vans kicks up creative relief efforts New York Post
Brain Imaging Researcher Identifies Serious Flaw... in Brain Imaging Technology Networks
Planning for the Post-COVID-19 Workforce: Four Scenarios Knowledge@Wharton
How to protect yourself online from misinformation right now MIT Technology Review
CEOs, Academics Step Out to Fill National Leadership Void Maryland Matters
Paper Scripts Will Go Away in Hollywood Plan to Restart Production Vanity Fair
Big brands, including McDonald’s, Walgreens and Chicago Cubs, race to position themselves as champions of social justice. Will the messages backfire? Chicago Tribune
Also How to Tell If a Company’s Black Lives Matter Statement Actually Means Anything Marker | Medium
The Videos That Rocked America. The Song That Knows Our Rage. The New York Times
When talking about racial inequality, don’t forget the gap of black stress Fast Company
Move over, data visualization. The era of ‘data simulation’ is here Fast Company
Lawmakers pass Paycheck Protection Program changes to give businesses more flexibility Fast Company
Maybe everyone else isn’t faking it Seth’s Blog
Podcast: Getting Smart on the Innovation Opportunity Getting Smart
Which Jobs Will Come Back, and When? (Ep. 420) Freakonomics
When You Have Lemons... Resilience | Psychology Today
Meeting Natalie Sir Ken Robinson Blog
Morgridge Institute for Research investigates methods to control COVID-19 and future pandemic WisBusiness.com
Prominent Figures of the Harlem Renaissance Featured on New USPS Stamps Colossal
AMC Theatres Reports "Going Concern" Doubt, Will Post Loss of Up to $2.4B on Impairment Charge The Hollywood Reporter
The Medical Mask Becomes a Protest Symbol The New York Times
Anti-racism books see massive sales spike amid police brutality protests CBC News
Breaking the Renaissance myth New Statesman
Social media, music world go dark for Black Out Tuesday The Washington Post
Also #BlackoutTuesday: A Music Industry Protest Becomes a Social Media Moment The New York Times
As protests rage, African American Museum offers new forum for talking about race The Washington Post
Five Theses on Creativity The New York Times
Meeting Sonia Benavides Sir Ken Robinson Blog
Lessons in Rapid Innovation From the COVID-19 Pandemic MIT Sloan Management Review
Stuck on enormity Seth’s Blog
The pandemic made life harder for deaf people. The solutions could benefit everyone. MIT Technology Review
Opinion | A win for science The Seattle Times
Innovation Commons becomes an entrepreneur bootcamp for Behrend grads Penn State News
COMMENTARY: As crisis grips Canada, expect yesterday’s crazy to become tomorrow’s innovation Global News
Imagine A Global Creative AI – Can You Guess Who’s Going To Own Its Work? WTVOX
Black & African Americans in STEM Overlooked Talent Pools Data Series | STEMconnector
Let’s invest in black kids who pursue STEM the way we do black kids on the football field The Hechinger Report
Podcast S3E62: Fredrik Haren – The Creativity Explorer Idea to Value
The exhausting playbook behind Trump’s battle with Twitter MIT Technology Review
Feeding the world sustainably McKinsey Quarterly
Will the Pandemic Push Knowledge Work into the Gig Economy? Harvard Business Review
Is the 'endless frontier' at an end? Opinion | The Hill
Buckley vs. Baldwin: The Great(est) Debaters Good Sh*t | OZY
This art project flies George Floyd’s last words across the sky Fast Company
Racism is built into U.S. cities. Here’s how architects can fight back Fast Company
To remake the world, give girls all the (power) tools Fast Company
Why rural hospitals may not survive COVID-19 National Geographic
Stop reducing Americans to 'consumers' and 'human capital stock.' We are human beings first. GOOD
Continuous Learning for Continuing Innovation Disruptor League
What Did Bach Sound Like to Bach? Humanities Magazine
Confederate Monuments Are Now Coming Down All Over the South The Daily Beast
An Onslaught of Crises Has Created a Modern Paradox WIRED
Don’t Touch Your Face: Our Cities May Never Be the Same Again Foreign Policy
Secretary Lonnie Bunch: It Is Time for America to Confront Its Tortured Racial Past Smithsonian Institution
“To create an equal society, and to commit to making unbiased choices and being antiracist in all aspects of our lives, the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture”
How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change Barack Obama | Medium
Op-Ed: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Don’t understand the protests? What you’re seeing is people pushed to the edge Los Angeles Times
Values reset: The talks of TED2020 Session 2 TED Blog
Also Conversations on climate action and contact tracing: Week 2 at TED2020 TED Blog
Listening to nature: The talks of TED2020 Session 1 TED Blog
Conversations on rebuilding a healthy economy: Week 1 at TED2020 TED Blog
Creativity Conquers Uncertainty. Here’s How To Hire For It. Forbes
ENCATC Creative #StayHome Pack No. 10 ENCATC
Co-working network The Riveter closes its space and pivots to online Bizwomen
The Tale of the Math Major Copy Editor Bethel University
Re-Engineering Molecules to Drive Innovation in Cancer Immunotherapy Onco’Zine
How a new biotech rule will foster distrust with the public and impede progress in science Phys.org
Lynnette Widder Receives Fellowship From Institute for Ideas and Imagination Earth Institute | Columbia University
Our Jedi Future: How It Feels To Use Brain-Machine Interfaces Forbes
Canada’s Film & TV Industry Presents Unique Insurance Solution with Government Support (EXCLUSIVE) Variety
