Regional Alumni Events


Rising Policy Leaders Dialogue at the RAND Europe HQ
May
26

Rising Policy Leaders Dialogue at the RAND Europe HQ

Marshall Scholars are invited to visit the Cambridge office of RAND Europe, the European affiliate of the RAND Corporation, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis.

Hans Pung (Marshall Scholar, 1995), President of RAND Europe, will host the exclusive visit.

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NASA Ames Lab  Tour
Apr
14

NASA Ames Lab Tour

Bianca Mulaney (2016) invites all Marshalls to join Marshall alumna and NASA Scientist Dr. Jessica Lee (2005) for a special private tour of NASA Ames Research Center. Children and family members are welcome, but space is limited.

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The Marshall Arts & Humanities Series: Constitutional Law
Jun
25

The Marshall Arts & Humanities Series: Constitutional Law

This event features a discussion between Kannon Shanmugam (1993), Chair of the Supreme Court and Appellate Practice Group of Paul, Weiss and one of the nation’s top appellate lawyers, and Jeffrey Rosen (1986), the President and CEO of the National Constitution Center and a professor at the George Washington University Law School. The conversation will provide insight into contemporary challenges surrounding the separation of powers doctrine, analyzing these issues through both a practical and academic lens. It will address questions such as: Does increased political polarization render separation of powers a less effective check on government overreach? Do interparty divisions leave Congress less capable of reigning in the Executive when necessary? And how does recent Supreme Court jurisprudence address current separation of powers questions? The discussion will be hosted by the New England Regional Events Coordinator, Nancy Fairbank (2017).

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Online dynamic Networking Event and Discussion of the Future of Work Online
Jun
5

Online dynamic Networking Event and Discussion of the Future of Work Online

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven most knowledge workers online. Our theme will be the myriad ramifications of this shift — from the environmental impacts of reduced travel and urban congestion, to knowledge services such as education, law, consulting, and even medicine being freed from geographic constraints. Will we see a lasting transition from an urban to a virtual work world after the pandemic, or will the pre-pandemic status quo return?

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Marshall Arts & Humanities Series: Immersion Journalism
Apr
2

Marshall Arts & Humanities Series: Immersion Journalism

The Association of Marshall Scholars, with Denison University’s Narrative Journalism program and the New York University Journalism Department’s Literary Reportage program are pleased to invite you to join the Marshall Arts and Humanities Series webcast conversation on Immersion Journalism featuring:

Award winning author and journalist Ted Conover (1982)

in dialogue with

Director of the Eisner Center for the Performing Arts Margot Singer (1984)

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The Marshall Arts & Humanities Series: The Meritocracy Trap
Feb
19

The Marshall Arts & Humanities Series: The Meritocracy Trap

His current book, The Meritocracy Trap (Penguin Press, 2019), develops a sustained attack on American meritocracy. The meritocratic ideal—that people should get ahead based on their own accomplishments rather than their parents’ social class—has become our age’s literal common sense. Markovits argues, however, that both up and down the social ladder, meritocracy is a sham. Today, meritocracy has become exactly what it was invented to defeat—a new aristocracy, only now based on schooling rather than breeding. Upward mobility has become a fantasy, and the embattled middle class is more likely to sink into the working poor than to rise into the professional elite. At the same time, meritocracy ensnares even those who manage to claw their way to the top, trapping rich adults in a pitiless competition, which requires them to work with crushing intensity, exploiting their expensive educations in order to extract a return.

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The Marshall Arts & Humanities Series: To Be A Man by Nicole Krauss (1996)
Jan
8

The Marshall Arts & Humanities Series: To Be A Man by Nicole Krauss (1996)

In TO BE A MAN , her first, dazzling collection of short fiction, National Book Award Finalist and bestselling novelist Nicole Krauss plunges fearlessly into tackling age-old questions about human nature with nuance and ferocity: What does it mean to be a man? What does it mean to be a woman? What lies at the heart of the perplexing intimacies, tensions, and mysteries that have always arisen between couples?

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THE MARSHALL ARTS & HUMANITIES SERIES: Wind Of Change
Aug
28

THE MARSHALL ARTS & HUMANITIES SERIES: Wind Of Change

It’s 1990. The Berlin Wall just fell. The Soviet Union is on the verge of collapse. And the soundtrack to the revolution is one of the best selling songs of all time, the metal ballad “Wind of Change,” by the Scorpions.

Decades later, journalist Patrick Radden Keefe heard a rumor: the song wasn’t written by the Scorpions. It was written by the CIA. This is his journey to find the truth.

Wind of Change is an Original Series from Pineapple Street Studios, Crooked Media and Spotify.

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The Marshall Arts & Humanities Series: The Nineteenth Amendment Centennial
Jul
10

The Marshall Arts & Humanities Series: The Nineteenth Amendment Centennial

From Suffrage to Equal Rights: Women and Constitutional Amendments.

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment this summer, please join us for a lunchtime discussion with Julie Suk (1997), Professor of Sociology & Political Science at The Graduate Center, CUNY, who will offer a sneak preview of her book, We the Women: The Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment (available now for pre-order and forthcoming in August 2020), in conversation with Kathleen Sullivan (1976) partner in Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, and former Dean of Stanford Law School.

Welcome remarks by Gene Hickok, Chairman of the Board of The Montpelier Foundation, and moderated by Jeannie Suk Gersen (Marshall Scholar 1995).

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The Marshall Arts & Humanities Series: Music
Jun
26

The Marshall Arts & Humanities Series: Music

When: June 26, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Topic: Music Across Space: Performances & Online Conversation

Please join us for a lunchtime listening & online conversation. 4 musicians and an architect explore musical space and texture in the time of Covid. Programme to include music of Bach, Beaser, Namoradze, Ogonek, and Scriaben, plus some traditional singing.

Performers include Michael Poll (2012), Elizabeth Ogonek (2012), Emi Ferguson, Juan Jofre and Nico Namoradze.

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A Poetry Reading by Joyelle McSweeney in conversation with David Baker and Kendra Sullivan
May
8

A Poetry Reading by Joyelle McSweeney in conversation with David Baker and Kendra Sullivan

Please join us for a lunchtime reading by poet Joyelle McSweeney (1997) sharing her latest work: Toxicon and Arachne (recently reviewed in The New Yorker ) followed by a discussion with author and Kenyon Review poetry editor, David Baker and Kendra Sullivan.

Welcome and Introductions by Margot Singer (1984), Author & Professor of English, Denison University; and Julie Suk (1997), Dean for Master’s Programs & Professor of Sociology, CUNY.

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