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Churchill and Education
Churchill lived in an age of rapid scientific development and advancement. With the utopian dreams afforded by new technology, however, came the great horrors of modern warfare. How would Churchill preserve the noble bu…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/churchill-and-educationReadings and Reflections: An Evening with Joyce Carol Oates
Award winning writer, essayist, poet, and novelist Joyce Carol Oates will read from her works, including her newest works, and share personal reflections.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/readings-and-reflections-evening-with-joyce-carol-oatesThe Volume of Small Voices: How Consumers Forced Agriculture to Change Antibiotic Use
In the early 1950s, farmers began adding small doses of antibiotics to the diets of livestock. The drugs caused animals to put on weight more quickly and protected them against diseases, laying the foundation for modern…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/volume-of-small-voices-how-consumers-forced-agriculture-to-change-antibiotic-useA New Cold War? China-US Friction in a New Era
Sino-US relations have fundamentally changed under Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump. Jamil Anderlini, The Financial Times’ Asia editor, will explore where things are headed and what it all means for Asia and the w…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/new-cold-war-china-us-friction-in-new-eraWho's the Fairest of Them All? The Truth About Opportunity, Taxes, and Wealth in America
Stephen Moore, economic policy analyst at CNN and economic advisor to candidate Donald Trump, will explore what it means for our economic system and our economic results to be "fair." Does it mean that everyone has a fa…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/whos-fairest-of-them-all-truth-about-opportunity-taxes-and-wealth-in-americaPoetry Reading and Reflections with Carl Phillips
Poet and author Carl Phillips, professor of English and of African and Afro-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, will read some of his award-winning poetry and share personal reflections.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/poetry-reading-and-reflections-with-carl-phillipsThe Cultivation of Compassionate Reasoning as a New Approach to Conflict Resolution, Genocide Prevention, and Human Rights Training
Compassionate reasoning offers a new approach to address the cognitive and emotive foundations for progress in conflict management, genocide prevention, and the evolution of human rights. Using illustrative experiences…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/cultivation-of-compassionate-reasoning-as-new-approach-to-conflict-resolution-genocideFinding the Good: Reclaiming and Reframing Rwanda
The only American to remain in Kigali, Rwanda, throughout the 1994 genocide, Carl Wilkens ventured out each day into streets crackling with mortars and gunfire and worked his way through roadblocks of angry, bloodstaine…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/finding-good-reclaiming-and-reframing-rwandaThe Outcast Majority: International Development in Today's Youth-Dominated World
How can economic development actors succeed in a youth-dominated world? Marc Sommers, an internationally recognized youth and conflict expert, with additional expertise on gender, peace-building, governance, security, u…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/outcast-majority-international-development-in-todays-youth-dominated-worldShelving Justice: The National Problem of Untested Sexual Assault Kits (SAKs)
Sexual assault kits (SAKs; also termed “rape kits”) contain biological evidence that can be tested for DNA to assist in the investigation and prosecution of criminal sexual assaults. However, in jurisdictions throughout…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/shelving-justice-national-problem-of-untested-sexual-assault-kits-saks