University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer spoke about his school’s bid for the Obama presidential library, saying it’d be more fitting for the establishment to go in Illinois than New York.
“Columbia [University] is a very good place, but Chicago’s a better place for this library,” Zimmer told HuffPost Live at Davos.
“As you know the Obamas have very deep history with the community on the South side of Chicago,” he added. “It’s a reflection of their roots and what drove them. I think it’s a very natural place. Of course they decide, and we hope that’s what they decide.”
Below, updates from the 2015 Davos Annual Meeting:
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Davidson said happiness is a skill that can be continually developed.
“I talk about happiness as a skill. It’s actually something that can be cultivated,” he said. “Everything we’ve learned about the brain suggests it’s no different than learning the violin.. if you practice, you’ll get better at it.”
Richard Davidson, professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, touted the importance of being mindful, especially in the workplace.
“I think people in leadership positions are starting to understand the importance of [mindfulness practices],” Davidson said. “The cost of burnout is enormous, the cost of employee turnover is enormous.”
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Salovey spoke out against victim-blaming, saying alcohol or similar factors are never an excuse for someone to be sexually assaulted.
“People have a right to expect that they are not going to be subject to unwelcome sexual advances,” Salovey said.
“There are ways we can learn to prevent those kind of situations, prevent the conditions that give rise to that very unwelcome kind of behavior happening,” Salovey added.
Salovey spoke on free expression on campuses, reflecting on the incident at Berkeley where students protested comedian Bill Maher’s appearance at a graduation ceremony because of comments he made about Muslims.
“It’s very difficult. You see this controversy playing out on many different campuses over the last couple of years,” Salovey said.
Salovey said he thinks people want to live in an environment where others are respectful and they’re not offended, but being offended can be a learning experience.
Peter Salovey, President of Yale University, told HuffPost Live about “emotional intelligence” and a model he pioneered 25 years ago.
“The idea behind emotional intelligence… is that our emotions are a source of information,” Salovey said. “They help us make decisions, they help us regulate ourselves, they help us solve problems.”
“Some people pay attention to this, and some people ignore it, and some people try to suppress it,” Salovey said.
Salovey said teaching people how to read the emotional signals of themselves and others will give them “a leg up.”
