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Women, Leadership, and Outer Space: An Evening with Astronaut Ellen Ochoa
When Ellen Ochoa was a child, being an astronaut simply wasn’t an option for girls. She didn’t have role models in STEM who looked like her. But that didn’t stop her from climbing the ranks: from engineer to inventor an…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/women-leadership-and-outer-space-evening-astronaut-ellen-ochoaSaving Malbec: A Medical Doctor’s Journey to Elevating Argentina's Wines and People One Vine at a Time
Join Dr. Laura Catena P'24, a Harvard- and Stanford-trained biologist and physician, managing director of Bodega Catena Zapata, and the founder of the Catena Institute of Wine in Argentina, as she discusses preserving t…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/saving-malbec-medical-doctors-journey-elevating-argentinas-wines-and-people-one-vine-timeThe Sentinel State: Surveillance and the Survival of Dictatorship in China
CMC's own Professor Minxin Pei will address his upcoming book on the endurance of China’s dictatorship. For decades China watchers argued that economic liberalization and increasing prosperity would bring democracy to t…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/sentinel-state-surveillance-and-survival-dictatorship-chinaThe Fundamentals of American Employment Law: What You Need To Know To Employ/Manage People And Stay Out Of The Headlines And The Courts
Join the Kravis Lab for the first session of CIVITAS, a new series intended to provide timely, practical information to understand the institutions and systems that are at the center of many questions we face in modern…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/fundamentals-american-employment-law-what-you-need-know-employmanage-people-and-stay-outAn Evening With Poet Laureate Ada Limón
(Photo credit: Ayna Lorenzo)Join the United States Poet Laureate, Ada Limón, for an evening of poetry and discussion. Limón, the 24th and current Poet Laureate of the United States, has been called "a Poet Laureate for…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/evening-poet-laureate-ada-limonKeynote for the 10th Annual Green Careers Conference
Dr. Michael Crooke is a CEO and professor of business strategy. After becoming CEO of outdoor apparel compony Pearl Izumi in 1998, he was recruited by Patagonia Inc. founder Yvon Chouinard to become President and CEO of…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/keynote-10th-annual-green-careers-conferenceEngage in the Change: Our Generation Must Own Democracy
Thrust into the world of activism by the largest school shooting in American history, Parkland survivor David Hogg has become one of the most compelling voices of his generation. His call to “get over politics and get s…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/engage-change-our-generation-must-own-democracyBeyond Borders: Storytelling and the Immigrant Experience
Reyna Grande, acclaimed author of The Distance Between Us and A Dream Called Home, will delve into the profound power of storytelling to illuminate the complex realities of immigration. Drawing on her own personal journ…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/beyond-borders-storytelling-and-immigrant-experienceWhy The Banana is Absolutely Everything
The world's most popular fruit is under siege by a host of maladies. It would be easy to say this is just nature at work, but in fact, what's behind the banana crisis is human nature. The fruit, which tens of millions d…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/why-banana-absolutely-everythingThe Sexual Revolution on College Campuses: Are We Really Liberated?
In a moderated conversation, Elizabeth Nolan Brown of Reason and the author of Reason's biweekly Sex & Tech and Christine Emba staff writer at The Atlantic, and will discuss whether the sexual revolution has changed col…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/sexual-revolution-college-campuses-are-we-really-liberated