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If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Recently the seeming permanence of the rise of earnings inequality has motivated policy proposals to mitigate its impact, including more progressive income taxation, wealth and inheritance taxes, and pay regulation. In this UnCommon Core, economist Kevin Murphy argues that most of these treat the symptom rather than the disease. Instead he suggests a focus on the supply side, where the human capital choices of individuals and families affect the skill composition of the labor force.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. This panel of University of Chicago Nobel laureates features Lars Peter Hansen, the David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, James J. Heckman, the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, and Robert E. Lucas Jr., AB’59, PhD’64, the John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Economics, pioneers in the world of economics. John A. List, the Homer J. Livingston Professor in and Chair of the Department of Economics, asks questions topical to their research, specifically their significant contributions to the world of economics. The Nobelists share their inspirational stories and insights, and offer a closer look inside the current landscape of economics.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The illicit antiquities market is a global problem with serious consequences for scientific knowledge, global politics, local cultural identities, and the objects themselves. Supported by the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, the Past for Sale project is a uniquely interdisciplinary collaboration that studies the scope of this market and posits new strategies to combat it. Leading University of Chicago thinkers from anthropology, art history, economics, law, and policy are setting a new agenda for safeguarding antiquities and cultural heritage for future generations.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Today’s globalized world has made effective containment of infectious diseases extremely difficult. The unprecedented Ebola outbreak has brought home the global nature of infectious disease and has raised some difficult dilemmas. Other infectious disease threats—such as severe acute respiratory syndrome or pandemic influenza—loom on the horizon. What have we learned? What’s next? Emily Landon, MD—Medical Specialist for Ebola Preparedness at the University of Chicago, one of only 35 national Ebola treatment centers—talks about tough ethical questions, emerging epidemics, and the Ebola virus.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. John J. Mearsheimer, the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in Political Science and Co-director of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago, assesses the causes of the present Ukraine crisis, the best way to end it, and its consequences for all of the main actors. A key assumption is that in order to come up with the optimum plan for ending the crisis, it is essential to know what caused the crisis. Regarding the all-important question of causes, the key issue is whether Russia or the West bears primary responsibility.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. 6/7/14 Leon R. Kass, LAB’54, SB’58, MD’62, Addie Clark Harding Professor Emeritus of Social Thought and in the College; Madden-Jewett Scholar, American Enterprise Institute Michael Shakman, AB’62, AM’64, JD’66, Partner, Shakman & Beem LLP Bret Stephens, AB’95, Foreign Affairs Columnist and Deputy Editorial Page Editor, The Wall Street Journal Faculty Moderator Nathan Tarcov, Professor of Social Thought and Political Science and in the College Join 2014 Alumni Award recipients Kass, Shakman, and Stephens in conversation with Tarcov as they reflect on their careers and share their thoughts on how their UChicago experiences helped inform their work thus far. Whether it’s fighting political patronage, challenging citizens to face the facts of our current state of foreign affairs, or helping to find common ground on issues related to bioethics, each of our alumni award recipients have made important contributions in the world of politics. Come hear their stories and be challenged by their work. This panel is cosponsored by the Alumni Board of Governors and the Institute of politics.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. 6/6/14 Christopher Berry, AM’98, PhD’02, Chicago Harris Associate Professor Rayid Ghani, Chicago Harris Senior Fellow; Chief Data Scientist, Computation Institute’s Urban Center for Computation and Data Brett Goldstein, SM’05, Chicago Harris Senior Fellow in Urban Science Transportation, education, energy, the environment, law enforcement, unemployment, finance, public housing—big public policy decisions in all these areas can be enhanced through the use of computational analysis. Learn how the combination of data and public policy insights can help attack important social issues.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. 6/7/14 Becker Friedman Institute The 2013–14 academic year began with a Nobel Prize for Eugene Fama, MBA’63, PhD’64, and Lars Peter Hansen; continued with some high-profile faculty hires; and culminates with the much anticipated move into an iconic new home for the Department of Economics and the Becker Friedman Institute. The achievements of the past year will position the discipline of economics at UChicago for an unparalleled future. Come hear from noted UChicago economists, including Nobel laureate Hansen, as we mark this historic moment for the Chicago school of economics.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. 