Lectures and Discussions at Carolina

As part of Global Entrepreneurship week 2013, UNC-Chapel Hill hosted dozens of events, including this discussion. Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, Mark Katz, Alec Guettel and Tania Malik share their experiences as entrepreneurs in a conversation moderated by Lee Buck of the Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network. You can find more information about the panelists and their entrepreneurial endeavors here: http://www.gewunc.com/#!changing-the-world/c1ir8

Catarina de Albuquerque, a leading human rights expert and the first United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to safe drinking water and sanitation, delivers the 2013 UNC Health and Human Rights Lecture, "Implementing Human Rights to Eliminate Inequalities in Water and Sanitation." The event is co-sponsored by the Center for Bioethics, the Department of Public Policy, the Water Institute at UNC and the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases at UNC. It is part of the University's campus-wide theme, 'Water in Our World.'

A group of faculty members from UNC-Chapel Hill, as well as two members of the military serving as UNC-Triangle Institute for Security Fellows, discuss the unfolding situation in Syria. The panelists' opinions are their own and not endorsed by the institutions they represent. Panelists include: Sarah D. Shields, Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professor of History and specialist in the history of the Middle East and the long-term colonial effects; Cemil Aydin, associate professor of history and specialist in modern Middle Eastern history and the Ottoman empire; Michael Morgan, assistant professor of history and specialist in modern international relations and the history of human rights; Mark Weisburd, Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law and specialist in international law and international human rights; Ali Reza Eshraghi, doctoral student in communication studies and journalist and editor specializing in Iran; Patricia Sullivan, assistant professor of public policy and specialist in major power military interventions; LTC Bob Curris, U.S. Army, a UNC-Triangle Institute for Security Studies National Security Fellow and specialist in psychological operations; COL Richard Menhart, U.S. Army, a UNC-Triangle Institute for Security Studies National Security Fellow and specialist in logistics; For more information about the panelists and the discussion, please visit: http://www.unc.edu/campus-updates/roundtable-discussion-on-intervention-in-syria-sept-3/

In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing, the UNC General Alumni Association sponsored a "Think Fast" forum with experts from the University's faculty to address questions and issues surrounding the attack and its aftermath.

UNC-Chapel Hill has launched the work of a panel of distinguished leaders in higher education and athletics to consider the role of athletics in campus life. In this discussion, Chancellor Holden Thorp and five invited speakers from the University community share their thoughts on how athletics should fit in to life on campus. The panel is led by Association of American Universities President Hunter Rawlings and will consider the recent challenges facing UNC-Chapel Hill and how they apply to other campuses and the national higher education community on a broad scale. For more information, please visit: http://www.unc.edu/campus-updates/role-of-athletics-at-unc-subject-of-april-19-rawlings-panel/

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell discusses the efforts the NFL has taken to make football safer, then takes a wide range of questions from the audience and member of the media. Goodell was on campus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to deliver the annual Carl Blyth Lecture in Exercise and Sport Science.

Former Utah Governor, U.S. Ambassador to China and presidential candidate Jon Huntsman addresses "America 2012 and Beyond: Challenges and Opportunities” in the 2012 Weil Lecture in American Citizenship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Institute for the Arts and Humanities has hosted UNC’s Weil Lecture on American Citizenship since 2000. Brothers Henry and Solomon Weil established the lecture in 1915 to widen discussion of the American scene. President William Howard Taft delivered the first Weil Lecture and other distinguished speakers have included President Jimmy Carter, Eleanor Roosevelt, U.S. Senators J. William Fulbright, Nancy Kassebaum and John Kerry, and most recently, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf.

Dr. Alice Rivlin, a leading expert on U.S. national health, fiscal and social policy discusses the complex issues in her public lecture "Health Reform: Will We Ever Get it Right?" She has served as Assistant Secretary for Health, Education and Welfare, founding director of the Congressional Budget Office, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget and vice chair of the Federal Reserve Board. More recently, she served on the Simpson-Bowles commission on the federal budget.

Col. Kevin McDonnell (ret.), Director of the U.S. Special Operations Command Care Coalition, speaks on the needs of wounded, ill, and disabled troops and how communities can support their successful transition to civilian life. His lecture was hosted by the School of Social Work at UNC-Chapel Hill and is followed by a panel discussion.

The President of the Association of American Universities (AAU) Hunter Rawlings came to Carolina to discuss the state of higher education today and the impact research universities can have in the 21st century. For additional information, please visit: http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5553/107/

Joe DeSimone, the director of UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and a professor of chemistry, talks about the keys to successful entrepreneurship. In addition to his work at the University, DeSimone helped launch Liquidia, a nanotechnology company, and holds more than 130 patents.

Dr. Cynthia Bulik, Director of UNC-Chapel Hill's Eating Disorders Program and author of "The Woman in the Mirror: How to Stop Confusing What You Look LIke with Who You Are," discusses the misrepresentation of women in the media, providing tips for breaking barriers and improving self-esteem as part of National Eating Disorders Awareness week. Joining Bulik in the conversation are Stephanie Crayton of UNC Health Care and WUNC-FM's Frank Stasio.

In this lecture, Kevin Guskiewicz, Professor of Exercise and Sport Science and MacArthur Foundation "Genius" award winner, discusses his research into head injuries and some of the new laws enacted to protect athletes. Joining Guskiewicz in the lecture is Bob Gfeller, who lost a son, Matthew, after a head injury in a high school football game. Together, Gfeller and Guskiewicz worked to establish the Matthew Gfeller Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. After the lecture, Gfeller and Guskiewicz answer questions from audience members Learn more: http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/4930/107/

In this lecture, Kevin Guskiewicz, Professor of Exercise and Sport Science and MacArthur Foundation "Genius" award winner, discusses his research into head injuries and some of the new laws enacted to protect athletes. Learn more: http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/4930/107/

The debt ceiling debate is resolved for now, but the dozens of long-term budgetary issues face America. Financial experts and political leaders share their insights on the situation in this discussion moderated by journalist Charlie Rose.

Co-chairman of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Erskine Bowles talks about the nation's financial future and outlines solutions in this lecture at UNC-Chapel Hill. Bowles has also served as President of the 17-campus University of North Carolina system and as Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton. The Thomas W. Lambeth Lecture in Public Policy takes place each fall semester at UNC-Chapel Hill.