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Why a Stronger Congress Might Save American Politics
According to a recent poll, fewer than one in five Americans approve of the way Congress is handling its job. With modern Congress largely absent from many prominent policy debates, recent Congresses have been among the…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/why-stronger-congress-might-save-american-politicsThe Global Significance of the Declaration of Independence
To mark the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence, David Armitage, Harvard's Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History, traces the Declaration's travels around the globe, to show how its meaning for Amer…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/global-significance-declaration-independenceAn Evening with United States Poet Laureate Arthur Sze
The 2025-26 United States Poet Laureate Arthur Sze's poetry is recognized for its "intellectual and visceral experience" (Brooklyn Rail). The Library of Congress describes his "poetry as distinctly American in its focus…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/evening-united-states-poet-laureate-arthur-szeAutocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder
Ambassador Michael McFaul’s new book, Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder, challenges the conventional wisdom that the United States has entered a “Cold War 2.0” with China and i…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/autocrats-vs-democrats-china-russia-america-and-new-global-disorderMeasuring the Machine: How Psychological Measurement Can Transform AI Accountability
Louis Tay, William C. Byham Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Purdue University and co-founder of ExpiWell, will address how psychological measurement can transform the way we detect and regulate bias…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/measuring-machine-how-psychological-measurement-can-transform-ai-accountabilityThe Real CSI: Addressing Bias and Error in Crime Labs and Autopsies
Though often seen as infallible, forensic investigations are done by humans, and humans are imperfect. Jeff Kukucka, professor of psychology at Towson University, will draw from his work as a researcher, expert witness,…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/real-csi-addressing-bias-and-error-crime-labs-and-autopsiesAn Evening with David Brooks
David Brooks is a former opinion columnist at the New York Times, current contributor to The Atlantic and frequent contributor to media outlets nationwide. He writes about "political, social and cultural trends, the cla…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/evening-david-brooksThe Migrant Child Farmworkers – Now High-Profile Professionals©: A Film Screening
The Migrant Child Farmworkers – Now High-Profile Professionals© is an original documentary short film (executive producer Diane Wagner ’87, director Jesse Gift) featuring Xolo Maridueña, star of Blue Beetle and Cobra Ka…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/migrant-child-farmworkers-now-high-profile-professionalsc-film-screeningLeading through Crisis: The Power of Going Local to Make Change
Steve Grove '00 has spent his career at the intersection of politics, media, and tech. His recent book, How I Found Myself in the Midwest, shares his journey of leaving a successful career at Google in Silicon Valley to…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/leading-through-crisis-power-going-local-make-changeThe Future Is Implausible: Why Science Fiction Always Gets the Future Wrong (And Why That’s a Good Thing)
Through a series of images drawn by artists from the past imagining life in the future, Ken Liu, award-winning author of speculative fiction, asks the audience to think through provocative questions about the science fi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/future-implausible-why-science-fiction-always-gets-future-wrong-and-why-thats-good-thing