Behind the Devastating, Prize-Winning Image ‘Muerto Rico’ Smithsonian Institution
6 Keys To Startup Wins Without Disruptive Innovation Startup Professionals Musings
The "NATURE" of Creativity: Calling All Children! The Creativity Post
Pop Culture Icons Undergo Taxonomic Studies in These Vintage-Style Illustrations Colossal
Cops Are Always the Main Characters Vulture | New York Magazine
Publishers Sue Internet Archive Over Free E-Books The New York Times
Jonathan Haidt Is Trying to Heal America’s Divisions The Atlantic
George Floyd protests: CEOs and business leaders respond to nationwide civil unrest Fast Company
SpaceX launches new era of spaceflight with company's first crewed mission National Geographic
Also SpaceX Lifts NASA Astronauts to Orbit, Launching New Era of Spaceflight The New York Times
Astronauts Dock With Space Station After Historic SpaceX Launch The New York Times
ENCATC Creative #StayHome Pack No. 9 ENCATC
Innovator’s Perspective Imagineer7’s Weblog
The Reasons Why Creative Geniuses Keep Written Records of All Their Creativity Attempts Imagineer7’s Weblog
Applying Effort Seth’s Blog
In Case of Emergency, Make Art Opinion | The New York Times
Emerging from this pandemic stronger means investing in girls now Fast Company
James Baldwin | Letter From A Region In My Mind The New Yorker
Oldest Independent Science Fiction Bookstore in the US Burned Down in Minneapolis Riots The Science Times
The Plant Scientist Who's Analyzing People's Pandemic Dreams IDEO Blog
Justice and dignity, too often in short supply Seth’s Blog
5 Economists Redefining… Everything. Oh Yes, And They’re Women Forbes
Clemson University recognized for innovation in engineering education The Newsstand | Clemson University
“Scar Tissue” Future Tense | Slate
Oncologists Make Progress Toward Showing Utility for Brain Cancer Liquid Biopsy Precision Oncology News
The Science Behind Our Need for Variety in Activities The Athlete’s Way
[Science Solitaire] Avatars and the performing arts Rappler
Time isn’t real. Here’s how people capitalized on that. Popular Science
Science and the humanities in the time of pandemic: better together The Irish Times
Pandemic sparks ‘creative renaissance’ Tri-City News
10-Year-Old Girl Gives Children In Foster Homes The Gift Of Art & Creativity Moms
Local firefighters looking for artists to help with new fire stat Fox23News, Tulsa
Coronavirus shutdown puts pressure on Cleveland’s smaller arts groups but also sparks creativity and opportunity Cleveland.com
Musicians explore innovation during new age ‘wild west’ The Washington Post
Opinion | Are artists essential workers? Columbia Daily Herald
Austin musicians and creative spaces struggling during COVID-19 pandemic to receive City grants KXAN
It's Called Artificial Intelligence—but What Is Intelligence? WIRED
What Do the Quark Oddities at the Large Hadron Collider Mean? WIRED
Stanford Summer STEM Camp for Students of Color Goes Virtual During COVID- 19 Black Enterprise
NASA and other innovators work to redesign ventilators for Covid-19 patients CNBC
How creative professionals can survive Canada's economic downturn Financial Post
Why we should say, “I don’t know” more often | Quint Studer Pensacola News Journal
The Book Industry Charitable Foundation Has Never Been Busier Helping Bookstores Lit Hub
Unions flex their muscle as Hollywood scrambles back to work Los Angeles Times
What Comes Next: Life Beyond Pandemic Lit Hub
A ‘Radical’ Plan to Rethink Doctoral Admissions in the Wake of Covid-19 The Chronicle of Higher Education
Bipartisan push for US$100 billion investment in science University World News
Prince Charles issues warning on the arts BBC News
Christo, Artist Who Wrapped and Festooned on an Epic Scale, Dies at 84 The New York Times
Also Legendary artist Christo has died. See 10 of his greatest works Fast Company
Bionic eye that is as sensitive as human retina could give millions of people the chance to see again and will be available in just five years Daily Mail UK
I tried to delete myself from the internet. Here's what I learned Unhackable | CNN
'Billions of years of evolutionary history' under threat BBC News
Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting Twitter, Facebook That Legal Experts Say Is Likely Unconstitutional Variety
Also Trump’s Fight With Twitter Finally Grew Teeth. Now What? WIRED
There Can Be No Compromise In the Trump vs. Twitter Beef WIRED
STEMconnector’s What’s Working? Member Practices in Building a Diverse and Sustainable STEM Workforce STEMconnector
Alliant Energy announces plan to acquire Saratoga solar power project Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
The Long, Painful History of Police Brutality in the U.S. Smithsonian
How Do Libraries Clean Books? And More Questions From Our Readers Ask Smithsonian
Read J.K. Rowling’s New Children’s Book Online for Free Smart News | Smithsonian
EngineerGirl Announces 2020 Writing Contest Winners National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Engineering Elects Chair, Home Secretary and Four Councilors National Academy of Engineering
Why Virtual Reality is About to Change the World Interesting Engineering
Here’s how Silicon Valley can avoid its ‘Detroit moment’ Fast Company
‘Pretending to Save the World’: 12 Reasons Why We Need #PlatformAccountability in the Time of Coronavirus CreativeFuture
#StandCreative™ Series III: Our Heroes on the Hill CreativeFuture
Simple Ways Fans Can Help Support Musicians During The Pandemic Forbes
Social Distancing Is Not Enough The Atlantic # # #
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