The William H. Timbers '37 Lecture Toward a Jurisprudence of the Civil Rights Act 4:30 PM Rockefeller 003 Co-sponsored by the Dartmouth Legal Studies Faculty Group and the Dartmouth Lawyers Association Robin West Frederick Hass Professor of Law and Philosophy, Georgetown University Law Center Faculty Director, Georgetown Center for the Study of Law and Humanities Robin West is the Frederick J. Haas Professor of Law and Philosophy and Faculty Director of the Georgetown Center for the Study...

The New Hampshire Rebellion Room 003, Rockefeller Center 4:30 PM PP_W14_Lawrence_Lessig Lawrence Lessig Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School, director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, and founder of Rootstrikers, a network of activists leading the fight against government corruption. He has authored numerous books, including Republic, Lost:...

U.S. Leadership in Fighting Hunger, Poverty, and Undernutrition, Jonathan Shrier Jonathan Shrier '85, Acting Special Rep, Global Food Security, U.S. State Dept, discusses diplomatic efforts and Feed the Future Initiative to advance food and nutrition security. Speaker Bio: On June 6, 2011, Jonathan Shrier became the Acting Special Representative for Global Food Security and as such, is responsible for coordinating all aspects of U.S. diplomacy related to food security and nutrition, and...

Featuring John Malpede & Kevin Michael Key of the Skid Row-based Los Angeles Poverty Department, Upper Valley Haven's Sara Kobylenski & Good Neighbor Health Clinic's Ceil Furlong. A discussion examining economic and social disparities in health care and access to health services in community context, featuring John Malpede and Kevin Michael Key of the Skid Row-based Los Angeles Poverty Department, the Upper Valley Haven's Sara Kobylenski and Good Neighbor Health Clinic's Ceil Furlong.

Sunlight Absorption on the Greenland ice sheet Experiment (SAGE)" Tuesday, January 07 2014, 12:00pm - 1:30pm 041 Haldeman Center Chris Polashenski, PhD, Research Geophysicist, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laborator (CRREL) Big changes are happening on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Trends show increasing melt extent, longer melt seasons, lower surface albedo, higher ice temperatures, and increased ice flow. All of these are important because the Greenland Ice Sheet is a major potential...

The Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Dartmouth presents: Matt van der Meer - Spike timing, sequences, and model-based prediction in the rat hippocampus Abstract: The hippocampus is a brain structure most famously associated with episodic memory -- the ability to recall what happened on our 18th birthday, or where we parked our car this morning. By recording from ensembles of neurons in the rat hippocampus, we can ask how neural activity during experience relates to subsequent memory...

A Conversation on "Ghosts in the Machine: Our Messed-up Constitution" with Hendrik Hertzberg, Senior Editor and Staff Writer, The New Yorker & John Carey, Chair, Government Department Room 003, Rockefeller Center November 18, 2013 4:30 PM CS_F13_Hendrik_Hertzberg Hendrik Hertzberg Senior Editor and Staff Writer, The New Yorker Hendrik Hertzberg is a senior editor and staff writer at The New Yorker. According to Forbes magazine, he is one of "The 25 Most Influential Liberals in the U.S....

Veterans Day Program Room 003, Rockefeller Center PP_F13_Michael_Breen Michael Breen '02 Executive Director, The Truman National Security Project and the Center for National Policy Michael Breen is the Executive Director of the Truman National Security Project and the Center for National Policy. Breen is frequently called on to testify before Congress, regularly briefs government officials and elected leaders on security issues, and makes frequent media appearances. A former U.S. Army...

Room 003, Rockefeller Center November 7, 2013 4:30 PM Co-sponsored with the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning, the Institute for Security, Technology, and Society, and the William Jewitt Tucker Foundation In support of the Dartmouth Centers Forum Theme, Body Politic(s): Health, Wellness, and Social Responsibility PP_F13_David_Levy David Levy '71 Professor, The Information School, University of Washington David Levy is Professor at the Information School, University of...

The Roger S. Aaron '64 Lecture "The Myth of Strict Scrutiny for Fundamental Rights" James E. Fleming Professor of Law and The Honorable Frank R. Kenison Distinguished Scholar in Law, Boston University School of Law Thursday October 31, 2013, 4:30 PM Room 003, Rockefeller Center The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences Co-sponsored with the Dartmouth Lawyers Association and the Dartmouth Legal Studies Faculty Group In constitutional law, it is commonplace to...

May 3, 2013: Law Day Panel: Societal Impacts of Civil Rights Cases before the Roberts Court 3:30-4:30 pm Room 002, Rockefeller Center Participants: Bruce Duthu '80 Samson Occom Professor of Native American Studies (NAS), Chair of the NAS Program Professor N. Bruce Duthu is an internationally recognized scholar of Native American law and policy. He joined the regular faculty at Dartmouth in 2008 as professor of Native American Studies. Professor Duthu earned his BA degree in religion and...

