“Pal Joey,” a panel discussion
Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall) *In partnership with the Arkansas Repertory Theatre
– Arkansas Repertory Theatre producing artistic director Bob Hupp will host the cast of The Rep’s upcoming production of “Pal Joey” for a panel discussion on this re-conceived version of the Rodgers & Hart classic musical.
“International Human Rights: A Latin America Perspective,” Eduardo Freiler
Monday, September 9, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall) *In partnership with the University of Central Arkansas
– Freiler is a judge and president of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Buenos Aires in Argentina. He will discuss Argentina’s criminal court and the human rights situation in Latin America.
“Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis,” author Daniel Webster
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)*Book signing to follow
– Webster is professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he serves as Director of the Center for Gun Policy and Research. Webster’s book includes an analysis of the constitutionality of many recommended policies and data from a national public opinion poll that reflects support among the majority of America, including gun owners, for stronger gun policies.
“Top Dog,” co-author Ashley Merryman
Thursday, September 12, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall) *Book signing to follow
– Merryman, a New York Times bestselling author, will discuss her new book, which explores the science of competition. “Top Dog,” reveals the hidden factors behind every sort of win and loss — from bringing home a Gold in Olympic swimming to bombing the SAT. Exploring the psychology of rankings, the neuroscience of mistakes and the DNA of fearlessness, “Top Dog,” is filled with cutting-edge science told through stories.
Alicia Kozakiewicz, founder of The Alicia Project
Friday, September 13, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– At the age of 13, Kozakiewicz was held captive for four days by a 38-year-old man she met on the Internet. Since her rescue, she has dedicated herself to educating the public and policy makers about effective ways to battle these crimes. The Alicia Project is dedicated to Internet safety education and effective legislation.
David Batstone, president and co-founder of Not For Sale
Monday, September 16, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– Batstone serves as co-founder and president of Not For Sale, an organization that fights modern day slavery around the world. By creating enterprise for vulnerable communities, offering social services to survivors and those at-risk to human trafficking, and evaluating the use of forced labor in mainstream supply chains, Not For Sale works to make sure no one is for sale. He is currently a professor in the School of Management at the University of San Francisco.
“Egypt in Crisis,” Charles Sennott, co-founder of GlobalPost
Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– Premiering on PBS on September 17, the new Frontline documentary, “Egypt in Crisis,” is a follow up to the Emmy Award winning Frontline documentary of 2011 “A Revolution in Cairo.” Sennott is an award-winning foreign correspondent with 25 years of experience and the vice president, editor-at-large and co-founder of GlobalPost, which works to to fill the void in coverage of the world by U.S. news organizations.
Lisa Song, winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
Friday, September 20, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– Song is a reporter for InsideClimate News, a Pulitzer prize-winning, non-profit, non-partisan news organization that covers clean energy, carbon energy, nuclear energy and environmental science. She reports on oil sands, pipeline safety and natural gas drilling and helped write “The Dilbit Disaster” series, which won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting.
“Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident and the Illusion of Safety,” author Eric Schlosser
Monday, September 23, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall) *Book signing to follow
– Investigative journalist Eric Schlosser, author of the New York Times bestselling book “Fast Food Nation”, will discuss his new book, “Command and Control,” which examines the efforts of the military, since the atomic era began during World War II, to prevent nuclear weapons from being stolen, sabotaged or detonated by accident. At the heart of the book is the story of the Titan II missile explosion in Damascus, Ark., in September, 1980.
Libby Doggett, deputy assistant secretary for policy and early learning at the U.S. Department of Education
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– In her role as deputy assistant secretary, Doggett works closely with the White House on promoting President Obama’s plan to make high-quality, full-day preschool available to all 4-year-olds from low- to moderate-income families through a new state-federal partnership.
John Horrigan, associate director of research at the Pew Internet and America Life Project
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– Horrigan studies the online behavior of broadband Internet users, mobile Internet users and consumers of other leading edge information technology. Horrigan is also chairman of the board of the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference.
“Confronting a Crisis: Lessons Learned from the Troubled Asset Relief Program,” Timothy Massad, assistant secretary for financial stability, U.S. Treasury
Thursday, September 26, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– It has been nearly five years since the government launched the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) during the nation’s worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Treasury’s assistant secretary for financial stability, Timothy Massad, who oversees TARP, will provide an update on the program’s wind down, its projected cost and what it has achieved five years after it was launched. Massad will also discuss some of the lessons learned in terms of the role of government during a financial crisis.
“The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes,” author Conevery Bolton Valencius
Friday, September 27, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall) *Book signing to follow
-From December 1811 to February 1812, massive earthquakes shook the middle Mississippi Valley. In her book, “The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes,” Valencius chronicles this major environmental disaster, demonstrating how events that have been long forgotten, even denied and ridiculed as tall tales, were in fact enormously important at the time of their occurrence and continue to affect the region today.
“Arkansas Model to Improve Health Coverage,” a panel discussion
Monday, September 30, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– Beginning Oct. 1, more than 500,000 Arkansans may sign up for health insurance through the Health Insurance Marketplace. Arkansas has received national recognition for the model being used to expand health care across the state. Join us for a panel discussion on the Arkansas model to increase health care coverage and what to expect moving forward.
“Dangerous Convictions: What’s Really Wrong with the U.S. Congress,” former congressman Tom Allen
Monday, September 30, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall) *Book signing to follow
– In his book “Dangerous Convictions,” former Congressman Tom Allen argues that what’s really wrong with Congress is the widening, hardening conflict in world-views that leaves the two parties unable to understand how the other thinks about what people should do on their own and what they can do together.
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