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A Moderated Conversation with Neel Kashkari
Neel Kashkari, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, will make some opening comments before a brief moderated conversation. The majority of the program will be dedicated to audience questions.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/moderated-conversation-with-neel-kashkariFrom Jobs to Joules: The Current and Future State of Energy
As the keynote speaker for CMC's Third Annual Green Careers Conference, R.F. "Bob" Hemphill will speak about renewable energy and a sustainable future, challenges and opportunities to renewable energy job growth, and gl…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/from-jobs-to-joules-current-and-future-state-of-energySecrecy and the Self
Historian of science Richard Galison will speak about how surveillance has shaped our current sense of self by comparing the effects of censorship during World War I on Freudian concepts of self to how we frame our sens…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/secrecy-and-selfThe War on Police
The Black Lives Matter movement holds that the U.S. is experiencing an epidemic of racially-driven police shootings, and that policing is shot through with systemic bias. Contending that the central Black Lives Matter n…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/war-on-policeDinner Theatre: The Importance of Being Earnest (1st Night)
Under the Lights is proud to present Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. An exciting, wild comedy that takes you through false identities, marriage proposals, babies in ha…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/dinner-theatre-importance-of-being-earnest-1st-nightShared Humanity through Humor and Story Telling
Firoozeh Dumas, following the tradition of oral storytelling that she grew up with in her Iranian-American family, will use family stories and humor to expose our shared humanity and transcend our increasingly divisive…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/shared-humanity-through-humor-and-story-tellingThe State Against Blacks
Have well-intentioned government efforts—starting with the Great Society—helped the black underclass? Jason Riley will assess the track record of these programs and argue that, more often than not, these efforts have be…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/state-against-blacksEnvisioning the Vastness of Early America: The Origins of California's Early Inhabitants
For generations historians have adopted a very narrow narrative of colonial America, one that privileged events related to the American Revolution and the formation of the United States. Steve Hackel will discuss that n…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/envisioning-vastness-of-early-america-origins-of-californias-early-inhabitantsThe Appel Scholarship: Writing Matters
Funded by Joel Appel ‘87, the Appel Fellowship provides first-year students with funding to engage in independent writing projects. Join us as the inaugural Fellows read some of their work—journal entries, novels, newsp…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/appel-scholarship-writing-mattersSmart Cities, Dumb Opportunities: How the Internet of Things and Smart Cities Are Transforming Our Lives
As the kickoff speaker for CMC's Entrepreneurship Week, Darin Andersen '87 returns to his alma mater to discuss the complex, dynamic, and consequential realties of cybersecurity.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/smart-cities-dumb-opportunities-how-internet-of-things-and-smart-cities-are-transforming