Gary E. Biszantz ’56 P’08, a CMC Trustee whose athleticism and philanthropy made a significant mark on the College and CMS Athletics, died on March 14, 2026, at age 91.
The Symposium on Climate Innovation and Finance (“SCIF”), co-organized by the Financial Economics Institute (FEI) and Roberts Environmental Center (REC), will feature a panel of distinguished guests including thought le…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/symposium-climate-innovation-and-financeTo 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-independenceHow does the cinematic lens capture the evolution of the human soul? A decade remembered for the rise of the blockbuster, the 1990s also hosted a profound spiritual revolution led by filmmakers of color. Jane Naomi Iwam…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/postponed-our-souls-our-selves-race-and-religious-imagination-us-cinemaRuth Marcus, writer and political commentator, contributor to the New Yorker Magazine, and former staff writer, associate editor, and columnist at the Washington Post, will address issues confronting the modern American…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/under-siege-media-confront-digital-age-and-trumps-americaThe Rwandan genocide, also known as the Genocide Against the Tutsi, occurred between April and July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. During that period, hundreds of thousands of Tutsi civilians in Rwanda fell victim t…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/lessons-rwandan-genocideFor eighty years, the United States has been the leader of a liberal international order, drawing allies and partners from around the world together in a system of trade, political, and security cooperation. Under Trump…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/will-liberal-international-order-survive-trump-20The 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-screeningCristina Jiménez is an award-winning community organizer, political strategist, and one of the leading voices in the immigrant justice movement. She is the Co-Founder and former Executive Director of United We Dream (UW…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/reading-and-conversation-cristina-jimenezJonathan Mahler P’26, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, will discuss his recent book, The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City, 1986–1990, which examines the…
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