ND Perspectives, one of the newest elements of Alumni Reunion, is a seminar series that features faculty and alumni discussing relevant issues of our time. The purpose of the seminars is to showcase experts from the University community in a discussion about timely topics that will appeal to Reunion attendees.
The Alumni Association partnered with the College of Arts and Letters and the Mendoza College of Business to develop and coordinate two sessions for Reunion 2009: The First 100 Days: What’s Next?, and The Economic Crisis: Its Causes and Its Cures.
Notre Dame Perspective Presents: The First 100 Days: What’s Next?
Summary: What has the new administration in Washington accomplished so far and what does it plan next? In this plenary session, College of Arts and Letters faculty joined colleagues from the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the College of Science to analyze Obama’s election promises—and presidential promise.
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Moderator:
Matt Storin ’64
Adjunct Professor, Gallivan Program in Journalism, Democracy, Ethics, and
Democracy, Department of American Studies
Panelist:
R. Scott Appleby '78
John M. Regan Jr. Director
Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies Director
Professor, Department of History
Dean Gregory Crawford
Dean, College of Science
W.K. Warren II Chair, Department of Physics
Mark Shields '59
News columnist and political commentator
Christina Wolbrecht
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Notre Dame Perspective Presents: The Economic Crisis: Its Causes and Its Cures
Summary: How did we get into this mess and what do we do now? Experts from the Mendoza College of Business and the Department of Economics, and the Class of 1984, explored what went wrong, analyzed various responses to the financial collapse, and strategized on ways to solve the problem.
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Moderator:
Scott Malpass '84
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, University of Notre Dame
Panelist:
Professor Richard Jensen
Chairperson, Department of Economics and Econometrics
Fellow, Institute for Educational Initiatives
Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Fellow, Notre Dame Energy Center
Professor, Economics and Finance
Joe Holt
Director, Executive Education Program
Concurrent Assistant Professor, Business
Margaret Forster
Associate Professional Specialist, Finance
Michael Pries
Associate Professor , Economics and Econometrics
