UC Santa Barbara (Audio)

For our bodies to maintain stability there is a balance between cell survival and death. We eliminate abnormal or dangerous cells through cell suicide mechanisms. However excess cell death can cause degenerative diseases, so cell survival is critical too. Denise Montell, UCSB Professor of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, talks about a discovery that cells can reverse the cell death process and survive. This has implications for cancer, degenerative disease, and regenerative medicine. Series: "Women in Science" [Science] [Show ID: 31420]

Using the web and mobile devices, we now have comprehensive maps of the great outdoors, our planet and its mountains, plains and oceans. But what about the places where GPS does not work, such as underground, in buildings and megastructures, under dense tree canopies, on board ships or inside aircraft? Research cartographer Keith Clarke is working toward mapping the great indoors using new technologies. See what that entails and what it enables. Series: "GRIT Talks" [Science] [Show ID: 31421]

Eva Ho is a serial entrepreneur and founder, most recently a founding executive at Factual, a leading location data provider in Los Angeles. Prior, she was a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Google and Youtube for 5 years. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 30928]

The New Venture Competition is UC Santa Barbara’s premier entrepreneurial experience, giving students a detailed understanding of how to launch their own successful technology start-up. The year culminates with the teams presenting their ideas and business models to a panel of experienced professionals, competing for prizes and resources to launch their new ventures. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 31037]

Kinko’s Founder Paul Orfalea is a serial entrepreneur, philanthropist and author. From its modest beginnings, Kinko’s is now the world’s leading business services chain. Much of Kinko’s success can be traced directly to Paul Orfalea’s unique business philosophy that was based on the founder’s freethinking, creative style. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 30925]

One of the few constants throughout Jewish history is that Jewish identity has never been simple, and the answer to the question of “Who is a Jew?” – far from clear-cut. Rabbi Donniel Hartman, President of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Israel, says that at key moments over the last 3,000 years, Jews have reinvented or reimagined themselves in the context of their unique reality. Due to the cultural, historical, and psychological transformations that have taken place in the 20th and 21st centuries, this identity is once again at a crossroads. He explores how individual and collective identities throughout the millennia have been understood; how these earlier conceptions shape our understanding of who we are now and who we ought to be in the 21st century. Series: "Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Humanities] [Show ID: 31308]

Michelle Dougherty, co-director of Sonic Sea, discusses this film that traces the connections between increased man-made ocean noise and fatal stress on ocean life. Michael Hanrahan, an educator and filmmaker who teaches environmental media storytelling at the University of California, Santa Barbara, moderates. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Science] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 31415]

UCSB’s Script to Screen visits Comic-Con 2016 in San Diego. UCSB Script to Screen is sponsored by the Department of Film and Media Studies, The Carsey-Wolf Center, and The Scott Frank Fund for Screenwriting. It is hosted and executive-produced by the Pollock Theater Director, Matt Ryan, and produced by the Pollock Theater student staff. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 31416]

H. Tayloe Stansbury is a technology and business leader with more than 30 years of experience, including more than 15 years as a senior executive in public software companies. Currently he is executive vice president and chief technology officer of Intuit with responsibility for all product engineering and information technology. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 30924]

Is free speech threatened on college campuses? One of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars explores the the notion of “hateful” or “hurtful” speech and their relation to the First Amendment. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 31310]