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Translating Evidence into Practice: Research and Community Perspectives on Adapting Treatments for Diverse Children and Families
When a family seeks mental health care for a child in their community, it should not be presumed that the treatment offered has been shown in research to be effective. There is further concern that the research on effec…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/translating-evidence-into-practice-research-and-community-perspectives-on-adaptingPolitical Realism: How Hacks, Machines, Pork Barrel Spending and Back Room Deals Can Strengthen Our Democracy
What's causing the dysfunction in our government and the chaos in our politics? Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow at Brookings and a contributing writer for the Atlantic, argues that well-intentioned efforts to clean up pol…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/political-realism-how-hacks-machines-pork-barrel-spending-and-back-room-deals-canHow Imagination Creates Space for Social Progress
Michele Moody-Adams, professor of political philosophy and legal theory at Columbia University, shows that imagination is a crucial engine of constructive social change. To effectively address such challenges as persist…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/how-imagination-creates-space-for-social-progressHow to Live with China: US-China Relations post-40
As the highest-ranking official dealing with East Asia for the first eighteen months of the Trump administration, Susan Thornton, a 28-year veteran of the State Department with expertise on East and Central Asia who is…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/how-to-live-with-china-us-china-relations-post-40Finally, the Poets: Art(ists) as the Pulse of Collective Healing and Justice
What if our health depended on us telling our stories? What if we not only felt better when we expressed our truth artistically, but we actually healed through it. Through dynamic performance and artistic testimony, awa…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/finally-poets-artists-as-pulse-of-collective-healing-and-justiceBeyond Borders: Immigration, Trauma, and the American Dream
Reyna Grande, bestselling Mexican author of the critically-acclaimed memoirs The Distance Between Us and A Dream Called Home, will speak about her experiences before, during, and after crossing the US-Mexico border as a…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/beyond-borders-immigration-trauma-and-american-dreamGoverning Across the Aisle
During her time in office as governor of New Mexico, Susana Martinez's legislative chambers were controlled by the other party, except for a two-year period of one chamber. However, every bill she has ever signed into l…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/governing-across-aisleThe Era of Megafires
For over 30 years, Paul Hessburg, research ecologist with Pacific Northwest Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, has worked to understand why highly destructive megafires throughout the Western United States have been…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/era-of-megafiresFirst Year (Class of 2023) Dinner, Night One
The Class of 2023 is invited to join faculty and staff at the Athenaeum for insight about Aldous Huxley's Brave New World from an expert, followed by guided discussion with faculty and student facilitators.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/first-year-class-of-2023-dinner-night-oneSophomore Class (2022) Dinner
The Class of 2022 is invited to join faculty and staff at the Athenaeum for guided discussion as you and your classmates pose and answer these big questions at the beginning of your sophomore year.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/sophomore-class-2022-dinner