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Public affairs discussion Group

 

Fostering Dialogue and Debate on the Leading Public Affairs Issues of Our Time

Upcoming Fall Semester Schedule

Every Friday During the Fall Semester, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m in Room 9 of the Inamori Center in Crawford Hall

August

August 29: Recent and Future Supreme Court Decisions with Jonathan Entin, Professor of Law and Political Science, and Ken Ledford, Associate Professor of History and Law.

September

September 5: Current Prospects for Nuclear Power with Phil Taylor, Professor of Physics; Alan J. Rocke, Professor of History; and Michael Dragowsky, Research Associate Professor of Physics.
September 12: Heroes and Politicians with Tim Wutrich, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, and Joe White.
September 19: Evolution and Politics with Robert J. Richards, Morris Fishbein Professor of Science and Medicine and Professor of History, Philosophy and Psychology, the University of Chicago.
September 26: Ethical Responses to Terrorism. With Shannon French Ph.D., Director, Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence.

October

October 3: Health Policy in the 2008 Election with Joe White, Professor of Political Science.

October 10: Presidential Ecotheologies with Tim Beal, Professor of Religion.

October 17: Responding to the Foreclosure Crisis with Jim Rokakis, Cuyahoga County Treasurer.

October 24: Seniors in the 2008 Election with Robert H. Binstock, Professor of Aging, Health and Society; Division of Health Services Research, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Biomedical Ethics; Medicine; Nursing; Political Science; and Sociology.
October 31: Election Preview with Karen Beckwith, Professor of Political Science; Justin Buchler, Assistant Professor of Political Science; and Andrew Lucker, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science

November

November 7: TBA

NovemberApril 14: TBA

November 21: TBA

November 28: Thanksgiving Break

December

December 5: TBA

Please contact Joe at joseph.white@case.edu to suggest any speakers for the 2008-2009 series of discussions, or to suggest any ways to improve as we near the 20th year. We will resume sending out weekly announcements in August. When we begin again, if you have announcements that you would like us to add to the sidebar, please send the information to Joe. If you would prefer not to receive the announcements, please inform Dr. Andrew Lucker, Associate Director of the Center for Policy Studies, by e-mail (andrew.lucker@case.edu).

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