Division of Social Studies News by Date
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March 2016
03-27-2016
During the week of April 4, the Bard Center for Environmental Policy will host The Power Dialog, a national event in which thousands of students will meet with top officials in more than 30 states to discuss climate policy. Participants will head to their state capitols to talk about state-level action to help meet the U.S. climate commitment of a 30 percent cut in global warming pollution by 2030. The Power Dialog gives students a voice in critical decisions that will determine their future and the future of the earth.
03-25-2016
"Brain-training company" Lumosity's $2 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission should give us pause, writes Mazie, a professor at Bard High School Early College Manhattan.
03-18-2016
Professor Encarnación explores the political implications of President Obama's visits to Cuba and Argentina this week.
03-13-2016
Arthur Holland Michel, cofounder and codirector of Bard's Center for the Study of the Drone, talks about the public fascination with, and fear of, drones.
03-09-2016
Professor Buruma argues that the increase in referendums in European nations reflects popular mistrust of elected officials.
03-03-2016
Virginia Hanusik's photography project focuses on coastal land loss in Louisiana, which relates to work she began during her sophomore year at Bard.
03-02-2016
J. p. Lawrence '14, an Army National Guard member who was deployed to Iraq, reports on an American lawyer who defends Ugandans wounded on American bases in Iraq.
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