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Interior Chinatown: Screenwriting, Representation, and Identity
Drawing on his experience as a fiction writer and as a writer and producer for television, Charles Yu discusses his acclaimed novel "Interior Chinatown" and the issues of immigration, assimilation, and representation th…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/interior-chinatown-screenwriting-representation-and-identityHow to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Behavioral scientist, award-winning Wharton professor, co-director of the Behavior Change for Good Initiative, and Choiceology podcast host Katy Milkman has devoted her career to the study of behavior change. In her gro…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/how-change-science-getting-where-you-are-where-you-want-beThe Collapse of the Antibiotics Sector
Antibiotics were heralded as a turning point in medicine in the mid 20th century. Today, the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria poses a growing and formidable challenge to the future of 21st century medicine. Yet, de…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/collapse-antibiotics-sectorGrand Challenges and Opportunities for Leadership in Science, Policy and Education
An experienced leader in science, engineering, and education with more than three decades of experience at universities, national labs, and the government, France Anne Córdova is an internationally recognized astrophysi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/grand-challenges-and-opportunities-leadership-science-policy-and-educationNotes From The Field: The Pipeline Project
One of the most hailed and provocative theatre artists of our time, Anna Deavere Smith explores current events from multiple points of view and combines the journalistic technique of interviewing her subjects with the a…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/notes-field-pipeline-projectOn Breakthrough vs. Follow-Through Innovation
We have had a century of scientific investment in breakthrough innovation that has transformed the potential of lives and society. But it has not been matched by investment in follow-through innovation to deliver these…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/breakthrough-vs-follow-through-innovationZadie Smith: An Evening of Reading and Reflection
Acclaimed novelist and writer Zadie Smith will read and reflect on her works. Photo credit: Dominique Nabokov
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/zadie-smith-evening-reading-and-reflectionAmerica's Experience in Afghanistan: What Went Wrong and What Have We Learned?
Almost two decades after Al Qaeda's 9/11 attacks on the American homeland, the United States has—for now —disengaged militarily from Afghanistan. A surge of 100,000 U.S. troops into Afghanistan in 2010 was unforeseeable…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/americas-experience-afghanistan-what-went-wrong-and-what-have-we-learnedRussia Resurrected: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order
Too often, we are told that Russia plays a weak hand well. But, perhaps the nation’s cards are better than we know. Russia ranks significantly behind the U.S. and China by traditional measures of power: GDP, population…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/russia-resurrected-its-power-and-purpose-new-global-orderGenocide, Covid-19, and Structural Violence
The controversies swirling around policies and inequities in a pandemic age provide an opening to explore the place of structural and institutional violence in comparative genocide studies. Adam Jones, a William F. Podl…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/genocide-covid-19-and-structural-violence