6/5/14 Steven J. Sibener, Carl William Eisendrath Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Chemistry and the James Franck Institute; Director, UChicago Institute for Molecular Engineering Water Research Initiative The availability of fresh water for human consumption is becoming increasingly constrained around the world. Such shortages will increase in the future due to rising demand and the depletion of extant water resources, affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide. The UChicago Water Research Initiative, in partnership with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, seeks to address some of the most critical technological issues in water resource development. This presentation will give a snapshot of water utilization, stresses, and opportunities for technological solutions.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. 6/6/14 Margaret M. Mitchell, AM’82, PhD’89, Dean of the Divinity School and the Shailer Mathews Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature In a May 2012 column, journalist Mark Oppenheimer argued that in the American media scene, the comedian Jon Stewart is a religion teacher extraordinaire. Much can be said about this judgment on Stewart (which has predictably raised some strong reactions), but what is perhaps universally agreed is Oppenheimer’s appraisal that it is difficult “to find good writing about religion” and “harder still to find good television about religion.” By examining several case studies plucked from recent headlines, Mitchell will explore the question of the proper role of the academic study of religion in relation to contemporary media coverage.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. 6/6/14 Giulia Galli, Liew Family Professor, Institute for Molecular Engineering Climate change and the related need for sustainable energy sources to replace fossil fuels are pressing societal problems. The development of advanced materials is widely recognized as one of the key elements for new technologies that are required to achieve a sustainable environment and provide clean and adequate energy for our planet. Galli will discuss how the combination of advanced theory and computation with state-of-the-art experiments may lead to successful bottom-up design of materials for energy applications.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Graduating from the University of Chicago often means leaving behind our distinct environment of intellectual engagement. But UChicago-caliber creativity and scholarship can be accessed anywhere via Colloquium, a new online journal founded by recent graduates of the Master of Arts Program in the Humanities. Published twice a year, Colloquium showcases interdisciplinary writing—critical essays, fiction, poetry—as well as videos, music, photography, and other projects by MAPH students, alumni, and friends. Hilary Strang, deputy director of MAPH, moderates this discussion with a panel of the journal’s contributors and editors.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Alumni Weekend 2012 UnCommon Core June 2, 2012 Critical Thinking in the United States Armed Forces: A Chicago Perspective Paul Yingling (AM’98, Colonel – active service), Katrina Johnson (JD’06, JAG – active service), Brian Penoyer (AB’88, Commander – active service), Eveline Yao (MD’95, Colonel – active service), and Michael J. Browne (MBA’96, Rear Admiral – retired) The University of Chicago Military Affinity Group (UC-MAG) will present a distinguished panel of alumni to discuss their work as members of the United States Military or within the Department of Defense. This is an excellent opportunity to hear how a Chicago education can support military service, careers within the DoD and work in the National Security Sector. In particular, the panelists will address how preparation at Chicago informs critical decision-making in war and peace. The panelists will represent different branches of service, ranks, and specialties such as law, medicine, support and operations. The UC-MAG welcomes all members of the Chicago community to this non-partisan, non-political event.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Alumni Weekend 2012 UnCommon Core June 1, 2012 Chicago: Origins and Vistas of a Mexican City Mauricio Tenorio Professor, Department of History Sarah Lopez Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of History It may be an exaggeration to say that Chicago is today one of the largest Mexican cities, but not untrue. There are an estimated 1.3 million Mexicans/Mexican-Americans residing in the Chicago metropolitan area. With large populations of Mexicans historically living in the American west and southwest why is it that by 1920 nearly 16,000 Mexicans called Chicago, a cold and far away city, their new “home”? The origins of Mexican Chicago are at the roots of the 20th-century’s de facto economic and demographic integration between the U.S. and Mexico, and the so-called “Mexican problem” in 20th-century United States. It was in Chicago where, through the pioneering studies by University of Chicago sociologists, Mexican immigration was scientifically, and strategically, defined both as a problem and not as a problem. This session will provide historic insights on this fascinating interaction among immigrants, social organizations, and social scientists in Chicago in the 1920s and 1930s. And it will jump to the present to provide vistas of the input of the Mexican presence in the architectonical landscape of Chicago, the architectonical city par excellence. This session is co-sponsored by the Latino Affinity Network.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Alumni Weekend 2012 UnCommon Core June 2, 2012 Bubbles, Crises, and the Global Economic Outlook Robert Aliber Professor Emeritus, International Economics and Finance, Booth School of Business The Panics of 1907 and 1837. The South Sea Bubble of 1720 and the Tulip Mania of 1637. These are a few examples of the many financial crises that have plagued the United States and the rest of the industrial world for over 300 years. What causes these booms and busts? How long and deep are the slumps that follow? What can be done to prevent them? And what can we learn from the history of financial crises to help us deal with the current economic crisis? In this talk, Robert Aliber addresses these questions and what the answers mean for policymakers and consumers in the United States in the months and years ahead. Robert Z. Aliber is professor emeritus, international economics and finance, at the Booth School of Business. He has written extensively about exchange rates and international financial and banking relationships and policy problems. While at Chicago, he developed the Program of International Studies in Business and the Center for Studies in International Finance. Among his many books are Money, Banking, and the Economy and an update of Charles Wiley's Manias, Panics and Crashes.