UAB’s Sarah Parcak Named 2016 TED Prize Winner
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November 08, 2015
Joining the likes of Bono and Bill Clinton, UAB space archaeologist Sarah Parcak — often called the real-life Indiana Jones — will receive $1 million and help from the TED network to make her world-changing wish come true. What will her wish be?
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