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Apollo in the Age of Aquarius: How Grassroots Politics Grounded the Space Race
Neil Maher, professor of environmental and political history at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University, will explore the interrelationship between the space race to the moon and the grassroots str…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/apollo-in-age-of-aquarius-how-grassroots-politics-grounded-space-raceSerial: Murder Case of State vs. Adnan Syed
Made immensely popular through the global phenomenon of the podcast Serial, this case examined the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee and the subsequent conviction of her classmate, Adnan Syed. Rabia Chaudry, who took Syed’s ca…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/serial-murder-case-of-state-vs-adnan-syedIs ISIS Over?
Mark Juergensmeyer, professor of sociology and global studies at U.C. Santa Barbara, will give an illustrated analysis of the rise of ISIS and its current state of regional and global influence, based on site visits to…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/is-isis-overCounterculture Faith
Erick Erickson, editor of The Resurgent and conservative commentator, will explore how people of faith navigate the waters of American politics that increasingly call on those of faith to make sacrifices and to compromi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/counterculture-faithGreen Careers: How a Liberal Arts Education Prepared me for a Career in Renewable Energy
Carolyn Campbell ‘11, the renewable energy manager at Facebook, will reflect on her experience working in renewable energy and climate mitigation consulting and in leveraging her renewable energy background to help Face…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/green-careers-how-liberal-arts-education-prepared-me-for-career-in-renewable-energyNegotiating Change: What We Can Learn from Complex International Negotiations
Wendy Sherman, former U.S. under-secretary of state for political affairs and the successful lead negotiator for the multilateral, complex deal with Iran, reveals strategies and tactics from her years of high-level inte…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/negotiating-change-what-we-can-learn-from-complex-international-negotiationsBlack Silent Majority: Race, Class, and the Politics of Punishment
Michael Fortner, assistant professor of political science at City University of New York’s Graduate Center and author of “Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment” will address the…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/black-silent-majority-race-class-and-politics-of-punishmentIdentity and Citizenship
In an age of identity consciousness, Mark Lilla, professor of humanities at Columbia University and author of “The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics” explores what has happened to the idea of equal citize…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/identity-and-citizenshipWill the real Dr. Martin Luther King please stand up?
As we celebrate a national holiday commemorating the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Timothy Wright III ’77, lawyer, public servant, theologian, and activist asks who, really, do we celebrate? Is it the gentle D…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/will-real-dr-martin-luther-king-please-stand-up2018–2019 Guide to Financial Aid
View 2018-2019 Guide to Financial Aid in PDF Claremont McKenna College’s substantial endowment allows the College to adhere to generous core principles when packaging need-based financial aid: Need-blind admission pol…
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