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My talk is about the negative affects the American media has had on people living in Iran. The United States’ foreign policy with Iran had been mostly amicable until the hostage crisis in 1979.

My name is Caia Scarola and I am a freshman at Avenues. In my Tedx talk I will ask you to consider some of Apple iPhone’s exclusive features, and the effect they have on teenagers.

Having grown up in the south of Mexico (where it never snows), I’ve had the opportunity to observe the way in which gender roles affect relationships between men and women and the disadvantage the latter have in their economic independence.

David Allyn holds a BA from Brown and a PhD from Harvard. He has written several books and numerous articles. He teaches the Avenues World Course and a Senior Elective, “The Well-Lived Life: The History of an Idea.

Have you ever wondered what makes humans so different from any other living being ever? In this speech, I will be exploring the origin of the imaginative trait that makes humans so remarkable: how we got from ant munching and leaf eating apes to complex, communicative, and intelligent humans.

At TEDx Avenues, I’m going to talk about how we can save lives through science and technology. Last summer I was lucky enough to work in a lab where researchers were tracking tornadoes using infrasound, which is below the range of human hearing.

Joseph Weissberg is a senior at Avenues. His interest in behavioral economics was, in fact, sparked by watching TED talks by Dan Ariely. He interned at Kayma, a behavioral economics consulting firm located in Israel, and has deeply immersed himself within the field.

The past few years have not been easy for a lot of people. On top of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have witnessed war, famine, devastating hurricanes, earthquakes, and forest fires!