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Australian Parliament member speaks on future of artificial intelligence

October 27, 2015

A member of the Australian House of Representatives said Tuesday afternoon people should be aware of the changing marketplace as he spoke about rapid technological innovation and the economic impact of...

DarkMatter speaks out against transphobia and racism during the duos spoken word performance at Parkes Hall on Sunday night. The South Asian art group brought poetry and discussion about nonconforming LGBT people to Northwestern as the student group Rainbow Alliances fall speakers.

DarkMatter presents poetry performance #ItGetsBitter at Rainbow Alliance’s fall speaker event

October 26, 2015

DarkMatter, a transgender South-Asian performance art duo composed of Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian, performed their #ItGetsBitter spoken word poetry as Rainbow Alliance’s fall speaker Sunday...

Lawrence Lessig presents his platform to reform campaign finances during a speech at Cahn Auditorium on Saturday. The Democratic presidential candidate visited Northwestern as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival and discussed the urgency of monetary campaign reform.

Democratic presidential candidate Lawrence Lessig visits Northwestern to discuss campaign finance reform

October 25, 2015

Democratic presidential candidate and Harvard Law School Prof. Lawrence Lessig advocated campaign reform to abolish safe seats for politicians in a talk at Northwestern on Saturday Lessig’s speech...

Shelley Barry protests outside a talk by Princeton Prof. Peter Singer, who in the past has advocated for euthanizing disabled babies. Singer arrived at NU on Saturday as a speaker for the Chicago Humanities Festival and was met by a group of protesters outside Norris University Center.

Disability rights activists protest Princeton philosopher Peter Singer

October 25, 2015

Demonstrators lined up outside Norris University Center on Saturday to protest Princeton philosopher Peter Singer, who spoke on effective altruism and animal equality for the 26th annual Chicago Humanities...

Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger discussed how the path forward in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a nonviolent national “revolution.” Schlesinger and Ali Abu Awwad hope to educate Israelis and Palestinians through Roots, a peace movement.

Palestinian activist, Israeli settler join to advocate nonviolent national movement

October 22, 2015

For Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger and Ali Abu Awwad, the path to peace between Israelis and Palestinians lies in a nonviolent national “revolution,” which they hope to create through a grassroots movement...

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