Alumni Association, and the classes of 2012, 20. On Thursday, the center will present a program geared toward first-year students, but also open to the public: "Secrets and Traditions" of U.Va., co-sponsored by the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, the University Guide Service, the U.Va.
19 from Janny Scott, a reporter for The New York Times and author of "A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother." 11.Ī more personal view of politics will come Sept. Veteran reporter and author Evan Thomas will speak Nov. Other fall speakers include noted journalists Jim Lehrer on Oct. The book is based in part on an October 2009 Miller Center conference, "When Walls Came Down: Berlin, 9/11, and U.S. colleague, Jeffrey Legro, also a Miller Center faculty associate and Randolph P. Foreign Policy." Leffler, a Miller Center faculty associate and the Edward Stettinius Professor of History in U.Va.'s College of Arts & Sciences, co-edited the book "In Uncertain Times: American Foreign Policy after the Berlin Wall and 9/11" with his U.Va. Leffler will speak on "Rethinking 9/11: Its Impact on U.S. Her most recent research focuses on who files for bankruptcy and why. on "Higher Education as the Engine of the American Economy." Now in her second year as president, Sullivan is the author or co-author of six books and more than 50 scholarly articles.
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and surrounding communities who attend the free events, as well as students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends who follow the presentations on the Miller Center's website and on programs broadcast nationwide on PBS. Its audience includes members of the U.Va. The Miller Center's fall lineup of speakers, programs and conferences will cover a range of national and international issues – along with a bit of U.Va. "But the audience is growing for the approach that we're taking, and that's what makes this place so intellectually stimulating." "The faculty and staff are superb, and the problems out there confronting us are challenging," said Baliles, who served as governor from 1986 to 1990. Baliles, who is beginning his sixth year as the center's director and CEO. "One of the things we're finding is that our non-partisan status and the recommendations that flow from our historical approach to these issues" appeal to policymakers, said former Virginia Gov. AugWhile partisan rancor, uncivil discourse and sound-bite punditry define the American conversation today, the Miller Center at the University of Virginia takes a different approach that is non-partisan, analytical – and calm.
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