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Exploring Universal Basic Income: Bridging the Wealth Gap in America
The concept of universal basic income (UBI) has gained attention as the wealth gap widens in the US, despite a strong economy. The growing concern that AI could replace technical jobs has further increased interest amon…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/exploring-universal-basic-income-bridging-wealth-gap-americaHitler's Insurrection: 100 Years after the Munich Beer Hall Putsch
Exactly one-hundred years ago, on November 8, 1923, Adolf Hitler tried to come to power in Munich through an insurrection. His coup, which started in a beer hall, failed and he was arrested. He received a lenient punish…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/hitlers-insurrection-100-years-after-munich-beer-hall-putschAround the World at the Ath: Diwali
Join the Athenaeum and ASCMC's Social Life Working Group for the second installment of Around the World at the Ath, a new series designed to combine faculty and student expertise about international cultures and traditi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/around-world-ath-diwaliAthDocs: This Is Not Financial Advice
Chris Temple '12 and Zach Ingrasci '12 created their first award-winning documentary in their dorm room at CMC. The film, Living on One Dollar, became a global phenomenon on Netflix and helped launch their non-profit pr…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/athdocs-not-financial-adviceThe Writers Strike of 2023
For 148 days, from May 2 to September 27, 2023, the over 10,000 members of the Writers Guild of America engaged in the longest strike action they had taken since 1988. What was at stake, and what did the writers want? H…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/writers-strike-2023The Crown versus "The Crown": Exploring Image and Reality in the British Monarchy
Royal author Andrew Morton, in conversation with CMC History professor Jonathan Petropoulos, will discuss the British monarchy, including important aspects of the institution's history in the twentieth century, the stat…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/crown-versus-crown-exploring-image-and-reality-british-monarchyFrom Claremont to Kampala: How to Found a Liberal Arts College in Uganda
How did a CMC student end up embarking on a journey that has led her to co-found the first liberal arts college in Uganda? Join Takako Mino '11 and her co-founder Elaine Alowo Matovu, prolific social and educational ent…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/claremont-kampala-how-found-liberal-arts-college-ugandaInhabiting Earth: Stories from a Climate Scientist
Human-caused climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing life on Earth. In this talk, Branwen Williams, George R. Roberts Professor of Integrated Sciences: Environmental Science at Claremont McKenna College…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/inhabiting-earth-stories-climate-scientistAround the World at the Ath: Thanksgiving
The Athenaeum and ASCMC's Social Life Working Group present this fall's final installment of Around the World at the Ath, a new series designed to combine faculty and student expertise about international cultures and t…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/around-world-ath-thanksgivingThreats and Promises Across the Nuclear Age: a Lecture in Memoriam of Professor Ed Haley
When leaders make nuclear threats, what are the implications for conflict and war? Why has Vladimir Putin issued nuclear threats in the context of the Russian war in Ukraine, and are those threats credible? In this talk…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/threats-and-promises-across-nuclear-age-lecture-memoriam-professor-ed-haley