ARTICLES OF INTEREST
August 21, 2020
QUOTE(S) OF THE WEEK
“All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.” – T. E. Lawrence
“Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels.” – Luigi Pirandello
“Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.” – Brian Aldiss
“The true and best way of learning any Art, is not to see a great many Examples done by another Person, but to possess ones seIf first of the Principles of it, and then to make them familiar, by exercising ones self in the Practice. For it is Practice alone, that makes a Man perfect in any thing.” – Brook Taylor
“There are no new stories. Everything’s been told. It hasn’t been told from every perspective.” – Carl Reed
“The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being.” – Toni Morrison
"We’ve gotten used to having machine intelligence that we can carry around with us. Now we’re going to have to get used to intelligence that has a body and moves around without us." – Manuela Veloso
“The quantity of civilization is measured by the quality of imagination.” – Victor Hugo
“I dream, therefore I become.” – Cheryl Renee Grossman
“I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.” – Albert Einstein
VIDEO(S) OF THE WEEK
The NASA Engineer Making STEM Sing Great Big Story
A Disorienting Short Film by Lydia Cambron Recreates ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ in Quarantine Colossal
Watch Human Nature Panel The Science and Entertainment Exchange
Q&A with Yo-Yo Ma: How music can be like touch during these socially distant times The Washington Post
Texas teen added a 'Hamilton'-esque rap to Frank Sinatra's 'Fly Me to the Moon' Upworthy
FEATURED EVENTS/OPPORTUNITIES
NEW Theme 93: Stress CreativeMornings Through September 11
Women Who Tech Launch COVID-19 Tech Challenge to Fund Innovative Startups Shaping the "New Normal" PR Newswire Deadline: August 23
Apply to be a TED Fellow! TED Blog Deadline: August 24
NEW Can Creativity be Taught? Ep 3 of Creativity in Crisis Creative, Entrepreneurial, and Global: 21st Century Education August 28 3:00-4:00pm Pacific Time
The Show Must Go On: Dallas Startup Week 2020 Is Going Virtual Dallas Innovates August 30 – September 3
NEW ASU-Leonardo, Center for Science and the Imagination announce Imagination Fellowship ASU Now | Arizona State University Deadline: September 6
Save the Dates: National Arts Education Week Americans for the Arts September 13 – 19
Arizona Bioscience Week Celebrates Life & Science in 2020 Businesswire September 14 – 19
NEW OnRamp Impact Conference gener8tor September 17
Also NEW gener8tor Introduces Inaugural Virtual OnRamp Impact Conference gener8tor September 17
2020 Conference Women of Color in STEM October 8 – 10
Also Women of Color STEM Conference Announces 2020 Technologist of the Year RADM Sylvia Trent-Adams Ahead of the upcoming annual conference US Black Engineer
EmTech Online Conference MIT Technology Review October 19 – 22
NEW Adobe MAX, Free For Everyone This Year, Is Now Open For Signups DesignTaxi.com October 20 - 22
Future Cities Canada: #UnexpectedSolutions showcases innovation in cities GlobeNewswire October 20 – November 26
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
SBA Launches National 2020 SBIR Road Tour to Connect Tech Entrepreneurs with Federal R&D Funding Yahoo! Finance Central Southern Tour | November 2-6; with stops in Jackson, Mississippi; Shreveport, Louisiana; Dallas, Texas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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
Can artificial intelligence prompt a creative revolution? TechHQ
Toward a Zoom agreement Seth’s Blog
The ADA has shaped physical space for 30 years. The internet hasn’t caught up Fast Company
Secretary Lonnie Bunch on What the Smithsonian Is Doing to Help Virtual Learning Smithsonian
Alabama Innovation Commission Launches to Spark Tech Entrepreneurship hypepotamus
What Does The State’s ‘Inclusive Innovation’ Tech Plan Mean For Georgians? WABE
New Views of Our Mesmerizing, Maddening Minds Scientific American Mind
This Plane Flies Itself. We Went for a Ride WIRED
Johnson & Johnson just invested in a telemedicine startup. Here’s why Fortune
How tech companies can turn 'commitments' to diversity into action Mashable
High Schoolers More Likely to Study Math, Science and Forsake Other Topics During COVID-19 THE Journal
Producer Datari Turner wants to build a pipeline for Black talent in Hollywood Los Angeles Times
‘Shocked, Hurt and Angry’: SAG-AFTRA Health Plan Overhaul Spotlights Broken U.S. System (Column) Variety
Gannett newsrooms, whiter than the communities they serve, pledge broad change by 2025 Nieman Lab
Florida is going to release 750 million mosquitoes genetically engineered to decimate the mosquito population Fast Company
