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Cultivating Joy in Perilous Times
Joy needs to be taken seriously. Through extensive study of Black student life, Tichavakunda turned the sociology of race and higher education on its head by focusing on joy. Drawing upon his research exploring the soci…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/cultivating-joy-perilous-timesInnovative Women and Economic Growth
In her presentation, Professor Jennifer Hunt will discuss the importance of innovation for economic growth, the characteristics and work experience of innovators, and the impediments to women realizing their full innova…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/innovative-women-and-economic-growthThe Importance of Joy and Wonder: A California Poet's Journey
Born in Korea and adopted as an infant, Lee Herrick has been a professor for 30 years and currently serves as California Poet Laureate. Herrick's main influences have been family, poets and writers, musicians, and peopl…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/importance-joy-and-wonder-california-poets-journeyWhat an Unexpected Life of Service Taught Me
Join this important discussion about the significance of military service. Few of us can predict where life will take us. For Miemie Winn Byrd ’89, an unexpected decision to try Army ROTC led to Claremont McKenna Colleg…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/what-unexpected-life-service-taught-meSolito: Home, Identity, and the Immigrant Experience
What is the meaning of home? At only nine years old, Javier Zamora left his native El Salvador to embark on a 3000-mile journey to reunite with his parents in the United States. Alone except for the other migrants in hi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/solito-home-identity-and-immigrant-experienceThe Changing Nature and Enduring Value of American Diplomacy
How does American diplomacy impact the globe? Ambassador (ret.) Kate Byrnes spent three decades advancing U.S. national security interests by building partnerships between the United States and Europe. In this presentat…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/changing-nature-and-enduring-value-american-diplomacyForty Years of Healthcare Lessons: From Violence Prevention to Medical Education
Dr. Deborah Prothrow Stith’s talk will trace four decades of leadership at the intersection of public health, violence prevention, and medical education. Drawing on her pioneering work reframing youth violence as a publ…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/forty-years-healthcare-lessons-violence-prevention-medical-educationThe Gates Foundation and the Making of Global Health
Join an interesting discussion about the significance of global health.Manjari Mahajan’s work lies at the intersection of Science and Technology Studies, Development Studies, and Anthropology. Her research and teaching…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/gates-foundation-and-making-global-healthThe Age of a Billion Answers: Promise and Peril in AI’s Rare Outputs
Join this technological conversation on how we are transitioning into a new era: Language models now answer billions of questions each day, from everyday how-to requests to supporting doctors and scientists in their wor…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/age-billion-answers-promise-and-peril-ais-rare-outputsThe Pursuit of Happiness and America at 250
For America 250, bestselling author and CEO Emeritus of the National Constitution Center, Jeffrey Rosen, explores the principles at the core of the American Idea. In his book, The Pursuit of Happiness, he shows how the…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/pursuit-happiness-and-america-250