2025 Fall Semester Public Affairs Discussion Group Schedule

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

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 3: Ukraine’s Future. 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: TBA 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 7: TBA

November 14: Thinking About Inflation. With Domenic 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 5: TBA Alternate Room, Mather House 100