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Laurent Pacalin

@lpacalin

Big Data Analytics Executive

 Chicago, IL
Joined April 2009
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The defining figure behind the practice of restorative justice, Howard Zehr, AM'67, has focused his work on victims' voices to compassionately challenge the criminal justice system. Your Sunday Read: ms.spr.ly/6002evZUY
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Congratulations to the UChicago men’s soccer team on its first NCAA championship! The Maroons, under coach Julianne Sitch, won 2-0 over Williams College. The historic victory marks the first time a woman has led a men's soccer team to a national title. ms.spr.ly/6000eHyVg
Maroons make history: UChicago men’s soccer team wins first NCAA championship

Maroons make history: UChicago men’s soccer team wins first NCAA championship

Julianne Sitch becomes first female to coach men’s soccer team to title

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WATCH: Coach Julianne Sitch and the UChicago men's soccer team celebrate today's historic NCAA championship win—the first time a woman has led a men’s soccer team to a title. Video courtesy of the NCAA
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Learn more about the historic season by UChicago and first-year coach Julianne Sitch. ms.spr.ly/6001eEQSh
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Eric Topol
@EricTopol30 Nov 2022
Medical selfies erictopol.substack.com/p/med…
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@briankrebs29 Nov 2022
Edwards has follow-up on the Reuters article highlighting the need for Congress to pass changes to a 2023 defense funding bill that would require adtech audits to see if govt sites/apps etc. are forwarding user data to adversaries. humansecurity.com/learn/blog…
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It’s always worth reminding Musk’s fan boys that these are the brilliant men who founded Tesla. Elon was just a series-A investor who bought in, then sabotaged the company enough until these men were pushed out, then he spent the next ten years telling everyone he founded Tesla.
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From our archives: Though it may seem paradoxical, nuclear power releases less radiation into the environment than any other major energy source. The case for nuclear power: e360.yale.edu/features/why-n…
Why Nuclear Power Must Be Part of the Energy Solution

Why Nuclear Power Must Be Part of the Energy Solution

Many environmentalists have opposed nuclear power, citing its dangers and the difficulty of disposing of its radioactive waste. But a Pulitzer Prize-winning author argues that nuclear is safer than...

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Just went for a pee in a loo in a London café. There’s a surveillance camera above the toilet! Is that even legal?
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In the Washington Post Asst. Prof. @emanabdelhadi discusses how abortion is viewed in the Muslim faith: buff.ly/39Y5kSI
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The world's first collision avoidance software for nearly 4,000 active satellites came from an unlikely source: "Hacking for Defense," a cross-disciplinary @UChicagoLaw course where students collaborate to find innovative solutions to complex problems. ms.spr.ly/6007ZFBnf
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Tim Leunig@timleunig21 Dec 2021
This really is an outstanding essay on Malthus, and the origins of economic growth in England. Every single @LSEEcHist #EH101 should read it. Thanks @MaxCRoser for writing it. ourworldindata.org/breaking-…
Breaking out of the Malthusian trap: How pandemics allow us to understand why our ancestors were...

Breaking out of the Malthusian trap: How pandemics allow us to understand why our ancestors were...

The Industrial Revolution ended the Malthusian trap in which incomes were determined by the size of the population — making it possible for a country to leave abject poverty behind.

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Want to learn what it is like to work at a start up? Come to our Life After Grad School Q&A panel with your questions! RSVP forms.gle/cZE2JrJd6DkEoLS66
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How much is a biotech company worth? What are DCF models and why make one? Take INDE209 to learn how investors think about investing in publicly traded biotech companies! tinyurl.com/INDE209-2021
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@MaxCRoser19 Aug 2021
When I hear that a power plant has a daily output of 10 or 50 thousand MWh it doesn’t tell me much. So a while ago @_HannahRitchie and I made a chart to give 'A sense of units and scale for electrical energy production and consumption’. ourworldindata.org/scale-for…

A sense of units and scale for electrical energy production and consumption

How does the electricity output of different sources compare?

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We're excited to announce that editor of 'Women of Ideas', Suki Finn, will be sitting down with @amiasrinivasan, @lisawhiting_, and @philosofemme for the @CheltLitFest on 8th October to discuss women in the history of ideas. bit.ly/2VTenNt
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Want to learn more about industry R&D and Drug Development? Join us on July 27 12-1pm PT for an oncology case study and overview of drug development with Amgen Principal Scientist, Kristin Tarbell, PhD. RSVP for Zoom link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Angelica Parente
@draparente10 Jul 2021
The two best drug dev classes I’ve taken are @SPARKStanford’s course on the Economics of Biotechnology & @stanfordbiotech’s course on Valuation of Public Biotech Co’s for exactly this reason. These principles are valuable even if you want to stick to a purely scientific role.
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Join us for our Annual Startup Happy hour this Thursday, Jul 15! The event will feature free-form virtual networking & an exciting keynote by Jennifer Goldstein of SVB. RSVP for link to event: forms.gle/y2tjNpnmcqTZBYGi7
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Interested in clinical genomics & diagnostic tech? Want to learn what else is out there besides therapeutics? Join SBG on June 24 2021 at 12 pm PT for a discussion with Kim Popovits, Chairman, CEO and President of Genomic Health RSVP for Zoom link forms.gle/6Y969GS4scqJUFE36
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