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Mistreated: Why We think We’re Getting Good Healthcare—And Why We’re Usually Wrong
The U.S. healthcare system ranks 37 in the world in outcomes, uses technology from the last century and causes hundreds of thousands of deaths each year from medical error. Yet we believe it is the best in the world. Ro…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/mistreated-why-we-think-were-getting-good-healthcare%E2%80%94and-why-were-usually-wrongIntimate Violence: Anti-Jewish Pogroms on the Eve of the Holocaust
Why do pogroms occur in some localities and not in others? Jeffrey S. Kopstein, professor and chair of political science at University of California, Irvine examines a particularly brutal wave of violence that occurred…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/intimate-violence-anti-jewish-pogroms-on-eve-of-holocaustDeveloping a Passion for Mathematics
Ask a mathematician about what mathematics is and they will use words like beauty and creativity. Ask a student about what mathematics is and they will have a very different view. Mathematics, asserts CMC mathematics pr…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/developing-passion-for-mathematicsHow to walk 2000 miles
With a mix of storytelling, how-to tips, and gear show-and-tell, record-holding hiker and award-winning author Liz Thomas ’07 shares lessons from 17,000 miles in the mountains. Honoring the 50th anniversary of the Natio…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/how-to-walk-2000-milesThe Supreme Court and Beyond: What's Next in the Legal World?
With recent groundbreaking decisions at the Supreme Court, turmoil in the confirmation process, sea change in the composition of the Court, there is much to discuss about the Supreme Court and other important legal matt…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/supreme-court-and-beyond-whats-next-in-legal-worldMidterm Madness: Political Pros Share Their Insights on the Upcoming Election
With control of Congress hanging in the balance, and the possibility of a “blue wave” overtaking Republican control of the House and Senate, the next two years of American politics will be defined by the result of the m…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/midterm-madness-political-pros-share-their-insights-on-upcoming-electionFrom Buckley to Trump: Making American Conservatism Great Again
Bill Buckley and his magazine, National Review, helped to invent the modern American conservative movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Charles Kesler, professor of government at CMC, will discuss how Buckley managed to turn…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/from-buckley-to-trump-making-american-conservatism-great-againMarijuana Legalization: Bringing a Lucrative Market Out of the Shadows
Since 2012, nine states, including California, have made marijuana legal for adults who are 21 or older. Karen O’Keefe, who directs state lobbying efforts for the Marijuana Policy Project, will examine how states are le…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/marijuana-legalization-bringing-lucrative-market-out-of-shadowsAutonomous Learning Investment Strategies (ALIS) - The Third Wave
"Autonomous Learning Investment Strategies (ALIS)” describes the emerging “third wave” of investment managers that is following on the first and second waves of fundamental discretionary and quantitative investing, resp…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/autonomous-learning-investment-strategies-alis-third-waveMidterms Election Night, 2018
The Athenaeum will host 2018 midterms' election night coverage, where students and professors will analyze returns in real time, offer commentary on issues and possible outcomes, and project what this election means for…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/midterms-election-night-2018