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Life After College (For Folks Still in College)
Follow your dreams! Yeah, sure. But... how? In clear, accessible, entertaining, and deeply personal terms, bestselling author, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, and creator of Found Magazine, Davy Rothbart breaks down 12 st…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/life-after-college-folks-still-collegeA Miscarriage of Justice: Women's Reproductive Lives and the Law in Early Twentieth-Century Brazil
Cassia Roth examines women's reproductive health in relation to legal and medical policy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Analyzing court cases, law, medical writings, and health data, Roth argues that the increasingly interv…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/miscarriage-justice-womens-reproductive-lives-and-law-early-twentieth-century-brazilThe Economy of Promises: Trust, Power, and Credit in America
Today’s economy depends on promises as millions of borrowers promise to repay their loans. How do lenders decide whose promises to trust? Initially, lenders judged a borrower’s personal character and used the social t…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/economy-promises-trust-power-and-credit-america1619? 1776? Race and the American Founding
The publication of the New York Times’ 1619 Project brought to the foreground issues of race, slavery, and the American Founding. Was the true founding of America in 1619, the year the first slaves reportedly arrived in…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/1619-1776-race-and-american-foundingVoices from Ukraine
For over nine months, the Russian military has prosecuted an unprovoked war against Ukraine, bombing cities, destroying critical infrastructure, and brutally occupying multiple regions of Ukraine. While the Ukrainian co…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/voices-ukraineA Winter's "Singing Party"
Join the Athenaeum to celebrate a beloved CMC tradition to cap off the semester: The "Singing Party!"For decades, renowned Professor of Government Ward Elliott (1937 - 2022) held "singing parties" every semester in his…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/winters-singing-partyAround the World at the Ath: Mardi Gras
Join the Athenaeum and ASCMC's Social Life Working Group for the next installment of Around the World at the Ath, a series designed to combine faculty and student expertise about international cultures and traditions wi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/around-world-ath-mardi-grasFrom Roots to Returns: The Journey of Venture Capital into 2024 and Beyond
Joins Hans Swildens, founder and CEO of Industry Ventures, a leading venture capital firm with over $7 billion of committed capital under management, for a discussion of the history of the venture capital industry, curr…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/roots-returns-journey-venture-capital-2024-and-beyondAppel Scholars Celebration
Please join the Center for Writing & Public Discourse for a celebration of the 2023 Appel Scholars and Joel A. Appel '87 P'20. The Appel Fellowship provides first-year CMC students with funding to support purposeful, i…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/appel-scholars-celebration"On Earth As It Is": Martin Luther King, Jr., Ethics, and the Environment in the Age of the Anthropocene
“We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. . . . Over…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/earth-it-martin-luther-king-jr-ethics-and-environment-age-anthropocene