Video PUP Speaks: Laine Nooney on the history of the gaming industry July 24, 2025 The history of video games goes beyond the arcade boom of the 70s and 80s, when Pacman and Space Invaders saw gamers spending quarters in their billions. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Claudia de Rham on a life spent in gravity鈥檚 pull May 26, 2025 How do you go from being a curious child to a cosmologist, chasing the secrets of gravity and defying and redefining how it works? Here, PUP Speaks speaker Claudia de Rham explores how mankind's curiosity for the workings of the natural world have impacted the way we interact with this unifying force. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: R. Jisung Park on the hidden health impacts of wildfires April 29, 2025 It鈥檚 hard not to feel anxious about the problem of climate change, especially if we think of it as an impending planetary catastrophe. R. Jisung Park encourages us to view climate change through a different lens. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Tamar Mitts on using public policy to confront online extremism April 04, 2025 Tamar Mitts鈥� research addresses emerging challenges at the intersection of technology and security. Read More
Video Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor on AI Snake Oil September 17, 2024 Confused about AI and worried about what it means for your future and the future of the world? You鈥檙e not alone. In these videos, Arvind and Sayash address common questions about AI. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Allison Daminger on the unseen cognitive labor of women April 09, 2024 Allison Daminger introduces us to the idea of cognitive labor,聽a form of work akin to project management, and demonstrates that this invisible burden falls disproportionately on women. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Christopher Harris on the need to reframe Black History Month February 21, 2024 This month, Christopher Harris reminds us that to celebrate Black history is to cherish everyday Black life. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Hana Schank on public interest technology January 19, 2024 In order to address the critical challenges of our time鈥攑ublic health, climate change, homelessness, and more鈥攇overnments and non-profit organizations must effectively utilize technology. Here Hana Schank, PUP Speaks speaker and author of 'Power to the Public: The Promise of Public Interest Technology', introduces a revolutionary new approach鈥攑ublic interest technology鈥攖o transform the way we solve problems. Read More
Essay PUP Speaks on boosting author voices from page to stage November 15, 2023 In the summer of 2022, I joined 91桃色 in the second cohort of its annual Publishing Fellowship, a year-long position explicitly intended for individuals with no industry experience. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Ben Wildavsky on the art of career preparation October 11, 2023 Following years of research into the connections between education and employment, Ben Wildavsky shares the most vital lessons of what he calls the career arts, which include cultivating a mix of broad education, targeted skills, and social capital in order to ensure socioeconomic mobility. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Emily Hund on the rise of the influencer industry September 11, 2023 The rising popularity of the social media influencer has significantly reshaped culture, the flow of information, and the way we relate to ourselves and each other. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Athena Aktipis on the evolutionary drivers of cancer July 17, 2023 When most of us consider the driving forces of cancer, not many of us would consider evolution to be one of them. It wasn鈥檛 until she began her research that Athena Aktipis realized that not only is cancer a living and ever evolving entity, but it is evolution itself that has paved the way for cancer鈥檚 ubiquity. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Kate Clancy on the magic and mysteries of menstruation May 04, 2023 The science of menstruation, something that over half the world does for months and years on end, has come a long way. At one point scientists were dismissive, assuming that periods had no purpose to the body. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Karen Greenberg on the long legacy from 9/11 to 1/6 January 05, 2023 The events of both September 11, 2001 and January 6, 2021 were unprecedented in our nation鈥檚 history. In this video from Karen Greenberg, we can see how increased secrecy and decreased accountability within American politics post 9/11 fostered a political climate in which Trumpism was able to thrive. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Jay Phelan and Terry Burnham on how to uncover 'the secret syllabus' January 03, 2023 Drawing on decades of learning and teaching experience, Professors Jay Phelan and Terry Burnham show how students at both graduate and undergraduate levels can master the 鈥榮ecret syllabus鈥� and get the most out of their college experience. Read More
