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First Year (Class of 2023) Dinner, Night Two
The Class of 2023 is invited to join faculty and staff at the Athenaeum for insight about Aldous Huxley's Brave New World from an expert, followed by guided discussion with faculty and student facilitators.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/first-year-class-of-2023-dinner-night-twoDisability & Innovation: The Universal Benefits of Inclusive Design
People with disabilities represent the largest minority group, numbering one billion worldwide. Reaching a group of this scale creates value for everyone. Organizations that prioritize accessibility benefit by gaining a…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/disability-innovation-universal-benefits-of-inclusive-designFirst Year (Class of 2023) Dinner, Night One
The Class of 2023 is invited to join faculty and staff at the Athenaeum for insight about Aldous Huxley's Brave New World from an expert, followed by guided discussion with faculty and student facilitators.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/first-year-class-of-2023-dinner-night-oneThe Era of Megafires
For over 30 years, Paul Hessburg, research ecologist with Pacific Northwest Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, has worked to understand why highly destructive megafires throughout the Western United States have been…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/era-of-megafiresGoverning Across the Aisle
During her time in office as governor of New Mexico, Susana Martinez's legislative chambers were controlled by the other party, except for a two-year period of one chamber. However, every bill she has ever signed into l…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/governing-across-aisleBeyond Borders: Immigration, Trauma, and the American Dream
Reyna Grande, bestselling Mexican author of the critically-acclaimed memoirs The Distance Between Us and A Dream Called Home, will speak about her experiences before, during, and after crossing the US-Mexico border as a…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/beyond-borders-immigration-trauma-and-american-dreamFinally, the Poets: Art(ists) as the Pulse of Collective Healing and Justice
What if our health depended on us telling our stories? What if we not only felt better when we expressed our truth artistically, but we actually healed through it. Through dynamic performance and artistic testimony, awa…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/finally-poets-artists-as-pulse-of-collective-healing-and-justiceHow to Live with China: US-China Relations post-40
As the highest-ranking official dealing with East Asia for the first eighteen months of the Trump administration, Susan Thornton, a 28-year veteran of the State Department with expertise on East and Central Asia who is…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/how-to-live-with-china-us-china-relations-post-40How Imagination Creates Space for Social Progress
Michele Moody-Adams, professor of political philosophy and legal theory at Columbia University, shows that imagination is a crucial engine of constructive social change. To effectively address such challenges as persist…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/how-imagination-creates-space-for-social-progressPolitical Realism: How Hacks, Machines, Pork Barrel Spending and Back Room Deals Can Strengthen Our Democracy
What's causing the dysfunction in our government and the chaos in our politics? Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow at Brookings and a contributing writer for the Atlantic, argues that well-intentioned efforts to clean up pol…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/political-realism-how-hacks-machines-pork-barrel-spending-and-back-room-deals-can