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One Man's Freedom: Goldwater, King, and the Struggle over an American Ideal
In the mid-1950s, Barry Goldwater and Martin Luther King Jr. emerged as the leaders of two diametrically opposed freedom movements that changed the course of American history—and still divide American politics. King mob…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/one-mans-freedom-goldwater-king-and-struggle-over-american-idealFrom CMC to Cancer Care: A Physicist’s Journey at the Intersection of Science and Medicine
Jessica Fagerstrom ‘06, medical physicist and educator, will discuss how physics and medicine come together to diagnose and treat cancer and will share insights of her journey from a liberal arts education to a career a…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/cmc-cancer-care-physicists-journey-intersection-science-and-medicineLin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist
How did the sweet, sensitive son of Puerto Rican parents, growing up in an immigrant neighborhood on the far northern tip of Manhattan, become the preeminent musical storyteller of the 21st century? Examining Lin-Manuel…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/lin-manuel-miranda-education-artistThe Unspoken Truths from the Entrepreneurial Trenches
Ashwin Gulati ’90 dismantles the myths, ambitions, and raw realities of a startup culture where 97% of ventures fail. So why do entrepreneurs keep lining up? Why do VCs keep funding them? And what isn’t working? In this…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/unspoken-truths-entrepreneurial-trenchesThe Global Nuclear Order and the Proliferation of Delivery Systems
Debak Das, assistant professor in peace and security at the Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs at the University of Denver, will speak to the proliferation of nuclear delivery systems, why the global nucle…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/global-nuclear-order-and-proliferation-delivery-systemsFree Speech Rights and Wrongs: Current Controversies
In an interview format with two CMC students, Nadine Strossen, professor emerita at NYU School of Law and Senior Fellow at FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression), will address pressing questions abou…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/free-speech-rights-and-wrongs-current-controversiesIt’s Not the Law, It’s the Practice—Strategies for Human Rights Protection and Resilience
Enforcement of International Human Rights Law (IHRL) is under siege—due to weakened institutional capacity, authoritarian resistance, threats to civil society, and shrinking political will. Core values and norms of just…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/its-not-law-its-practice-strategies-human-rights-protection-and-resilienceRecalibrating the Global Trading System
The Trump Administration is upending America's post-war role in leading and maintaining a rules-based global trading system. US trade policy is being designed to extract concessions from partners, reduce the trade defic…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/recalibrating-global-trading-systemEmpire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
When AI expert and investigative journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good guys. Founded as a nonprofit with safety enshrined as its core mission, the organization was mean…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/empire-ai-dreams-and-nightmares-sam-altmans-openaiIran’s Rise and Retreat in the Shadow of American Missteps
Hussein Banai, associate professor of international studies at Indiana University-Bloomington, will chart the dramatic rise and gradual unraveling of Iran’s regional influence between 2005 and 2025, a period marked by b…
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