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Is There Anything That Every College Student Should Know About Science? A Personal Take From The (Sadly) Short Life Of Yale-NUS College
Neil Clarke is Associate Professor of Life Sciences at Yale-NUS College, a liberal arts institution founded by Yale and the National University of Singapore. At Yale-NUS, he and his colleagues were given a clean slate u…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/there-anything-every-college-student-should-know-about-science-personal-take-sadly-shortFreedom from Religion or Freedom for Religion? Natural Rights and the American Constitution
Does the First Amendment guarantee us the right to be free from religion in the public square? Does it guarantee religious individuals and institutions the right to be exempt from otherwise valid laws that burden their…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/freedom-religion-or-freedom-religion-natural-rights-and-american-constitutionHow to Walk 20,000 Miles
With a mix of storytelling, how-to tips, and gear show-and-tell, record-holding hiker and award-winning author Liz Thomas ’07 will share lessons from 20,000 miles in the mountains. She will explore the legacy and the fu…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/how-walk-20000-milesThe Russia-Ukraine War and the Politics of Memory
Why does Russian president Vladimir Putin so often draw on World War II analogies to justify Russia’s war on Ukraine? How does the Putin regime use memory politics to explain Russia’s war aims and Ukraine’s resistance t…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/russia-ukraine-war-and-politics-memoryCareers in Human Rights: The 2023 Winners of the Elbaz Family Post-Graduate Fellowship at CMC
Learn about careers in human rights and the Elbaz Family Post-Graduate Fellowship program, sponsored by CMC's Mgrublian Center for Human Rights. Join the three recipients of the 2023 Elbaz Family Post-Graduate Fellowshi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/careers-human-rights-2023-winners-elbaz-family-post-graduate-fellowship-cmcCalifornia’s Choices: 2024 Ballot Measures
Californians will vote on ten statewide ballot propositions this fall. The outcome of these measures will shape state policy regarding the minimum wage, criminal penalties, involuntary servitude, the right to marry, ren…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/californias-choices-2024-ballot-measuresResolution: The United States Should Maintain Current Levels of Legal Immigration
Immigration has been hotly debated within the US for decades, but with a recent Pew survey showing that 61% of US voters saying that immigration is "very important" to their vote in the upcoming US Presidential Election…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/resolution-united-states-should-maintain-current-levels-legal-immigrationCivitas Sessions: "And the Winner Is" ... Why We Won't Know the Election Outcome Until It Happens
Join the Kravis Lab for Civic Leadership for the seventh installment of Civitas Sessions, an Athenaeum lunch series designed to build real-world civic skills and the knowledge needed to live thoughtful, productive lives…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/civitas-sessions-and-winner-why-we-wont-know-election-outcome-until-it-happensWhat I Learned From Foraging (And Surviving A Family Cult)
Michelle Dowd grew up on a mountain, preparing for the Apocalypse. Raised on a 16-acre plot in the Angeles National Forest, very close to Claremont, Dowd learned to forage daily for edible plants. Knowledge of the outsi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/what-i-learned-foraging-and-surviving-family-cultPolitics of the Past and Politics of the Future
Autocrats rise in times of high anxiety. They promise to assuage the anxieties in exchange for people handing over their political agency. Contemporary autocrats specifically promise to return people to an imaginary pas…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/politics-past-and-politics-future