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Alumni Weekend 2012 UnCommon Core June 2, 2012 Coming Together or Coming Apart: America and the 2012 Election John Mark Hansen Dean, Social Sciences Division, and Professor of Political Science American politics today is polarized between Democrats and Republicans, between liberals and conservatives, as never before. Looking beyond the heated rhetoric, political scientist and Social Sciences Division dean Mark Hansen will trace the extent and origins of America's political divisions, analyze the effect they will have on the 2012 elections, and assess the prospects for effective governance in the future. One of the nation's leading scholars of American politics and a Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor, Hansen has focused his research on interest groups, citizen activism, public opinion, public budgeting, and politicians' inferences from the outcomes of elections.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Alumni Weekend 2012 UnCommon Core June 1, 2012 Infinity and Beyond Bob Fefferman Max Mason Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Dean of the Physical Sciences Division. Weird things can happen with infinity—for one thing, it comes in different sizes. The concept of infinity has tantalized and sometimes troubled humankind for ages. In the 1600s, Galileo introduced a modern attitude toward the infinite by proposing that infinity should obey a different arithmetic from finite numbers. In late 19th century, German mathematician Georg Cantor put infinity on a firm logical foundation and demonstrated that infinity can have different sizes, making him one of the most assailed mathematicians in history. Though his work eventually revolutionized mathematics, his ideas were suppressed and he was imprisoned in mental institutions for most of his later life. In this program, mathematician Robert Fefferman will discuss some of the weird and interesting problems posed by our efforts to understand infinity. Robert Fefferman is the Max Mason Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Dean of the Physical Sciences Division.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Alumni Weekend 2012 UnCommon Core June 2, 2012 Bubbles, Crises, and the Global Economic Outlook Robert Aliber Professor Emeritus, International Economics and Finance, Booth School of Business The Panics of 1907 and 1837. The South Sea Bubble of 1720 and the Tulip Mania of 1637. These are a few examples of the many financial crises that have plagued the United States and the rest of the industrial world for over 300 years. What causes these booms and busts? How long and deep are the slumps that follow? What can be done to prevent them? And what can we learn from the history of financial crises to help us deal with the current economic crisis? In this talk, Robert Aliber addresses these questions and what the answers mean for policymakers and consumers in the United States in the months and years ahead. Robert Z. Aliber is professor emeritus, international economics and finance, at the Booth School of Business. He has written extensively about exchange rates and international financial and banking relationships and policy problems. While at Chicago, he developed the Program of International Studies in Business and the Center for Studies in International Finance. Among his many books are Money, Banking, and the Economy and an update of Charles Wiley's Manias, Panics and Crashes.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Alumni Weekend 2012 UnCommon Core June 2, 2012 Coming Together or Coming Apart: America and the 2012 Election John Mark Hansen Dean, Social Sciences Division, and Professor of Political Science American politics today is polarized between Democrats and Republicans, between liberals and conservatives, as never before. Looking beyond the heated rhetoric, political scientist and Social Sciences Division dean Mark Hansen will trace the extent and origins of America's political divisions, analyze the effect they will have on the 2012 elections, and assess the prospects for effective governance in the future. One of the nation's leading scholars of American politics and a Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor, Hansen has focused his research on interest groups, citizen activism, public opinion, public budgeting, and politicians' inferences from the outcomes of elections.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Alumni Weekend 2012 UnCommon Core June 2, 2012 Love vs. Friendship in Hamlet David Bevington Phyllis Fay Horton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Department of English Language and Literature David Bevington leads a conversation that will range over the topic of love and friendship in Hamlet. What view does the play present of congenial marital love, of lust and incest, of the failed relationship of Hamlet and Ophelia, and still more. And, conversely, to what extent does true friendship, especially that of Hamlet and Horatio, displace romantic and erotic love as offering any consolation for life's tribulations? What views does the play offer of more self-interested friendships, in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and in Polonius's warning to his son about trusting too many friends? Bevington, among our most popular speakers to alumni audiences, is the Phyllis Fay Horton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Departments of English and Comparative Literature. He has written or edited more than 30 volumes on Shakespeare and his contemporaries, most recently serving as senior editor of the forthcoming Cambridge Edition of The Complete Works of Ben Jonson (2012).

