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Corinne Espinoza, the administrative coordinator in the Office of the President and the Provost, voiced her reservations to the panelists about the current approach that most individuals take toward resolving problems in the social sciences...
Each of the panelists—who represented a range of universities but all spoke from the social science perspective—presented a problem they considered both “important” and challenging to solve. At the conclusion of their presentations, they debated their proposals and engaged in a discussion with audience members...
...long symposium was moderated by FAS Divisional Dean of Social Science Stephen M. Kosslyn and included presentations by Peter S. Bearman, Nicholas A. Christakis, Ann Swidler ’66, Nassim N. Taleb, Nick Bostrom, Gary King, Emily Oster ’02, Claudia Goldin, James Fowler, Susan E. Carey ’64, Roland G. Fryer, and Richard J. Zeckhauser...
...panel is the culmination of more than a year’s cooperation between the non-profit Indira Foundation, which initiated the effort and also provided financial support, and the Division of Social Science in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
According to the Web site for the Division of Social Science, video of the symposium will likely be made available this afternoon. Web users will then be able to vote and submit additional issues...