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Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
Based on his 2019 book Upheaval, Jared Diamond reveals how successful nations recover from crisis through selective change. In an exhaustive comparative study, he shows how seven countries have survived upheavals in the…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/upheaval-turning-points-nations-crisisFintech: Fables, Fallacies, and Futures
Fintech has disrupted industries globally, driving trillion-dollar value creation and destruction. Having been on the frontiers of fintech growth over the last two decades working on a PayPal competitor and Google Walle…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/fintech-fables-fallacies-and-futuresSouth to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
We all think we know the South. Even those who have never lived there can rattle off a list of signifiers: the Civil War, Gone with the Wind, the Ku Klux Klan, plantations, football, Jim Crow, slavery. But the idiosyncr…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/south-america-journey-below-mason-dixon-understand-soul-nationThe Fate of Food: What We’ll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
In this fascinating look at the race to secure the global food supply, Amanda Little, environmental journalist and professor of journalism and science writing at Vanderbilt University, investigates how we will feed huma…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/fate-food-what-well-eat-bigger-hotter-smarter-worldCovering January 6: Journalists’ Reflection
On January 6th, 2021, insurrectionists breached the U.S. Capitol building as citizens across the country followed the unfolding events on television, social media, and other news sources. Information about what happened…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/covering-january-6-journalists-reflectionThe Promise and Perils of Polling
In the last two decades survey methodology has changed a great deal. While new tools of social science research have become available, survey researchers also face new challenges. Headed into the 2022 and 2024 election…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/promise-and-perils-pollingWomen in Economics
Join Heather Antecol, Dean of the Faculty and Boswell Professor of Economics at CMC, and three Lowe Institute alumnae (Nicole Appleton ’14, Sarah Baker '17, and Yao Li ’20) as they recount how they turned their post-gra…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/women-economicsThe Politics—and Policies—of Menstruation and the Fight for Gender Equity
After centuries of being shrouded in taboo and superstition, periods have gone mainstream. Seemingly overnight, a new, high-profile movement has emerged—one dedicated to bold activism, creative product innovation, and s…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/politics-and-policies-menstruation-and-fight-gender-equityDinner Theater—Three Shorts
Under The Lights is back in the Ath this spring with three student-directed (and even one student-written) short plays about love, lust, and unconventional relationships. From awkward breakups, to alien encounters, to a…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/dinner-theater-three-shortsUncovering the Forbidden Past: An Armenian Odyssey
From sparse operating rooms in Siberia to backstage green rooms at the Grammys, Armenian filmmaker Ani Hovannisian has traveled the world directing and producing award-winning non-fiction stories for network and cable t…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/uncovering-forbidden-past-armenian-odyssey