Public Affairs Discussion Group
Fostering Dialogue and Debate on the Leading Public Affairs Issues of Our Time
Fostering Dialogue and Debate on the Leading Public Affairs Issues of Our Time
The Friday Public Affairs Discussion Lunch has been a Case Western Reserve University tradition since 1989. It is sponsored by the Center for Policy Studies within the College of Arts and Sciences.
The Friday Lunch gathers every Friday when classes are in session during Fall and Spring semesters. Usually we meet in the Dampeer Room on the Second Floor of Kelvin Smith Library. But that room is not always available, so please check this space or the weekly e-mail announcement to be sure of the location of each week's discussion.
January 18: Making Sense of the Federal Budget Nonsense. Joe White, Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy
January 25: Learning from "Mad Cows". Professor Pierluigi Gambetti, Director, National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center
February 1: A (Really) New Middle East? Pete W. Moore, Associate Professor of Political Science
February 8: Casting and Counting Votes in Cuyahoga County. Steven H. Izen, Professor of Mathematics, and Kenneth F. Ledford, Associate Professor of History and Law
February 15: Between Alienation and Cooperation: Israel's Police and Israel's Arab Citizens. Dr. Guy Ben-Porat, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Administration, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
February 22: The Widening Party Gap in Electing Women to Congress. With Karen Beckwith, Flora Stone Mather Professor of Political Science
March 1: University Circle Update. Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer
March 8: Chris Cullis, Perspectives on Genetically-Modified Food. Professor and Chair, Department of Biology and Mary Holmes, co-founder of the North Union (Shaker Square) Farmers Market
March 15: Spring Break
March 22: Shale Gas: Opportunities and Challenges. David Zeng, Frank H. Neff Professor and Chair, Department of Civil Engineering
March 29: International Development Assistance in Public Health. Bill Goldman, retired foreign service officer with USAID
April 5: Military Ethics and Dehumanizing the Enemy. With Anthony Jack, Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science, Philosophy, and Psychology and Shannon French, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Inamori Professor of Ethics.
***Special Location: Inamori Center, Crawford Hall Room 9***
April 12: The New Cuyahoga County Government: Perspective from the Council. Julian Rogers, Councillor for District 10
***Special Location: Mandel Center for Community Studies, Room 108, 11402 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH 44106***
April 19: Mass Murder for the Media: The Breivik Case in Norway. Mark Turner, Institute Professor and Professor of Cognitive Science
***Special Location: Inamori Center, Crawford Hall Room 9***
April 26: From a Moment to a Movement for Children? Doug Imig, Professor of Political Science, University of Memphis. Co-sponsored by Schubert Center for Child Studies
***Special Location: Spartan Room, Thwing Student Center***
