2025 Fall Semester Schedule

Since 1989, CWRU faculty, emeriti, students, staff and friends have gathered on Fridays for a brown-bag lunch and to discuss topics in public affairs. During the 2020—2021 academic year, we moved our discussions on line via Zoom. During this semester we will attempt “Dual Delivery.” Those who wish can attend in the Dampeer Room of the Kelvin Smith Library, but others may choose to participate by Zoom link.

Weekly e-mail newsletters will confirm plans and provide instructions for signing in to Zoom. To be added to the e-mail list, please let us know by e-mailing to padg@case.edu. The discussions will begin at 12:30 p.m., though both the Dampeer Room and the Zoom site will be open from Noon on. Please click here for more details about this week’s program.

August

August 29: Israel in the Midde East. With Peter J. Haas, Ph.D., Rosenthal Professor of Judaic Studies emeritus.

September

September 5: Supreme Court Review and Preview. With Jessie Hill, JD, Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, and Jonathan L. Entin, JD, David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law.

September 12: Measles Returns: The Decline in Vaccination and Its Consequences. With Prakash Ganesh, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health and Medical Director, Cuyahoga County Board of Health.

September 19: A Critical Review of the Department of Energy’s “Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on U.S. Climate.” With Cyrus C. Taylor, Ph.D., Albert A. Michelson Professor in Physics.

September 26: Physician-Assisted Death Around the Globe with Special Attention to Canada. With Stuart J. Youngner, MD, Emeritus Professor of Bioethics.

October

October 3: Ukraine: Life During Wartime. With Roman M. Sheremeta, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Economics.

October 10: The Trump Tariffs – So Far. With Juscelino Filgueiras Colares, JD, Ph.D., Schott-van den Eyden Professor of Business Law, Professor of Political Science, and Co-Director, Frederick K. Cox International Law Center.

October 17: The Fight for Fair School Funding. With Andru Volinsky, J.D., Instructor of Strategy & Practice of Public Policy in the Master in Public Policy program at the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire. Alternate Room, Mather House 100

October 24: President Trump, The Supreme Court, and the Administrative State. With Victor B. Flatt, J.D., Coleman P. Burke Chair in Environmental Law and Associate Director, Burke Environmental Law Center. Alternate Room, Mather House 100

October 31: Greenland and the United States: Common Interests and Divided Politics? With Kathryn C. Lavelle, Ph.D., Ellen and Dixon Long Professor of World Affairs.

November

November 7: The Business Dimensions of AI. With Kalle Lyytinen, Ph.D., Iris S. Wolstein Professor in Management Design and Distinguished University Professor.

November 14: Thinking About Inflation. With Dominic Smith, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Economics, and Joseph White, Ph.D., Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy.

November 21: Money: What Most of Us Get Wrong About What It Is and How It Works. With Todd Oakley, Ph.D., Professor of Cognitive Science and English.

December

December 5: TBA Alternate Room, Mather House 100