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The Capital Cairo Presentation 2015

14/10/2023 16:23
The Capital Cairo is a megaproject that aims to transform Egypt’s economy. It is the brainchild of private developer Mohamed Alabbar, who also developed the Burj Khalifa. The $45 billion capital would be a sprawling 270-square-mile metropolis of low-rise buildings surrounding a cluster of...

MISC International Day remarks 2022

14/10/2023 16:15
Good morning. I’m Bill Stackman, vice chancellor for Student Affairs and dean of students.    Thank you to the Missouri International Student Council for organizing and hosting this International Day celebration and for inviting me to be a part of it. It’s a real pleasure to be...

MU Remembers Ceremony 2022

14/10/2023 16:11
Opening Remarks    Good afternoon, my name is Dr. Bill Stackman, and I serve as the vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of students.   Thank you all for joining me for this somber, but significant occasion.     As we work, study and grow...

Your Design Gap is Showing

19/03/2019 15:17
“We live in the age of user experience,” Jerry Useem writes in the March 2019 issue of The Atlantic on the topic of Why Ford Hired a Furniture Maker as CEO. The CEO is Jim Hackett, former CEO of furniture maker Steelcase and devotee of design thinking, an approach to product development that...

The (Highly Innovative) Island of Misfit Toys

11/03/2019 09:20
Adam Grant's latest post for the New York Times Smarter Living series is on the gift of frustration: "Frustration is the feeling of being blocked from a goal. Although it sounds like a destructive emotion, it can actually be a source of creative fuel. When we’re frustrated, we reject the status...

What Kind of Chef Are You?

25/02/2019 14:40
   I love Chef’s Table. Partly because of its gorgeous photography, partly because food (duh), but mainly because of the wealth of ideas and stories each episode produces. We just started watching Volume 6, which begins with Mashama Bailey, executive chef of The Grey. Bailey uses her...

Don't tell Wesley to shut up

22/02/2019 12:51
Last summer, actor and author Wil Wheaton wrote about his chronic depression, generalized anxiety and lack of figs to give. In the article, which he wrote for Medium, he described how his panic attacks started at age seven or eight, and how the anxiety kicked in around 12 or 13. "I worried about...

Benchmark

24/06/2015 09:34

Into sustainability and conservation? Here's your marketing plan

23/06/2015 14:00
If your work is providing solutions for sustainable living, you understand that the livelihood of your community and your planet is at stake. To save it, you need to earn and maintain the trust of partners, supporters and customers. That's communication, and you probably understand how important...

Infographic: Eat to be 100

08/06/2015 15:19
TL;DR Infographic: Eat to be 100 Dan Buettner is a National Geographic fellow and the author of “The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World’s Healthiest People.” Buettner has been exploring places where people live the longest with the lowest rates of chronic disease -- what he and...
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