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2017 Claremont Finance Conference: The Rise of Impact Investing
Maureen Downey ’93 will provide an overview of what defines “impact investing” and analyze the factors driving growth and interest in this area, review the existing ecosystem and challenges, and provide an overview of e…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/2017-claremont-finance-conference-rise-of-impact-investingFrom Silent Spring to Silent Night: A Tale of Toads And Men
Tyrone B. Hayes' research interests lie in the impact of chemical contaminants on environmental health and public health. In this lecture, he will examine the impact of endocrine disrupting environmental contaminants on…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/from-silent-spring-to-silent-night-tale-of-toads-and-menThe Gendered Transformation of Work in Latin America, 1890-1910
At the turn of the last century, as urbanization and new technologies in Latin America enabled women to move into the workplace, their new lifestyles, financed by their ability to earn and spend their own money, in turn…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/gendered-transformation-of-work-in-latin-america-1890-1910Dismantling Terrorist Networks and Countering Violent Extremism in sub-Saharan Africa
Boko Haram, al Shabaab, al Qeada in the Islamic Maghreb further challenge the nations of sub-Saharan Africa. Adotei Akwei of Amnesty International USA will address how the nations of sub-Saharan Africa have faced the in…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/dismantling-terrorist-networks-and-countering-violent-extremism-in-sub-saharan-africaAgainst the Loveless World: To Be Raced in America
Does our collective American history assign race to some groups, Blacks, Latinos, people of color of various extractions, while assigning a kind of racial neutrality to whiteness? Using James Baldwin's The Fire Next Tim…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/against-loveless-world-to-be-raced-in-americaThe Biology of Good and Evil
Robert Sapolsky, professor of biology, neurosurgery, and neurology at Stanford University, wonders why do we do the things we do and digs deep in the history of our species and its genetic inheritance to posit answers.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/biology-of-good-and-evilA Moderated Conversation with Neel Kashkari
Neel Kashkari, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, will make some opening comments before a brief moderated conversation. The majority of the program will be dedicated to audience questions.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/moderated-conversation-with-neel-kashkariSpanish in the World, Then and Now
Rolena Adorno, professor of Spanish at Yale University, will discuss the importance of the Spanish language, from its emergence on the world stage at the end of the fifteenth century to its status today as the world's s…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/spanish-in-world-then-and-nowAbundance without Attachment
Is capitalism a great blessing and a fundamental force for good? Or does it encourage greed? The truth is that both perspectives are onto something. Free enterprise has lifted billions out of poverty worldwide. But whil…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/abundance-without-attachmentThe New Era of Diplomacy
The new administration approaches foreign policy and diplomacy in unexpected ways. Yet, the rest of the world continues to face unprecedented challenges regardless of the style it sees in Washington, D.C. Ambassador Cam…
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