Audience: Alumni
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Festival of Monsters: David Livingstone Smith Keynote
Exploring the ways monsters and tropes of monstrosity pervade our culture.
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Respond, Don’t React: Recognizing and Managing Emotional Triggers
In a world of nonstop change and pressure, even the most experienced professionals get triggered in ways that throw us off course—hurting performance and straining relationships. In this presentation by the Silicon Valley chapter of the NHRA, we’ll explore what’s really happening when emotions take over, why it matters, and what we can do about…
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Lei, K. (CM) – Designing for meaningful large-scale online communication, connection, and collective insight
Digital technologies have made large-scale online interaction a central part of how people communicate, connect, and work together. Yet scaling often comes at the cost of depth, and interactions can become superficial and chaotic, drifting away from the richer interactional contexts of small-scale or in-person settings that support trust and meaningful exchange, and that make…
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US – India: Normalization or Reset?
The US–India relationship stands at a crossroads balancing strategic pragmatism with shared democratic values. Recent tensions over trade, tariffs, and technology have raised questions about whether the partnership is being recalibrated or simply cooling. The 8th annual AIMA US–India Conference examines how the two countries can review their priorities and either restore normalcy or redefine…
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Elevate Your Interviews: Strategies for Success
Job interviews can be challenging, even for seasoned professionals. Preparation and practice are key. This one-day workshop for the PMI Silicon Valley Chapter, led by communications coach Karen Schiff, will teach you the skills you need to ace your next interview. Throughout the day, you’ll learn how to craft your responses, both the organization and…
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Lydon, S. (SciCAM) – Magnetic Buoyancy Instabilities in Deep, Twisted Magnetic Layers
In observing the solar magnetic field, possibly the most prominent features visible on the surface are sunspots, which emerge at different latitudes as the solar cycle progresses. Sunspot pairs are believed to be formed by concentrated bundles of mainly toroidal magnetic field (flux tubes) looping through the surface. These regions exhibit surprisingly ordered patterns of…
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Doganyigit, K. (BMEB) – Reimagining the petri dish, automated incubator-free organoid culture system for long term organoid maintenance and disease modeling
Organoids offer strong in vitro models for studying development and disease; however, traditional incubator-based culture methods hinder environmental regulation, elevate evaporation rates, and limit imaging and instrumentation access—restricting their effectiveness for prolonged, physiologically relevant research. To address these challenges, we created a compact, automated culture system that eliminates the need for an incubator by integrating…
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Van Duker, N. (AM) – A Random Choice Hybrid Method for Resolving Shock Placement Errors in 1D Relativistic Hydrodynamics with Transverse Velocities
This report presents a one-dimensional Random Choice-based hybrid method for simulating special relativistic hydrodynamics (SRHD) flow problems. The proposed scheme combines a high-order accurate method and a random choice method, selectively applying the first to smooth flows and the second to shocks and discontinuities. This hybrid approach addresses the issue of incorrect wave placements in…
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3 Intention-Setting Strategies to Unlock Greater Career Fulfillment and Success
Join this energizing and interactive webinar designed to help you reconnect with your professional purpose and take the next step—whatever that looks like for you. Whether you’re exploring new paths, navigating burnout, or seeking more fulfillment, this session offers tools and insights to spark clarity and confidence. Hosted by UC Davis, and open to UC…
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Corporations at Climate Crossroads: Book Talk with Lily Hsueh
With climate risks growing, climate action facing political headwinds in many countries, and international cooperation increasingly challenged, Lily Hsueh’s Corporations at Climate Crossroads illuminates how and under what conditions the world’s largest corporations have taken proactive action on climate change during the years leading up to and after the Paris Agreement. Drawing on insights from…