In commemoration of World AIDS Day, the Clinton Presidential Center hosted the AIDS Memorial Quilt. Founded in 1987, the Quilt is not only a powerful memorial, but it also serves as a useful tool in preventing new HIV infections.
Read MorePresidential Libraries Series
While we’re sure that you have better things to do on a Friday night than sit at home and watch C-SPAN, you might want to set your Tivo at 7:00 p.m. to record the last installment of the network’s series on Presidential Libraries. C-SPAN’s cameras will be live next door to us at the Clinton Presidential Center for a full library tour.
Read MoreWorld AIDS Day
As we approach World AIDS Day, AIDS may no longer be of epidemic proportions in the United States, but it certainly is devastating millions all over the world. Many cannot afford the treatment needed. Many fear the stigma attached to AIDS and therefore, will not seek testing, let alone treatment.
Read MoreFRANK
The Clinton School has launched a new thematic publication reviewing ideas in public service. The review, called FRANK, embodies the Clinton School’s philosophy of straight forward, practical solutions through its “Academics for the Real World” curriculum.
Read MoreOur International Campus
In spite of increased hostility toward the United States abroad, the international student population at American colleges and universities is growing, according to reports from the State Department.
Read MoreC-SPAN at the Clinton School
Lamb said he defines C-SPAN’s approach as the “O.J. Free Zone,” in jest to the O.J. Simpson saga that engulfed and ultimately forever changed television news. That’s a funny line, but it’s refreshing at the same time.
Read MoreMore on Beschloss
As expected, Michael Beschloss gave an engaging, sometimes funny and very insightful talk at the Clinton School on Monday. Beschloss referenced presidents from Washington to Clinton in a talk about his latest book, “Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989.”
Read MoreWordplay for food
As we’ve addressed before, online giving has not only changed the face of American political campaigns, it is revolutionizing charities, nonprofits and NGOs across the world. The latest example to come across our desk is www.freerice.com, an interacting site where users match vocabulary words to their meaning.
Read MoreStudents visit the Beebes
The Beebes, Governor and Mrs. Mike Beebe hosted students from the Clinton School with a reception at the Governor’s Mansion yesterday to recognize the partnership between Mrs. Beebe and our students to promote literacy, global awareness and international opportunities for Arkansas elementary students.
Read MoreMichael Beschloss: An Academic Celebrity
Michael Beschloss is a good-looking man. He has a soft, pleasant voice. He is on television all the time, it seems. His books about modern American history are reviewed in The New York Times Book Review, the Washington Post Book World, even in Time and Newsweek. … His highest academic degree is an M.B.A., and he is a member of no college or university faculty.
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