John Holdren, President Barack Obama's science advisor for eight years, will be on campus Thursday, Nov. 16, to talk about the past and future of U.S. science and technology policy.
On Nov. 16, listen in on a talk by Stephen Presser, a leading American legal historian and candidate for Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy 2018–19.
What behaviors is academic freedom supposed to protect? What restrictions should it allow? Why does academic freedom matter in the first place? Hear various views on the hotly contested subject.
Social entrepreneurs Daniel Epstein and Eric Glustrom will candidly share their stories and experiences as founders of organizations designed to make an impact on the world's toughest challenges.
We live in a comic book age. But where did it all start? On Wednesday, Nov. 8, Professor Stephen Graham Jones tells all in a talk titled "Comic Books Through the Ages."
Climate change is influencing rural livelihoods across the globe, and scientists anticipate increasing and substantial risk to social and natural systems.
CIRES is pleased to welcome John J. Clague of Simon Fraser University as the next distinguished lecturer. Join as he presents "Danger from the sea: Sea-level rise in a changing climate."
On Nov. 4, drawing on experience in government and academia, Alice Madden will address why climate change has become so politicized, how we got here and how to move forward.
