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Irene Pepperburg

Irene Pepperberg In Conversation

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  • ABOUT Irene Pepperberg

    Irene Pepperberg is an adjunct associate professor at Brandeis University and research associate and lecturer at Harvard. The winner of fellowships from John Simon Guggenheim, Harry Frank Guggenheim, and Whitehall Foundations, the Radcliffe Institute, and National Science Foundation grants, she is also the author of the New York Times bestseller, Alex and Me, and The Alex Studies, describing twenty years of peer-reviewed studies on African Grey parrot intelligence. Profile
  • ABOUT Alison Cuddy

    Alison Cuddy hosts Chicago Public Radio’s award-winning weekday newsmagazine Eight Forty-Eight on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  She is the senior producer of Chicago Matters, the year-long series examining various topics of broad interest to the region. Cuddy joined the staff of Chicago Public Radio in August 2001 as associate producer for the nationally-syndicated program Odyssey. Profile
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Irene Pepperberg spent 30 years of her career working with Alex, the world’s most famous parrot. Her recent book Alex and Me offers both unique insights on the workings of the avian mind and a tribute to a beloved research partner. In her talk, Pepperberg shares research findings and thoughts on animal intelligence and, most crucially, humor, with Alison Cuddy, host of Chicago Public Radio’s Eight Forty-Eight.

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