May 3, 2013: Law Day Career Panel: Having It All in Law: Questions and Reflections on Legal Careers 4:45-5:45 pm Room 002, Rockefeller Center Panelists: Julie Connolly '84 Julie Connolly Law, PLLC, Concord, NH Julie has extensive experience in private practice, as an assistant attorney general at the New Hampshire Department of Justice, and as a law clerk at both the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire....

James Gustave Speth joined the faculty of the Vermont Law School as Professor of Law in 2010. He also serves as Distinguished Senior Fellow at both Demos and the United Nations Foundation. In 2009 he completed his decade-long tenure as Dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. From 1993 to 1999, Gus Speth was Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and chair of the UN Development Group. Prior to his service at the UN, he was founder and president of the World...

The Perkins Bass Lecture Rockefeller Center Introduction: Representative Charlie Bass '74 Former U.S. Congressman (R-NH) Son of the late Representative Perkins Bass '34 Governor John Lynch Former Governor of New Hampshire Perkins Bass Distinguished Visitor Re-elected in 2010 to a historic fourth term, Gov. John Lynch has been a strong, effective leader in working to make real progress on the issues that matter most to New Hampshire families and businesses ­-- improving the quality of...

Veterans Day Program World War II Remembered: The Impact of War Then and Now Rockefeller Center Booksigning of World War II Remembered and refreshments will follow panel. Panelists: Kendal of Hanover Residents Clinton Gardner '44 A member of the Dartmouth class of 1944, Clint Gardner served four years in the army as an officer in antiaircraft artillery. He was wounded in the D-Day invasion of Normandy and again in the Battle of the Bulge. Shortly before the war in Europe ended he was put in...

Rockefeller Center Panelists: Joseph Bafumi Associate Professor of Government Joseph Bafumi is an Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. He was a 2010-2011 American Political Science Association (APSA) Congressional Fellow serving on the Senate Budget Committee staff. Bafumi teaches courses in American government, public policy and quantitative methods. He has published in several scholarly journals including the American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics,...

October 11, 2012 The Federal Government's Fiscal Crisis: How It Will Affect Your Earnings and Your Life Room 003, Rockefeller Center 5:00 pm Hosted by PoliTALK student discussion group William Beach Director, Center for Data Analysis, The Heritage Foundation As Director of The Heritage Foundation's Center for Data Analysis (CDA), William Beach is the think tank's chief "number cruncher." He oversees original statistical research on taxes, Social Security, energy, crime, education, trade and a...

The Roger S. Aaron '64 Lecture Room 003, Rockefeller Center 4:30 PM Victoria Nourse Professor of Law and Director, Center for Congressional Studies, Georgetown University Law Center Victoria Nourse started her legal career in Washington before she joined the legal academy. She was a junior counsel to the Senate-Iran Contra Committee under Senators Rudman and Inouye, an appellate lawyer for the Department of Justice in the Reagan-Bush years, and senior advisor to now-Vice President Biden on...

A Critique by Two Former Congresswomen: Beverly Byron (D-MD) and Sue Kelly (R-NY). Moderated by: Ronald Shaiko, Research Associate Professor, Senior Fellow, Associate Director of Curricular Programs of Rockefeller Center.

Peter R. Orszag is Vice Chairman of Global Banking at Citigroup, Inc., and a member of the Senior Strategic Advisory Group there. He is also a Contributing Columnist at Bloomberg View and an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Prior to joining Citigroup in January 2011, he served as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a Contributing Columnist at The New York Times. Dr. Orszag previously served as the Director of the Office of...

"Our Foreign Affairs Constitution: The President, Congress, and the Making of International Law." Oona A. Hathaway, Yale Professor of International Law gives the Timbers '37 Lecture addressing a crisis of accountability and legitimacy in international lawmaking. Presented by The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences. Co-sponsored by the Dartmouth Legal Studies Faculty Group and the Dartmouth Lawyers Association.

Remembering Those "Who Have Borne the Battle" by James Wright, President Emeritus and Eleazar Wheelock Professor of History, Dartmouth College.

Anna Post, Author and Spokesperson, The Emily Post Institute

"It Is the Washington Way: It's 'The Process'" presented by Ezra Klein, Washington Post Columnist and MSNBC Contributor. Co-sponsored by Dartmouth Women in Business and the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences.

"Leading from the Bench: Reflections from a Chief Justice" by John T. Broderick, Jr., J.D., Dean and President, University of New Hampshire School of Law