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CU-Boulder: Thermodynamics, Atoms, and Citizenship

On February 5, 2021 the Engineering Leadership Program at the University of Colorado-Boulder, held its first in a series of virtual lectures on STEM and democracy.

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Middlebury College: When Should We Trust the Experts?

On November 10, 2020, the Alexander Hamilton Forum at Middlebury College, a JMC partner program, is hosting Tom Nichols and Patrick Deneen for a counterpoint discussion on policy and expertise.

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Shilo Brooks: Why Did the Wright Brothers Succeed?

JMC fellow Shilo Brooks has written an article for the Scientific American on the Wright brothers' success and how they achieved it.

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The Medicalization of Birth and Death

JMC fellow Lauren Hall has written a book on healthcare practices and regulations in the United States, particularly those surrounding birth and death.

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Seminar: Anthony Kronman on Max Weber

Anthony Kronman will lead a seminar on Max Weber and science as vocation at UCLA's Center for Liberal Arts and Free Institutions.

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Virtue and Scientific Thinking

"Resurgent scientism is less an effective solution to problems posed by the relationship between is and ought than a symptom of the malaise accompanying their separation."

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Harvey Mansfield on “Conversations with Bill Kristol”

Harvey Mansfield discusses party government, Machiavelli, Tocqueville, science, and more.

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JMC Summer Institute in Pasadena

Reflecting on JMC's most recent Summer Institute.

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JMC’s 17th Summer Institute

Participants will gather at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena for an intensive ten days.

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Crimes Against Humanities

Leon Wieseltier responds to Steven Pinker.

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Steven Pinker: Science Isn’t the Enemy

A Harvard psychologist's plea to embattled professors and tenure-less historians.

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