April 11, 2025 | Governance Program | Keynote speaker Paul Offit joined by a panel of experts
Reshaping Government: Possibilities and Perils. Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Salk Polio Vaccine and Considering the Future of Vaccine Policies
Keynote: The Often-Unappreciated Miracle of Vaccines
This program featured Paul Offit, the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Peter Salk, a distinguished biomedical researcher and son of Jonas Salk, and a highly distinguished panel. Welcome remarks were presented by Mark Nordenberg, Chancellor Emeritus, Chair of the Institute of Politics, Director of the Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy.
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March 18, 2025 | Governance Program | David Carden
Reshaping Government: Possibilities and Perils. Re-Imagining the Architecture of Democracy
The program featured David Carden who served as the first resident U.S. Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Charles T. Kotuby, Jr., Professor of Practice; Executive Director, CILE moderated the program. Welcome remarks were presented by Mark Nordenberg, Chancellor Emeritus, Chair of the Institute of Politics, Director of the Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy and Introductions by Jerry Dickinson, Pitt Law Dean.
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March 10, 2025 | Governance Program | Harry Litman
Reshaping Government: Possibilities and Perils. The Future of Federal Law Enforcement and Agency Oversight
Harry Litman, lawyer, law professor, and legal commentator, discussed the future of federal law enforcement and agency oversight with Mark Nordenberg, Chancellor Emeritus, Chair of the Institute of Politics, Director of the Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy. Welcome remarks were provided by Jerry Dickinson, Pitt Law Dean.
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February 26, 2025 | Thornburgh Family Disability Lecture | Joyce Bender joined by Karen Hanlon
Building an Inclusive and Engaged Workforce: The Bender DisabilitySmart Engine.
Guest speaker Joyce Bender, Founder and CEO of Bender Consulting Services, Inc. and the Bender Leadership Academy was joined by guest participant Karen Hanlon, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Highmark Health. Welcome remarks by Mark Nordenberg, Chancellor Emeritus, Chair of the Institute of Politics, Director of the Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy.
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January 23, 2025 | Governance Program | Chuck Rosenberg
Reshaping Government: Possibilities and Perils. The Department of Justice, the FBI, and Federal Law Enforcement
Guest speaker Chuck Rosenberg, former U.S. Attorney, former senior official in the DOJ and FBI, former acting head of the DEA, and current legal analyst and podcaster, spoke with David Hickton, Founding Director, Pitt Cyber, former United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Welcome remarks by Mark Nordenberg, Chancellor Emeritus, Chair of the Institute of Politics, Director of the Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy.
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October 8, 2024 | Governance Program| Jeffrey Kovar
Preserving Democracy: NATO at 75 and the Importance of Alliances in U.S. Foreign Policy: A Lawyer’s View
This program featured Jeffrey Kovar, the Assistant Legal Advisor for Political-Military Affairs in the U.S. State Department, and was moderated by Ronald Brand, Center for International Legal Education Founding Director and Chancellor Mark Nordenberg University Professor. Welcome remarks by Mark Nordenberg, Chancellor Emeritus, Chair of the Institute of Politics, Director of the Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy.
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September 12, 2024 | Governance Program | Brett Murphy & Katelyn Polantz
Preserving Democracy: Lavish Gifts, Judicial Ethics, and the U.S. Supreme Court
This program featured Pitt graduate Brett Murphy, who was a part of the ProPublica team that received the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its reporting on forces that might be influencing the Supreme Court, and Katelyn Polantz, also a Pitt graduate and Senior Reporter on Crime and Justice for CNN. Mark Nordenberg, Chancellor Emeritus, Chair of the Institute of Politics, Director of the Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy, moderated the program.
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