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Alumni Weekend 2012 UnCommon Core June 1, 2012 Chicago: Origins and Vistas of a Mexican City Mauricio Tenorio Professor, Department of History Sarah Lopez Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of History It may be an exaggeration to say that Chicago is today one of the largest Mexican cities, but not untrue. There are an estimated 1.3 million Mexicans/Mexican-Americans residing in the Chicago metropolitan area. With large populations of Mexicans historically living in the American west and southwest why is it that by 1920 nearly 16,000 Mexicans called Chicago, a cold and far away city, their new “home”? The origins of Mexican Chicago are at the roots of the 20th-century’s de facto economic and demographic integration between the U.S. and Mexico, and the so-called “Mexican problem” in 20th-century United States. It was in Chicago where, through the pioneering studies by University of Chicago sociologists, Mexican immigration was scientifically, and strategically, defined both as a problem and not as a problem. This session will provide historic insights on this fascinating interaction among immigrants, social organizations, and social scientists in Chicago in the 1920s and 1930s. And it will jump to the present to provide vistas of the input of the Mexican presence in the architectonical landscape of Chicago, the architectonical city par excellence. This session is co-sponsored by the Latino Affinity Network.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Alumni Weekend 2012 UnCommon Core June 2, 2012 Critical Thinking in the United States Armed Forces: A Chicago Perspective Paul Yingling (AM’98, Colonel – active service), Katrina Johnson (JD’06, JAG – active service), Brian Penoyer (AB’88, Commander – active service), Eveline Yao (MD’95, Colonel – active service), and Michael J. Browne (MBA’96, Rear Admiral – retired) The University of Chicago Military Affinity Group (UC-MAG) will present a distinguished panel of alumni to discuss their work as members of the United States Military or within the Department of Defense. This is an excellent opportunity to hear how a Chicago education can support military service, careers within the DoD and work in the National Security Sector. In particular, the panelists will address how preparation at Chicago informs critical decision-making in war and peace. The panelists will represent different branches of service, ranks, and specialties such as law, medicine, support and operations. The UC-MAG welcomes all members of the Chicago community to this non-partisan, non-political event.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Alumni Weekend 2012 UnCommon Core June 2, 2012 Love vs. Friendship in Hamlet David Bevington Phyllis Fay Horton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Department of English Language and Literature David Bevington leads a conversation that will range over the topic of love and friendship in Hamlet. What view does the play present of congenial marital love, of lust and incest, of the failed relationship of Hamlet and Ophelia, and still more. And, conversely, to what extent does true friendship, especially that of Hamlet and Horatio, displace romantic and erotic love as offering any consolation for life's tribulations? What views does the play offer of more self-interested friendships, in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and in Polonius's warning to his son about trusting too many friends? Bevington, among our most popular speakers to alumni audiences, is the Phyllis Fay Horton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Departments of English and Comparative Literature. He has written or edited more than 30 volumes on Shakespeare and his contemporaries, most recently serving as senior editor of the forthcoming Cambridge Edition of The Complete Works of Ben Jonson (2012).

