President’s Lecture Series
The purpose of the Presidential Lecture Series is to promote intellectual discussions and foster interdisciplinary exchanges or ideas across schools and departments. It is also a wonderful opportunity to invite members of our local community to come to the University to hear outstanding scholars.
October 8, 2014
Dr. Mark A. Emmert
President, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
Topic: “The Collegiate Model for the 21st Century”
November 19, 2012
Verne O. Sedlacek
President & CEO, Commonfund
Topic: “What’s Next? Global Policy and Economic Challenge Ahead”
February 21, 2012
Lobsang Sangay
Prime Minister of Tibet
Topic: “Democracy in Exile: the Case of Tibet”
November 9, 2011
Dr. Jean M. Twenge
Author and Professor of Psychology at San Diego State Univ.
Topic: “The Narcissism Epidemic: Implications for Education & the Workplace”
March 29, 2011
Dr. Mel Goldstein
Meteorologist
Topic: “Growing Up Dr. Mel”
April 22, 2010
Dr. Story Musgrave
Astronaut
Topic: “The Beauty of Nature – The Art of Technology”
March 25, 2008
Amy Chua, J.D.
Professor
Yale Law School
Topic: “The Rise and Fall of Hyperpowers: Tolerance, Intolerance, and Lessons for America”
March 12, 2007
Dr. Timothy H. Breen
Professor of American History
Northwestern University
Topic: “It Rained Dead Cats and Dogs the Day the Revolution Began: Ideology and Popular Resistance 1775”
April 24, 2006
James Martin
Author & Founder of the James Martin 21st Century School at Oxford University
Topic: “The Meaning of the 21st Century: A Vital Blueprint for Ensuring our Future”
November 10, 2004
Dr. Robert H. Frank
Henrietta Johnson Louis Profess of Management and
Professor of Economics at Cornell University
Topic: “Does Rising Inequality Harm the Middle Class?”
April 14, 2004
Mia Farrow
Actress
Topic: “Finding Meaning in Life”
October 10, 2002
James Earl Jones
Actor
Topic: “The Culture Quest”
April 23, 2002
Gillian Martin Sorensen
Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations for the United Nations
Topic: “The U.S. and the United Nations: A New Chapter”
May 2, 2001
Dr. Abdel Hamid Bouab
Officer-in-Charge, Public Finance and Private Sector Development for the United Nations
Topic: “The Role of the United Nations in the World Today”
April 13, 2000
Senator George Mitchell
Former U.S. Senator from Maine
Chairman of the Peace Negotiations in Northern Ireland
Topic: “Working toward peace in Northern Ireland”
October 12, 1998
Rebecca Adamson
Founder & President, First National Development Institute
Topic: “Rediscovering Native Americans”
April 23, 1998
Dr. Swadesh Rana
Senior Political Affairs Officer
Department for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations
Topic: “Present Day Conflicts and New Initiatives at the United Nations”
April 8, 1997
Dr. William van Althena
Professor of Astronomy
Yale University
Topic: “Towards the Edge of the Universe”
April 18, 1996
Dr. Daniel Bahat
Governmental Department of Antiquities
District Archeologist for the city of Jerusalem
Lecturer, Department of the Study of the Land of Israel, Bar-Ilan University
Topic: “Discovering Jerusalem – Excavating 3000 Years of History”
April 26, 1995
Dr. Jane Goodall (First Presidential Lecture)
The Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation