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Do No Harm: Witnessing War Crimes in Ukraine, Collecting the Evidence
Based on her experience as an investigative journalist in Ukraine, Anna Romandash explores the role of information framing for understanding the Russian attack on Ukraine and other violent conflicts. With over 25,000 cr…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/do-no-harm-witnessing-war-crimes-ukraine-collecting-evidenceThe CMC Way: Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Following Your Own Path
Join Matt Pyken ’83, writer and executive producer, for an in-depth discussion with Datta Dave ’02, about Dave’s unorthodox path from a CMC econ/accounting major, to founding the largest and most prestigious talent, wri…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/cmc-way-entrepreneurship-creativity-and-following-your-own-pathCharles Darwin meets Computer Science: How Computation has Led to Fundamental Discoveries in Evolution
Charles Darwin wrote in The Origin of Species that he could imagine how flowers and bees might evolve in tandem to adapt to one another. In this talk, Ran Libeskind-Hadas, Founding Chair of the Integrated Sciences Depar…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/charles-darwin-meets-computer-science-how-computation-has-led-fundamental-discoveriesDecisions on the Brain: Neural Dynamics of Valuation and Choice During Human Decision Making
From selecting a snack to considering a monetary bargain, choices are a defining feature of our lives. A cognitive neuroscientist, Alison Harris, the Ostby-Cook Associate Professor of Psychology and George R. Roberts Fe…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/decisions-brain-neural-dynamics-valuation-and-choice-during-human-decision-makingDinner Theater—Three Shorts
Under The Lights is back in the Ath this spring with three student-directed (and even one student-written) short plays about love, lust, and unconventional relationships. From awkward breakups, to alien encounters, to a…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/dinner-theater-three-shortsUncovering the Forbidden Past: An Armenian Odyssey
From sparse operating rooms in Siberia to backstage green rooms at the Grammys, Armenian filmmaker Ani Hovannisian has traveled the world directing and producing award-winning non-fiction stories for network and cable t…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/uncovering-forbidden-past-armenian-odysseyInterior 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-education