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Alumni Weekend 2012 UnCommon Core June 1, 2012 Infinity and Beyond Bob Fefferman Max Mason Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Dean of the Physical Sciences Division. Weird things can happen with infinity—for one thing, it comes in different sizes. The concept of infinity has tantalized and sometimes troubled humankind for ages. In the 1600s, Galileo introduced a modern attitude toward the infinite by proposing that infinity should obey a different arithmetic from finite numbers. In late 19th century, German mathematician Georg Cantor put infinity on a firm logical foundation and demonstrated that infinity can have different sizes, making him one of the most assailed mathematicians in history. Though his work eventually revolutionized mathematics, his ideas were suppressed and he was imprisoned in mental institutions for most of his later life. In this program, mathematician Robert Fefferman will discuss some of the weird and interesting problems posed by our efforts to understand infinity. Robert Fefferman is the Max Mason Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Dean of the Physical Sciences Division.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Chicago Picasso, a gift from the artist to the people of Chicago, was installed in 1967 in Civic Center Plaza to great fanfare, but also great puzzlement. It was often referred to by members of the public as “that thing,” and it seemed quite uncertain what kind of thing it was. Its identity as an artwork became even more uncertain when a lawsuit called its copyright into question, and in so doing questioned whether it was even a Picasso at all. The lawsuit brought together a University of Chicago-trained lawyer with interests in artists’ rights, a surrealist artist-publisher, and the neo-dada/pop artist Claes Oldenburg, for whom the Picasso was thoroughly enmeshed in the political events around the Democratic National Convention in 1968. Presented by the Chicago Women’s Alliance

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. In 1959, Leo Strauss delivered a commencement address to the University’s Basic Program entitled, “What Is Liberal Education?” In the space of just a few pages, Strauss asked not only what constituted a liberal education but also such questions as how an education rooted in the Western tradition fit into a multicultural world, and what it meant for a democratic society. Professor Tarcov will discuss Strauss’ remarks, which were later included in his book, Liberalism Ancient and Modern (1968). The relevant reading is available via Google Books and will available at the session.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The 1633 trial of Galileo Galilei before the Roman Inquisition is one of the most famous chapters in the struggle between authority and the freedom of expression. Based on the actual trial depositions from the Vatican Archives, “Galileo’s Trial” will examine the issues that led Galileo to be tried for heresy. They are both more complicated, and simpler, than you might think.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The Chicago Picasso, a gift from the artist to the people of Chicago, was installed in 1967 in Civic Center Plaza to great fanfare, but also great puzzlement. It was often referred to by members of the public as “that thing,” and it seemed quite uncertain what kind of thing it was. Its identity as an artwork became even more uncertain when a lawsuit called its copyright into question, and in so doing questioned whether it was even a Picasso at all. The lawsuit brought together a University of Chicago-trained lawyer with interests in artists’ rights, a surrealist artist-publisher, and the neo-dada/pop artist Claes Oldenburg, for whom the Picasso was thoroughly enmeshed in the political events around the Democratic National Convention in 1968. Presented by the Chicago Women’s Alliance

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Over the last few years, the financial sector has experienced its worst crisis since the 1930s. The collapse of major films, the decline in asset values, the interruption of credit flows, the loss of confidence in firms and credit market instruments, the intervention by governments and central banks: all were extraordinary in scale and scope. In this book, leading economists Randall Kroszner and Robert Shiller discuss what the United States should do to prevent another such financial meltdown. Their discussion goes beyond the nuts and bolts of legislative and regulatory fixes to consider fundamental changes in our financial arrangements.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. How do you make a satisfying life’s work when complete success comes only when nothing happens and no one notices? Why do men and women risk their lives for this? How much is a police officer like a medieval mason who finely carves the never-to-be-seen reverse side of a gargoyle, knowing his work will only be seen by God? Join U.S. District Court Judge James Zagel, AB’62, AM’62, who also served director of the Illinois State Police, to discuss these and other questions.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. How do you make a satisfying life’s work when complete success comes only when nothing happens and no one notices? Why do men and women risk their lives for this? How much is a police officer like a medieval mason who finely carves the never-to-be-seen reverse side of a gargoyle, knowing his work will only be seen by God? Join U.S. District Court Judge James Zagel, AB’62, AM’62, who also served director of the Illinois State Police, to discuss these and other questions.