Facebook is quietly pressuring its independent fact-checkers to change their rulings Fast Company
31 mesmerizing vintage pictures from the Nat Geo Archives National Geographic
A fall shattered his body. These medical marvels pieced him back together National Geographic
Too many AI researchers think real-world problems are not relevant Opinion | MIT Technology Review
Miami City Ballet revamps season as pandemic persists Palm Beach Daily News
America Needs Its Own BBC to Restore Public Trust in the Press The New Republic
Newsweek and the Rise of the Zombie Magazine The New Republic
Jan Vogler to launch new streaming platform DREAMSTAGE The Strad
The Bias in the Machine Nautilus
Zoom-based opera for preschoolers might sound like your worst nightmare. But it’s actually the best Zoom there is. The Washington Post
Mask Tasks: How Texas Tinterow Pulled Off the Early Reopening of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston CultureGrrl | ArtsJournal.com
Using Stock Market Charts, Artist Gladys Orteza Transforms Data into Bright Nighttime Landscapes Colossal
The Inside Story of the $8 Million Heist from the Carnegie Library Arts & Culture | Smithsonian
Optical Illusion Poster Campaign Urging You To Wear A Mask Captivates The Web DesignTaxi.com
The best available option Seth’s Blog
Level Up: Playing to Document and Preserve Video Games Smithsonian Voices: Smithsonian American Art Museum and The Renwick Gallery
COVID-19 And The Key Role Of The Humanities And Social Sciences In The United States Archaeological Institute of America
Pandemic spurs a burst of technology innovation U News | University of Miami
Get Ideas Using A Personal Analogy Imagineer7’s Weblog
Artists Band Together FAD Magazine
A look into Birmingham’s game developer community: key players, projects + how to get involved Bham Now
Come on and Zoom, Zoom, Zoom a-Zoom The Harvard Gazette
Leading-edge Technology Unmasks Protein Linked to Parkinson’s Disease UC San Diego Health
We must retain foreign Ph.D.s to keep America's innovation advantage Opinion | The Hill
REPORT | Music Study May Help Keep Your Brain Young, Science Says Ludwig Van Toronto
How Cognitive Science Says You Should Lead Virtual Teams In A Crisis Forbes
Trail of bubbles leads scientists to new coronavirus clue ABC News
International Project to Delve Into the Mysteries of Brain Connections University of Texas at Austin
Newly completed Science and Engineering Building opens this week University of Texas at San Antonio
The History of the Lava Lamp Art & Culture | Smithsonian
The Huntington creates fellowship to study science-fiction pioneer Octavia E. Butler Los Angeles Times
Rewriting the rules of machine-generated art MIT Technology Review
UK 'risks exodus of talent' from creative sector due to coronavirus The Guardian
Graphic Designers Illustrate Average Dreams Of 1,000 People Amid COVID-19 Crisis DesignTaxi.com
Vaccine Nationalism Makes a Deadly Disease Even Worse Bloomberg Businessweek
A coronavirus loophole? Capital Christian High School opens, saying it’s day care The Sacramento Bee
Iconic Paintings Reimagined With Bill Murray’s Face My Modern Met
COVID-19 vaccines could become mandatory. Here’s how it might work. National Geographic
The Building Blocks of an AI Strategy MIT Sloan Management Review
Creative Writing and the Psyche: The Threat of Making Art Of Art and Science | Psychology Today
Understanding the Therapeutic Appeal of Domestic Hobbies Culture Shrink | Psychology Today
Radio listening has plummeted. NPR is reaching a bigger audience than ever. What gives? Nieman Lab
Brains And Buzzers | An examination of quizbowl’s technological evolution, from radio broadcasts to question archives and Discord tournaments. Tedium
Why efficiency is dangerous and slowing down makes life better Psyche
The newsroom was the beating heart of a local newspaper. What’s lost when the owner shuts it down? The Washington Post
How Hollywood Reacted to the Women’s Suffrage Movement Variety
The Surprising Stories Behind 12 Classic Pop Songs Mental Floss
The Uncertain Future Of Human Equality NOEMA
Creating Comics in the Classroom Edutopia
As Amenities Sit Unused, Airports Reconsider Their Design The New York Times
Brain on a chip MIT Technology Review
Can Machine Learning and Brain Imaging Create Better Diagnostics for Mental Illness? Technology Networks
25-year-old Black tech lead in Silicon Valley: I want to use my influence to combat systemic racism CNBC
Goofing off is good for kids—here’s the evidence Popular Science
Podcast S4E73: Robert Lowe – How LEGO Ventures invests in new innovations and partnerships Idea to Value
MathGate, or the Battle of Two Plus Two ARC Digital | Medium
NYPL’s Essential Feminist Reading List Celebrates 100 Years Since the 19th Amendment Hyperallergic
Jemele Hill and Cari Champion will not ‘Stick to Sports’ on their Vice late-night show Fast Company
