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D-Day's Forgotten African-American Heroes
History seems to have forgotten the sole African-American combat unit to land on the shores of France on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Author, journalist and photographer, Linda Hervieux traces the story of these men and their j…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/d-days-forgotten-african-american-heroesPenguins, Antarctica, and Global Warming
Ron Naveen, president and founder of Oceanites which sees and tracks climate change through an Antarctic lens, is one of the world’s foremost experts on monitoring, detecting, and analyzing environmental changes, most p…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/penguins-antarctica-and-global-warmingThe Importance of Anticipation in Macroeconomics
Valerie Ramey, professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego, will speak about how expectations, forecasts, and generalized anticipation affect the course of the macroeconomy and determine the impact…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/importance-of-anticipation-in-macroeconomicsWhat We Know about Leadership from Science
Major myths and misconceptions abound on the topic of leadership. Despite such enduring misbeliefs, there is more than a century of scientific leadership research. David Day's talk will highlight what we know about lead…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/what-we-know-about-leadership-from-scienceEurope’s Refugee Crisis: Unprecedented Challenges for the EU
Pavel Černoch, deputy spokesperson for the Czech Permanent Representation to the European Union, will address the challenges currently facing European leaders trying to work together to solve a humanitarian crisis at th…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/europes-refugee-crisis-unprecedented-challenges-for-euDigesting the Outcomes of the 19th Party Congress in China
The Chinese Communist Party will hold its 19th Party Congress in mid-October. Outcomes will reveal whether norms of succession have been institutionalized or remain under the control of individual leaders, in particular…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/digesting-outcomes-of-19th-party-congress-in-chinaThe Post-Election Politics of Identity
Defying all political expectations and conventional norms, Trump's vulgar pronouncements on race and gender and his signature lack of decorum did little to arrest his progress to the White House. CMC professor of govern…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/post-election-politics-of-identity