2024 Spring 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.
January
January 19: President Biden After Three Years. With Joseph White, Ph.D., Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy. Alternate Room: Kelvin Smith Library LL06
January 26: Trump and the (Potential) End of the American Republic. With Timothy Wutrich, Ph.D., Department of Classics.
February
February 2: Parallels to Weimar in Biden’s America. With Ken Ledford, Ph.D., JD, Associate Professor of History and Law. Alternate Room: Mather House 100
February 9: CWRU and Our Community. With Julian Rogers, Assistant Vice President, Local Government & Community Relations.
February 16: Bidenomics. With Susan Helper, Ph.D., Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics.
February 23: Taiwan and China: Questions and Answers. With Julia C. Strauss, Ph.D., School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (speaker will participate by Zoom).
March
March 1: Inside State Energy Politics. With Daniel Gray, Founder and Director of Local Strategies, Citizens Utility Board of Ohio.
March 8: The 2024 Elections. With Colin Swearingen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science, John Carroll University.
March 15: Spring Break
March 22: Thinking About Generative AI. With Satya Sahoo, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Science and Director, Biomedical and Health Informatics Ph.D. Program.
March 29: The Impact of Neighborhood and Racial Violence on Black Youth Developmental Outcomes. With Dexter Voisin, Ph.D., Dean of the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences.
April
April 5: WTFentanyl? What We Need to Know About the Current Opioid Crisis. With Ryan Marino, MD, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry.
April 12: Conspiracy Theories and Climate Change Skepticism in Europe. With Andreas Sobisch, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science, John Carroll University.
April 19: Why Our Children Struggle in School: Going Beyond the ADHD Metaphor. With Arthur Lavin MD, FAAP. Alternate Room: Kelvin Smith Library LL06
April 26: What Does It Mean for Us? Local Needs and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. With Howard Maier, FAICP, Adjunct Professor of Political Science.