Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

A distinctive
feature of social and
cultural life at CMC

 

Past Semester Schedules

 
Mon, March 23, 2009
Janet Currie, chair and professor of economics, Columbia University; author, The Invisible Safety Net: Protecting the Nation's Poor Children and Families (2006); "Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise? The Relationship between Child Health and Human Capital Development"
 
Tue, March 24, 2009
Kenneth Pyle, Henry M. Jackson professor of history and Asian Studies, University of Washington; author, Japan Rising: The Resurgence of Japanese Power and Purpose (2007) and From APEC to Xanadu: Creating a Viable Community in the Post-Cold War Pacific (1997); "U.S.-Japan Relations and the Obama Administration" (12:00 p.m.)
 
Wed, March 25, 2009
Cindy Shea, founder and trumpet; Addie Benavides, trumpet; Ariana Mejia, flute; Claudia Cubides, congas; Diana McConnell, guitarron; Martha Ramirez, vihuela and vocals; Valerie Carlos, guitar and vocals; Melinda Salcido, guitar and vocals; Leticia Sierra, violin; Cathy Baeza, violin; Cindy Reifler, violin; Angel Garcia, violin; Rosalie Rodriguez, violin; Diana Reyes, violin; "Mariachi Divas: A Musical Celebration in Honor of Cesar Chavez"
 
Thu, March 26, 2009
Maurice Obstfeld, Class of 1958 Professor of Economics, director, Center for International and Development Economic Research (CIDER), U.C. Berkeley; author, Globalization and Macroeconomics (2000) and co-author, Foundation of International Macroeconomics (1996); "International Economic Challenges of the Obama Administration"
 
Mon, March 30, 2009
Tibor Machan '65, R.C. Hoiles chair of business ethics and free enterprise, Chapman University; author, The Morality of Business: A Profession for Human Wealthcare (2007) and Revisiting Marxism: A Bourgeois Reassessment (2006); "Classical Liberalism in the Age of Obama" (12:00 p.m.)
 
Tue, March 31, 2009
Ronald Lewis Graham, Irwin and Joan Jacobs professor of computer science and engineering; U.C. San Diego; chief scientist, California Institute for Telecommunication and Information Technology; "Computers and Mathematics: Problems and Prospects"
 
Wed, April 1, 2009
Dawn Davison, warden, California Institution for Women; "Responding to the Needs of Women in Prison"
 
Thu, April 2, 2009
Beth Burkhart '94, former marketing manager, The Clorox Company; "The Believers: A Documentary Film by Todd Holland"
 
Fri, April 3, 2009
Sakena Yacoobi, 2009 Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership recipient; founder, Afghan Institute of Learning; "History of the Afghan Institute of Learning" (12:00 p.m.)
 
Wed, April 8, 2009
Dinner Theater, Don't Drink the Water by Woody Allen (1966)(6:00 p.m.)
 
Thu, April 9, 2009
Dinner Theater, Don't Drink the Water by Woody Allen (1966)(6:00 p.m.)
 
Fri, April 10, 2009
Dinner Theater, Don't Drink the Water by Woody Allen (1966)(6:00 p.m.)
 
Mon, April 13, 2009
Darrell Duffie, Dean Witter distinguished professor of finance, Stanford University; co-author, Credit Risk: Pricing, Measurement, and Management (2003) and author, Dynamic Asset Pricing Theory (1993) (12:00 p.m.)
 
Tue, April 14, 2009
Kurt Zenz House '01, geoscientist; environmental entrepreneur; "Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage as a Means to Close the Carbon Loop" (12:00 p.m.)
 
Wed, April 15, 2009
Susan Neiman, director, Einstein Forum, Germany; author, Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-up Idealists (2008) and Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy (2002); "Idealism and Evil: The Last Eight Years" (12:00 p.m.)
 

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