Please click on a link below to find out more about previous Rosenfield Program-sponsored events and symposiums.
Spring 2008 Symposia
Critical Issues for the Arctic
Sponsored by: The Rosenfield Program in Public Affairs, International Relations and Human Rights at Grinnell College. Jointly sponsored by Environmental Studies at Grinnell College.

Tuesday, April 1

4:15 pm Elizabeth Grossman, Author,: "It's All About the Ice: Climate Change and Its Impact on Contaminants in the Arctic" JRC 101

8:00 pm Scot Nickels, Senior Science Advisor, Inuit Atpiriit Kanatami: "Part of the Solution: Challenges Faced by Inuit Communities in Adapting to Climate Change."

9:00 pm Ice Wall. Created by Faulconer Gallery Outreach Curator Tilly Woodward in collaboration with several contributors."

Wednesday, April 2

4:15 pm Donald Forbes, Research Scientist, Geological Survey of Canada Adjunct Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland Chercheur invite, INRS-ETE, Universite du Quebec. - "Arctic Warming and Challenges for Northern Coastal Communities."

8:00 pm Nikita Ovsyanikov, Senior Research Scientist, Russian Academy of Sciences: "The Future of Polar Bears in a Greenhouse World"

Thursday, April 3
11:00 am (Scholars' Convocation), Thomas Berger, Former Justice, Supreme Court of British Columbia, "The Arcitc: Whose Country Is It?"

4:15 pm William Shilts, State Geologist and Chief, Illinois Geological Survey:"The Glacial and Periglacial Heritage of the Nunavut Landscape."

8:00 pm Jeff Chiarenzelli, Department of Geology, Stl. Lawrence University: "Legacy of Formerly Used Defense Sites on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska."

Public School Education Reform in an Era of Accountability Politics
Sponsored by: The Rosenfield Program in Public Affairs, International Relations and Human Rights at Grinnell College. Jointly sponsored by the Department of Education at Grinnell College, with support from the Wilson Program in Enterprise and Leadership.

Tuesday, February 19

4:15 pm Mary Cohen, U.S. Department of Education, Regional Representative, Kansas City: "Where Do We Go from Here?"JRC 101

8:00 pm Kevin Carey, Education Sector: "Accountability, Achievement, and the Promise of Public Education in the Era of No Child Left Behind."

Wednesday, February 20

4:15 pm Douglas Christensen, Commissioner of Education, Nebraska Department of Education - "No Child Left Behind: A Vision for the Future. . .A Roadmap to Disaster?"

8:00 pm Judy Jeffrey, Director, Iowa Department of Education -"Education at a Crossroads"

Thursday, February 21
11:00 am (Scholars' Convocation), Deborah Meier, Steinhardt School of Education, New York University - "Is There a Connection between Good Schooling and Democracy?"

4:15 pm Panel Discussion: "Education Reform" Doug Cameron, Principal, Davis Elementary, Grinnell; Douglas Christensen; Pam Ewell, Principal, Grinnell Middle School; Deborah Meier

8:00 pm Panel Discussion: "Grinnellians Teaching in Urban Areas" Erin Stutelberg '03, Abby Boehm Turner '98, Brian Stoffel '04, and Chris Drake