Harvard researchers discover the easy behavioral trick to avoiding depression Fast Company
How OCAD’s Dori Tunstall is rewriting the rules of design education Fast Company
Why offices and stores could start to look more like hospitals (and why that’s a good thing!) Fast Company
Like a surgeon Seth’s Blog
Why we explored humanity's complicated relationship with robots National Geographic
Why are so many artists drawn to Maine? National Geographic
Russian hackers, Vaccines, Robots, Design & Innovation in Pharma Medium
Hagia Sophia: Politics before culture Eurozine
Museums and Other New York Cultural Institutions Can Open Aug. 24 The New York Times
‘Libraries are about being together.’ So what do they do now? The Boston Globe
Augmented reality app reveals Seattle protest art in surprising places Crosscut
Is Bach Better on Harp? The New York Times
Cities sue Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, claim they owe cable “franchise fees” Ars Technica
The #ReclaimHerName initiative ignores the authorial choices of the writers it represents. LitHub
The Hero We Need Built a Gun That Shoots Masks Onto People's Faces Gizmodo
Meet the Black design collective reimagining how cities get built Fast Company
How Women Got the Vote Is a Far More Complex Story Than the History Textbooks Reveal Smithsonian
Also What 100 Years Of Women’s Suffrage Looks Like Through The Eyes Of 100 Women Artists Smithsonian
The Scientific Secrets Behind Making Great Sourdough Bread Science & Nature | Smithsonian
Innovation is Messy…with Jack Conte, Patreon | Innovating Music Podcast UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Five emerging trends to drive tech innovation for the next decade — Gartner Information Age
Intel Looks to Regain Innovation Lead EE | Times
COVID-19 inspires imagination Waupaca County News
Canadian company wants tech workers affected by U.S. immigration ban CIC News
CWRU roboticist, neuroscientist to lead $8 million National Science Foundation project Crain’s Cleveland Business
NIU Libraries and STEM Read explore the human brain through science and science fiction NIU Today | Northern Illinois University
Why this R&D officer supports alternative career paths MIT Sloan School of Management
What Can America Learn from Europe About Regulating Big Tech? The New Yorker
Read Thousands of Abraham Lincoln’s Newly Transcribed Letters Online Smart News | Smithsonian
Defund the police? It’s already happening thanks to the Covid-19 budget crunch Politico
Machine learning reveals role of culture in shaping meanings of words EurekAlert! | AAAS
Epic Games Seeks Injunction Against Apple Over Threat Of Cutting Its Access To Key Developer Tools Yahoo! Finance
Celebrating 50 Years of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies: “Damn Straight, We Persisted” Ms. Magazine
Lynda Barry Design Matters with Debbie Millman
What if ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Closer Than Scientists Thought? The New York Times
Struggling With Lockdown, Schools Relearn Value of Older Tech: TV The New York Times
America Has Two Feet. It’s About to Lose One of Them. The New York Times
Global Warming Could Unlock Carbon From Tropical Soil The New York Times
Get Ready for a Teacher Shortage Like We’ve Never Seen Before Opinion | The New York Times
Madison Avenue Meltdown: Marketers, Media Outlets Feud Over Billions of Dollars in Advertising Variety
American Express is buying Kabbage, the rising-star fintech startup for small businesses Fast Company
The new COVID saliva test is a big deal: Here’s everything you need to know Fast Company
We’re not doing enough to protect COVID-19 vaccine research from cyber espionage Fast Company
Who’s wearing vinyl pants in quarantine? How the pandemic could kill fashion trends for good Fast Company
Digital platforms give lifeline to Kenya’s creatives amid COVID-19 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Deep into the STEM Files! #HipHopMD
Innovation Accelerates During the Pandemic InformationWeek
To Go Forward Creatively, Try Looking Back The Creativity Post
Op-Ed: As a doctor on ‘MASH,’ Hawkeye showed me how to get through this war on the coronavirus Los Angeles Times
A Story Of Fire And Ice 3 Quarks Daily
'I literally felt like I was going to cry': How virtual music festivals are keeping fans connected CBC News
A Radical New Model of the Brain Illuminates Its Wiring WIRED
After Decades Of Controversy, U Of O To Cover Up 'Oppressive' Murals KLCC
What Actually Happens When a TV Episode Gets Pulled? The New York Times
Fiction readers have made best leaders in Covid-19 crisis, says Val McDermid The Guardian
Nonconforming: Against the erosion of academic freedom by identity politics Harper’s Bazaar
