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California’s Special Election: Analysis of What Happened, Why, and the Implications
Ken Miller, Don H. and Edessa Rose Professor of State and Local Government and director of the Rose Institute at Claremont McKenna College, will speak to the results of the November 4, 2025 California Special Election…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/californias-special-election-analysis-what-happened-why-and-implicationsShould the United States Prioritize Domestic Interests Over International Leadership?
Is America overextended abroad—or not engaged enough? In a head-to-head debate isolationism vs. interventionism, Mark Gitenstein, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, will argue for an active, robust U.S. role…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/should-united-states-prioritize-domestic-interests-over-international-leadershipCollege Education: Its Complex Role in the Pursuit of Happiness
For part one of our series commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, CMC Professor Jon Shields will discuss the relationship between today’s college education and the “pursuit of happiness”…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/college-education-its-complex-role-pursuit-happinessTransplants: A Reading and Conversation
In Daniel Tam-Claiborne's debut novel, Transplants, two young women in China and the United States negotiate coming of age, identity, and belonging in a world upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. Tam-Claiborne will read fr…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/transplants-reading-and-conversationThe Case for Preserving California’s Commission-Drawn Congressional Districts
In 2021, the non-partisan, independent California Citizens Redistricting Commission drew lines for the state’s 52 congressional districts. On November 4, 2025, Californians will vote on Proposition 50, which would repla…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/case-preserving-californias-commission-drawn-congressional-districtsRedistricting 101: Can Independent Citizens Commissions Save the Republic?
Congressional redistricting has become the most contentious new battleground in politics. In fact, in an upcoming special election, Californians will vote on how the state will move on redistricting. In this second of a…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/redistricting-101-can-independent-citizens-commissions-save-republicHealth, Brain, and Planet: KDIS in Action
Uniquely positioned in higher education, CMC’s Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences brings together three critical areas of science that will affect humans for centuries to come. As a small sample, this program will…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/health-brain-and-planet-kdis-actionMathematical Secrets in Music
Math and music are often said to be related, but does this go any deeper than the fact that they both involve counting? In this lively hybrid of talk and concert, mathematician and pianist Eugenia Cheng uncovers mathema…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/mathematical-secrets-musicPublic Service Then & Now: From Nixon to Trump
What does principled public service look like when the ground is shifting under your feet? In this candid conversation, former U.S. Representative David Dreier ’75 and former White House Counsel John W. Dean III will co…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/public-service-then-now-nixon-trumpCongressional Redistricting 101: It’s All About the Numbers … Or Is It?
It’s all over the news, and it’s coming soon to a ballot box near you! Redistricting is one of the most important politically fraught issues of our moment. In this first of a two-part series, Sarah Cannon, associate pro…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/congressional-redistricting-101-its-all-about-numbers-or-it