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Honor and Integrity: A Life in Public Service
John O. Brennan, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, will offer reflections on his more than 33 years of public service working for six U.S. Presidents. He will talk about the challenges, opportunities,…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/honor-and-integrity-life-in-public-serviceHow and Why Public Schools are (Still) Divided by Race
Nikole Hannah-Jones, a New York Times investigative journalist, MacArthur Award recipient, and lead-writer for The 1619 Project, has written extensively on the history of racism, school re-segregation, and the disarray…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/how-and-why-public-schools-are-still-divided-by-raceThe False Promise of Single Payer Health Care
Sally C. Pipes, president, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy at the Pacific Research Institute, will discuss the dire long-term repercussions of the single payer health care system, or “Medicare for…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/false-promise-of-single-payer-health-careReading and Reflections: An Evening with Dwayne Betts
Incarcerated at the age of 16 and sentenced to nine years in a maximum-security prison, Reginald "Dwayne" Betts transformed himself into a critically acclaimed writer, poet, and graduate of Yale Law School. Reading his…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/reading-and-reflections-evening-with-dwayne-bettsA Nuclear Deal, if You Can Keep It – Lessons Learned from Iran and North Korea Diplomacy
As North Korea expands its nuclear and missile programs, while increasing tensions threaten to unwind the historic deal that restricted Iran’s nuclear activities, what are the chances diplomacy can make a comeback to pr…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/nuclear-deal-if-you-can-keep-it-%E2%80%93-lessons-learned-from-iran-and-north-korea-diplomacyWhen Machines can be Judge, Jury, and Executioner: AI and Justice
Can artificial intelligence dispense real justice? Today, AI is used in policing, criminal investigations, at trial, by judges in sentencing, and in targeting terrorists. But what are the inherent risks and potential be…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/when-machines-can-be-judge-jury-and-executioner-ai-and-justiceAllah and Yahweh: Alike or Different?
God is the central figure in two classic scriptures, the Qur’an and the Bible, each authoritative for hundreds of millions of people. Proceeding not as a theologian but only as a literary critic, and requiring only the…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/allah-and-yahweh-alike-or-differentAn Evening with Vijay Seshadri
Pulitzer Prize winning poet Vijay Seshadri will read and reflect on his work.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/evening-with-vijay-seshadriTrue Memories and Other Falsehoods
Debra K. Tolchinsky’s P'20 in-process documentary examines false memory and false internalized belief within criminal justice: an eyewitness misidentifies their assailant, a detective elicits a false but incriminating s…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/true-memories-and-other-falsehoodsOK, Google. What Can Liberal Arts Do for Tech?
From CMC to Google: Two perspectives. What role does a liberal arts education play, if any, at a tech company like Google? Tina Daniels '93 from Google and Varun Puri '16, from X, Alphabet's moonshot factory, draw on th…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/ok-google-what-can-liberal-arts-do-for-tech