How does recording the activity of a dying brain change a neurosurgeon’s own perspective on life? Dr. Ajmal Zemmar explains how his research made him reflect on memory, mortality, and the importance of living more fully in the present.
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Dr. Ajmal Zemmar shares his remarkable journey from fleeing the war in Afghanistan as a child to becoming Chief of Neurosurgery at the VA. His path through Germany, Switzerland, Canada, and the U.S. reveals the resilience and dedication behind a career focused on helping patients with Parkinson’s, tremors, epilepsy, and chronic pain through functional neurosurgery.
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MIT Media Researcher Sam Ford, entrepreneur Rusty Justice, and corporate strategist Venkata “Vijay” Kamenini discuss the importance of lifelong learning and reskilling in today’s digital economy.
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The transition from coal miner to tech worker might sound counterintuitive. And for many of Kentucky's legacy miners, it felt that way, too. Pikeville entrepreneur Rusty Justice, Innovation & Technology expert Venkata “Vijay” Kamineni, and MIT Media Researcher Sam Ford discuss how equipping the workforce with an internal narrative focused around a narrative tied to its inherent resilience as an attribute as opposed to the job title itself can set existing and future generations up for successful career trajectories.
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Rusty Justice, co-founder of Bit Source, a software and website development company located in Pikeville, KY, describes the journey of many of Bit Source’s employees from coal miner to tech worker.
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As a journalist, Perry Bacon, Jr. has witnessed a dramatic change in the way media is consumed by Americans. From his beginnings in news magazines to cable and network news, he has had to stay ahead of the curve.
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Chef Nikkia Rhodes shares about the Iroquois High School Culinary Academy and career path intended to prepare students for employment in the hospitality industry.
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Maker’s Mark Diplomat Thomas Bolton shares about The LEE Initiative, an organization that promotes diversity, equity, and sustainability in the restaurant industry.
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Vicki Phillips, National Geographic Education Officer, talks about leading teachers in Kentucky. “We are recognizing that we have too often not had teachers at the table in really important conversations about how to improve education. Leading the way in a lot of that are Kentucky’s teachers, who are making Kentucky proud.”
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Vicki Phillips, National Geographic Education Officer, shares experiences from her time with the Gates Foundation and the role that Kentucky teachers were able to play there.
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Against the Grain is Kentucky's defiant superstar of craft beer. Crediting a timely entry to the market and an assertive, entrepreneurial spirit, the brand has managed to stand out in a sea of microbreweries to achieve international decoration and recognition.
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“Kentucky taught me how to work,” says Nobel Laureate Phil Sharp. Sharp shares some of his notable accomplishments and a compelling statement on how Kentucky has influenced his life.
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Phil Sharp shares why he picked up and pioneered electron microscopy. He shares the discovery, what it was then and how it is still being used today.
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Kentucky to the World, in collaboration with The Kentucky Center, presented the Republic Bank Foundation Speaker Series: In Pursuit of Answers: A Conversation with Kentucky Nobel Laureate Phillip A. Sharp on March 12, 2018.
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A physician. An entrepreneur. An attorney. The three smart and lively Booth sisters are proof that a Kentucky upbringing lays a strong foundation for a lifetime of excellence. Physician and author, Rebecca, entrepreneur and expert in brand-strategy, Cecil, and attorney and marriage equality advocate, Lady, share stories of growing up “southern” in Louisville and finding creative and fulfilling ways of leading lives with sisterhood always at the heart.
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Dr. Sander “Sandy” Florman, a native Louisvillian, is one of the world’s leading experts in organ transplantation and a champion of making organ transplantation more widely accessible in the U.S through his work on innovative strategies that connect potential live donors and recipients. He discusses how being a Kentuckian brings him a professional edge in his position as director of the Recanati Institute at Mount Sinai in New York City, his experience rebuilding a transplantation program in post-Katrina New Orleans, and how the connections he made at University of Louisville Medical School opened the doors to his career.
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Ellen Miller is the co-founder and executive director of the Sunlight Foundation, a Washington-based, non-partisan non-profit dedicated to using the power of the internet to catalyze greater government openness and transparency. Her Kentucky roots run deep, as a member of the Shapira family, whose Heaven Hill Distilleries based in Bardstown is America’s largest independent family-owned producer of bourbon. Here she discusses technology’s role in government transparency, historical Kentuckians who influence her worldview and lifework and Louisville’s role as a leader in government open-data policy.
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