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Professor Mearsheimer will discuss his article by the same name from the January/February 2011 Issue of The National Interest. In the article, he considers the decline of US foreign policy from end of the Cold War to the “world of trouble” now: two protracted wars, nuclear stalemates in Iran and North Korea, and the inability to bring about a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Grammy-award winner Joel Smirnoff has been a member of the Juilliard String Quartet since 1986, and the ensemble’s leader since 1997. He also pursues and active career as a conductor, both in the U.S. and abroad. Join a truly distinguished alumnus for and exploration of the sounds and content of the music which provided the ambience for university life at UChicago during the late 60’s. As a member of the Class of ‘71, the music at this time became, to an exent, a major motivating influence in his life and the lives of young people tyring to find a center and a life plan.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. In 1959, Leo Strauss delivered a commencement address to the University’s Basic Program entitled, “What Is Liberal Education?” In the space of just a few pages, Strauss asked not only what constituted a liberal education but also such questions as how an education rooted in the Western tradition fit into a multicultural world, and what it meant for a democratic society. Professor Tarcov will discuss Strauss’ remarks, which were later included in his book, Liberalism Ancient and Modern (1968). The relevant reading is available via Google Books and will available at the session.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Grammy-award winner Joel Smirnoff has been a member of the Juilliard String Quartet since 1986, and the ensemble’s leader since 1997. He also pursues and active career as a conductor, both in the U.S. and abroad. Join a truly distinguished alumnus for and exploration of the sounds and content of the music which provided the ambience for university life at UChicago during the late 60’s. As a member of the Class of ‘71, the music at this time became, to an exent, a major motivating influence in his life and the lives of young people tyring to find a center and a life plan.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The 1633 trial of Galileo Galilei before the Roman Inquisition is one of the most famous chapters in the struggle between authority and the freedom of expression. Based on the actual trial depositions from the Vatican Archives, “Galileo’s Trial” will examine the issues that led Galileo to be tried for heresy. They are both more complicated, and simpler, than you might think.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. slam is now everywhere in the headlines. In recent decades there has been much scholarly debate over Islam’s origins. The traditional Muslim view has increasingly been found inadequate, but critical scholarship has not been able to reach a consensus on how Islam arose. The present talk surveys the issues at stake and a number of interpretations that have been recently proposed to understand just what happened at the origins of Islam 14 centuries ago.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. While the headlines this year have been dominated by the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the continuing progress on marriage equality, and a rash of gay teen suicides, the LGBTQ communities continue to fight battles on many fronts with different strategies. Professor Cohen will lead a discussion of the role of a more radical queer politics within and in parallel to more traditional LGBT political strategies. Professor Cohen’s lecture was originally presented as the 2011 Iris Marion Young Distinguished Faculty Lecture at the Center for Gender Studies. Presented by the UChicago LGBT Alumni Network

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Moneythink is a financial literacy mentoring organization that has helped more than 1,000 students on Chicago’s South Side. Founded and run by a group of Uchicago undergraduates, the program helps high school students learn the value of saving, budgeting, goal-setting and the basics of credit and debt.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Every November at the University of Chicago, the best minds in the world consider the question that ranks with these as one of the most enduring of human history: latke or hamantash? This great latke-hamantash debate, occurring every year for the past six decades, brings Nobel laureates, university presidents, and notable scholars together to debate whether the potato pancake or the triangular Purim pastry is in fact the worthier food. This year, we bring a taste of the debate to Uncommon Core. The Debate is hosted and organized by the University of Chicago Hillel.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Over the last few years, the financial sector has experienced its worst crisis since the 1930s. The collapse of major films, the decline in asset values, the interruption of credit flows, the loss of confidence in firms and credit market instruments, the intervention by governments and central banks: all were extraordinary in scale and scope. In this book, leading economists Randall Kroszner and Robert Shiller discuss what the United States should do to prevent another such financial meltdown. Their discussion goes beyond the nuts and bolts of legislative and regulatory fixes to consider fundamental changes in our financial arrangements.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Professor Mearsheimer will discuss his article by the same name from the January/February 2011 Issue of The National Interest. In the article, he considers the decline of US foreign policy from end of the Cold War to the “world of trouble” now: two protracted wars, nuclear stalemates in Iran and North Korea, and the inability to bring about a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.