The American Experience Distinguished Speaker Series
Restoring Civility: How to Advocate and Compromise; the Role of Partisan Politics
Senator Ben Cardin, Former three-term U.S. Senator from Maryland, following 20 years in the House of Representatives and 20 years in the Maryland House of Delegates, including eight years as Speaker.
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
Mr. Larry J. Merlo
The American Experience Distinguished Lecture titled:
“The Revolution at the Corner Drugstore”
The Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy and the University Honors College would like to thank University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg for presenting the March 24, 2014 American Experience Distinguished Lecture titled:
"A Defining American Value: Education in 21st Century America."
"The Price of Justice" An American Experience Distinguished lecture was presented by Laurence Leamer.
"How Will We Travel in the Future?
The Role of Transportation in Building Sustainable Regions"
THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES IS PROUD TO HAVE PRESENTED:
BILL STRICKLAND, President and CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporation and its subsidiaries.
On December 6, Robert D. Reischauer, president of the Urban Institute, a nonprofit, non-partisan policy research and education organization that examines the social, economic and governance problems facing the nation, presented the American Experience Distinguished Lecture. He served as the director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) between 1989 and 1995 and was CBO’s Assistant Director for Human Resources and Deputy Director of CBO during the 1977 to 1981 period. Dr.
The Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law and Public Policy and the University of Pittsburgh Honors College thank everyone for attending the October 18, 2012 American Experience Distinguished lecture featuring Howard Fineman.
Marcia Coyle presented "The American Experience Distinguished Lecture" on September 30, 2015 at the University of Pittsburgh. This lecture series is co-sponsored by the Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy and the University Honors College.
The American Experience Distinguished Lecture Series presented:
Robert Putnam
Date: February 22, 2016
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: University Club / Ballroom B
Featured speaker:
Robert Putnam, Author, Peter & Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University, and recipient of the 2012 National Humanities Medal.
Presents:
“Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis”
