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A 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-attachmentAgainst 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-evilThe 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…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/new-era-of-diplomacySmart Cities, Dumb Opportunities: How the Internet of Things and Smart Cities Are Transforming Our Lives
As the kickoff speaker for CMC's Entrepreneurship Week, Darin Andersen '87 returns to his alma mater to discuss the complex, dynamic, and consequential realties of cybersecurity.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/smart-cities-dumb-opportunities-how-internet-of-things-and-smart-cities-are-transformingThe Appel Scholarship: Writing Matters
Funded by Joel Appel ‘87, the Appel Fellowship provides first-year students with funding to engage in independent writing projects. Join us as the inaugural Fellows read some of their work—journal entries, novels, newsp…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/appel-scholarship-writing-mattersEnvisioning the Vastness of Early America: The Origins of California's Early Inhabitants
For generations historians have adopted a very narrow narrative of colonial America, one that privileged events related to the American Revolution and the formation of the United States. Steve Hackel will discuss that n…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/envisioning-vastness-of-early-america-origins-of-californias-early-inhabitantsThe State Against Blacks
Have well-intentioned government efforts—starting with the Great Society—helped the black underclass? Jason Riley will assess the track record of these programs and argue that, more often than not, these efforts have be…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/state-against-blacks