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Beauty At Work

Written by: Brandon Vaidyanathan
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  • Beauty at Work expands our understanding of beauty: what it is, how it works, and why it matters. Sociologist Brandon Vaidyanathan interviews scientists, artists, entrepreneurs, and leaders across diverse fields to reveal new insights into how beauty shapes our brains, behaviors, organizations, and societies--for good and for ill. Learn how to harness the power of beauty in your life and work, while avoiding its pitfalls.
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Episodes
  • How Beauty Works: Neuroscience, Design, and Justice (Part 2 of 2)
    May 21 2024

    This is part 2 of a 2-part episode examining how beauty works to shape our brains, the spaces we inhabit, and the communities we build.

    Please check out part 1 if you haven't already: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2043099/15078668

    These questions were the focus of the second plenary session of our International Symposium on Beauty at Work that we held in Washington DC in May 2023.


    Our panelists were:

    Anjan Chatterjee, University of Pennsylvania

    Julio Bermudez, The Catholic University of America

    Pallavi Dean, Roar, Dubai, UAE

    Sheri Parks, University of Maryland

    The panel was moderated by Christine Emba, Staff Writer at The Atlantic

    You can watch the video of the discussion here: https://youtu.be/4VhC7mTxEoQ

    This symposium was sponsored by Templeton Religion Trust, the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California, the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame, Archbridge Institute, and the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America.

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    36 mins
  • How Beauty Works: Neuroscience, Design, and Justice (Part 1 of 2)
    May 17 2024

    How does beauty shape our brains, the spaces we inhabit, and the communities we build?

    These questions were the focus of the second plenary session of our International Symposium on Beauty at Work that we held in Washington DC in May 2023.

    The panelists in this second session of our Symposium tackle these questions

    Anjan Chatterjee, University of Pennsylvania
    Julio Bermudez, The Catholic University of America
    Pallavi Dean, Roar, Dubai, UAE
    Sheri Parks, University of Maryland

    The panel was moderated by Christine Emba, Staff Writer at The Atlantic

    You can watch the video of the discussion here: https://youtu.be/4VhC7mTxEoQ

    This symposium was sponsored by Templeton Religion Trust, the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California, the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame, Archbridge Institute, and the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America.

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    36 mins
  • The Meaning And Value Of Beauty In Science (Opening plenary, International Symposium on Beauty at Work), Part 2 of 2
    May 14 2024

    This episode is the second part of our plenary session on the meaning and value of beauty in science which opened the International Symposium on Beauty at Work that we held in Washington DC in May 2023.

    Please check out part 1 of the discussion here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2043099/15037678

    The session was a discussion between four scientists: Dr. Robert Gilbert (Professor of Biochemistry, University of Oxford); Dr. Aaron Dominguez (Professor of Physics and Provost, Catholic University of America); and Dr. Massimo Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute) and Dr. Maria Teresa Landi (National Cancer Institute at NIH) who moderated the conversation.

    There are some beautiful visuals and videos that you can watch on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG_ESu8RPeI

    This symposium was sponsored by Templeton Religion Trust, the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California, the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame, the Archbridge Institute, and the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America.

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    46 mins

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