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Speaker Date: February 27, 2026 Microplastics and Other Contaminants of Emerging Concern The talk will focus on microplastics and other contaminants of emerging concern, such as PFAS, plasticizers, pharmaceuticals, flame…
Speaker Date: February 20, 2026 The United States and Africa: History, Change, and the Road Ahead How has the United States engaged with Africa over time and what does that…
Speaker Date: October 24, 2025 In this provocative and accessible talk, ethicist and novelist Mark Peres invites audiences to explore one of the most profound questions of the 21st century:…
Speaker Date: October 10, 2025 The Government Accountability Office GAO has been called the congressional watchdog and the defender of the public interest. Learn about GAO’s unique role in the federal…
Speaker Date: April 18, 2025 GREAT DECISIONS TOPIC: Fluid Geopolitics of South Asia: Challenges and Opportunities India is at a volatile crossroads in South Asia. In summer 2024, India lost…
Event Date: April 15, 2025 Raptor Center Field Trip The ¾ mile Raptor Zoo Trail is a self-guided tour highlighting raptors. There are 30 different types of birds located along…
Speaker Date: April 4, 2025 American Foreign Policy in the Middle East This presentation – part of the Great Decisions 2025 program -will address the continuing search for peace in…
Speaker Date: March 28, 2025 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Under New Leadership Following NATO’s 75th Anniversary Summit in Washington DC in July 2024, the Alliance faces a new reality. The…
Speaker Date: March 7, 2025 The Shadow of Alzheimer’s Disease This talk explored Alzheimer’s Disease from a personal, professional and research perspective, as a physician who, in retirement, is participating…
Speaker Date: January 10, 2025 Laura will speak about what it takes to put up a theatrical production at the community theatre and regional levels and the difference between Broadway,…
Speaker Date: October 25, 2024 Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: On Being American RBG expanded our concept of who and what was included in the concept of being American. As a…
Speaker Date: May 17, 2024 American Democracy and the Rule of Law in Peril Michael Luttig, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals (ret.) for the Fourth Circuit, retired…
Speaker Date: April 19, 2024 Affordable Housing in Charlotte – Some History Community historian Dr. Tom Hanchett is completing a book for UNC Press on the history of one of…
Speaker Date: April 12, 2024 Healthcare Financing for Medicare and Medicaid Brad will discuss the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, it’s implementation and potential impacts and what President Biden and President Trump…
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with Matthew Asbell, Partner, Lippes Mathias
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with David Fisk, President & CEO, Charlotte Symphony
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with Professor Sylvie Toska, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Davidson College
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with Dr. Katie Passaretti, Vice President, Chief Epidemiologist for Atrium Health
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with Kenneth Taylor, N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
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with Deputy Chief David Robinson, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
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with Dr. Kevin Fogg, Associate Director, Carolina Asia Center, UNC-Chapel Hill
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with Kayla Adams, Director of Education, and Misty Sweat, VP of Education and Programming, Sullenberger Aviation Museum
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with Dr. Andrea Porras-Alfaro, Mycologist
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with Tate Nurkin, OTH Intelligence Group, Atlantic Council, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
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with Dmitry Vovchuk, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative
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with Chelsea Kaufman, Asst Professor, Wingate University