The Environment Surrounding Facial Recognition: Do the Benefits Outweigh Security Risks? Arts Management and Technology Laboratory
Voices From Generation COVID: ‘Sometimes All We Have Is Our Imagination Vogue
Creativity in the Time of COVID: Zadie Smith on Writing, Love, and What Echoes Through the Hallway of Time Suddenly Emptied of Habit Brain Pickings
3 Hours of Creative ‘Flow’ Every Day Is All You Need to Change Your Life The Ascent | Medium
What does the U.S. need to do to reopen safely? Here's what Fauci told us. National Geographic
Being Curious: Unlock your creativity to be a better leader CEOworld Magazine
Policies to broaden participation in the innovation process Brookings
Data Never Sleeps 8.0 DOMO
Consumers Cool to Bailout for Movie Theaters, Concert Venues, New Survey Reveals (EXCLUSIVE) Variety
UC Irvine forms new group to empower women in tech Becker’s Health IT
The Role Of Tech Amid Social Division Forbes
11 Creative Approaches To Attracting New STEM Talent Forbes
Machine learning reveals role of culture in shaping meanings of words Phys.org
Don't underestimate art, it brought us together during lockdown Harper’s Bazaar
Port San Antonio Board Okays $60M Innovation Center Connect Texas
Entrepreneur Ken Clay Uses Innovation and Technology to Enhance Touchless Solutions Black Enterprise
Post-COVID-19 economy will put people back to work, but it won't be in all the same jobs: Don Pittis COVID-19 | CBC News
A collector says he discovered two never-before-heard Sinatra recordings. But is it really Frank? Los Angeles Times
Russell Kirsch, Inventor of the Pixel and Creator of the First Digital Photo, Dies at 91 Gizmodo
Scientists See Signs of Lasting Immunity to Covid-19, Even After Mild Infections The New York Times
‘We’ve Already Survived an Apocalypse’: Indigenous Writers Are Changing Sci-Fi The New York Times
Why the statue of Harvard’s first Black graduate could be a model for rethinking monuments Fast Company
This socially distant music venue gives every fan their own VIP section Fast Company
The U.S. economy is reliant on consumer spending—can it survive a pandemic? Fast Company
Why mushrooms are a miracle material—and might be your new favorite meat Fast Company
How ‘COVID-washing’ became the new greenwashing Fast Company
Butterfly Effect: The Unscientific Vaccine Around the World | OZY
10 Types of Innovation: The Art of Discovering a Breakthrough Product Visual Capitalist
Winning Entries From A’ Design Award To Ignite Your Work-From-Home Spark DesignTaxi.com
An Interactive Display Color-Codes Hundreds of Historical Mineral Illustrations Colossal
Startup diversity and inclusion: What we learned at our State of Innovation event BostINNO
Innovation is seeing a major inflection point due to the pandemic, early growth investor finds Trading Nation | CNBC
The scientific community’s fight for immigrants isn’t over yet Massive Science
Scientists Discover Simple Innovation to Make Quantum States Last 10,000 Times Longer SciTechDaily
For the sake of both countries, the US and Canada need to keep their border open and reduce trade barriers during the pandemic Business Insider
Engineer developing out-of-this-world solutions for COVID-19 challenges Penn State News | Penn State University
BBC presenter says music helped her 'to live' after brain haemorrhage BBC News
Check Out the Innovative Winners of LACMA’s Art + Technology Grant Hyperallergic
The Case for a Coronavirus-Vaccine Bond The New Yorker
Making a COVID-19 Vaccine Is Hard. Making One for Kids Is Harder WIRED
Can The Arts Save Rural America From The Recession? The New + The Next | OZY
How 12 Female Cookbook Authors Changed the Way We Eat Smithsonian
This man has helped give 460 dead whales a second life—as art National Geographic
Mozilla: The Greatest Tech Company Left Behind Young Coder | Medium
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Company is Making an Absolute Joke of Women’s Health Gizmodo
The Black-owned animation studio behind ‘Hair Love’ is teaching Hollywood how to be authentic Fast Company
Sick of Zoom happy hour? Try these virtual team-building activities instead Fast Company
How filmmaker Matthew A. Cherry’s ‘Hair Love’ changed the conversation around natural hairstyles Fast Company
Ex-Google VP’s new app is helping 30,000 Kansas students return to college Fast Company
Psychedelic Fishes from the World’s First Natural History Encyclopedia of Marine Creatures Illustrated in Color Brain Pickings
Is Bach Better on Harp? The New York Times
America’s Retirement Race Gap, and Ideas for Closing It The New York Times
As Colleges Move Classes Online, Families Rebel Against the Cost The New York Times
Here are ways to drive innovation Bowling Green Daily News
Recession, Innovation and Survival – A Lesson from Kellogg’s Innovation Management
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