Leading Voices in Politics and Policy

6/21/2011

“Leading Voices” News & Updates:
Obama’s Re-election Is at Risk, Gallup Editor-in-Chief Tells Dartmouth Audience
Jeff Immelt ’78 Speaks About Jobs and Energy at Dartmouth
Find Your Mentors, Mara Rudman ’84 Tells Dartmouth Students
Follow Dartmouth on Twitter for updates on the lecture series all summer long; Twitter hashtag is #dartvoices
Media Coverage
U.S. needs to reform corporate tax, GE CEO says (Reuters)
Paulson Says Treasuries Are AAA, Political Process Isn’t (Bloomberg News)
Ex-Obama adviser thinks U.S. double-dip recession chances are 50-50 (CBS News.com)

“Leading Voices in Politics and Policy” will bring nationally recognized experts and presidential candidates to Dartmouth from June through August in a new lecture series, sponsored by the Office of the President and the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences at Dartmouth College.

Each lecture will address a major topic shaping current policy and political debate at the national level. The issues include the federal deficit, health care reform, the public education system, financial bailouts, and partisan politics.

List of Speakers

More information, including additional speakers, will be published here as details become available. Watch this site for the most current dates, times, and locations for the lectures, all of which are free and open to the public. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

The following speakers are confirmed:

June 23: Judd Gregg, former New Hampshire senator, congressman and governor; 4:30 p.m., Hopkins Center, Moore Theater; view lecture video
June 24: Tim Geithner ’83, Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury; 4 p.m., Hopkins Center, Spaulding Auditorium; view lecture video
July 14: Jim Yong Kim, Dartmouth president and public health physician; 4:30 p.m., Hopkins Center, Moore Theater; view lecture video
July 21: Charles “Buddy” Roemer, former governor of Louisiana and candidate for the Republican presidential nomination; 4:30 p.m., Hopkins Center, Moore Theater; view lecture video
July 26: Jon Huntsman Jr., Republican candidate for president and former ambassador to China; 12 noon, Hopkins Center, Moore Theater; view lecture video
July 28: Joel Klein, former chancellor of New York City public schools; 12 noon, Hopkins Center, Moore Theater; view lecture video
August 4: Robert Reich ’68, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, and Dartmouth trustee emeritus; , 4:30 p.m., Hopkins Center, Moore Theater; view lecture video
August 11: Henry Paulson ’68, former secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury; 4:30 p.m., Hopkins Center, Spaulding Auditorium; view lecture video
August 18: Jeffrey Immelt ’78, chief executive officer of GE, and member of the Dartmouth Board of Trustees; 4:30 p.m., Hopkins Center, Moore Theater; view lecture video
August 23: Frank Newport, Gallup editor-in-chief; 4:30 p.m., Hopkins Center, Moore Theater; view lecture video