Events
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The Youth Political Participation Program and RU Voting™ present Pizza and Politics: Constitution Day Debate |
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Should the United States amend the Constitution to abolish the Electoral College and elect the President and Vice-President Come hear the top-ranked Rutgers University Debate Union take on this question. Following the debate, experts Beth Leech, professor of political science at Rutgers University, and James McCrone, author of Faithless Elector, will share their views and thoughts. Audience members will have an opportunity to express their views, too! Pizza will be served. Tuesday, September 20, 2016 |
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Friday, September 23, 2016
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Rutgers Climate Institute, Rutgers Energy Institute, Cook Campus Dean, Undergraduate Academic Affairs, Department of Human Ecology, SEBS 250, and the Eagleton Institute of Politics present Climate Change, Energy, and the Politics of 2016
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The Youth Political Participation Program and RU Voting™ present Popcorn and Politics: Presidential Debate Watch |
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Get together with your fellow students to watch the debate between presidential candidates. As always, the debate watch will include good food and a good discussion about the election. Monday, September 26, 2016 |
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The Youth Political Participation Program and the Darien Fund for the US Constitution, Citizenship, and Civic Engagement present The 2016 Constitution Day Lecture Policing and Its Reform in the 21st Century:
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| Co-sponsored by: Undergraduate Academic Affairs; Black Student Union; Phi Alpha Delta, Pre-Law Fraternity |
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Undergraduate Academic Affairs presents A lecture by Donna BrazileInterim Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) |
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| Donna Brazile is an adjunct professor, author, syndicated columnist, television political commentator, vice chair for civic engagement and voter participation at the DNC, and interim national chair of the DNC as well as the former chair of the DNC’s Voting Rights Institute. Ms. Brazile has worked on every presidential campaign from 1976 through 2000, when she became the first African-American to manage a presidential campaign. Monday, October 10, 2016 7:00 pm College Avenue Gym 130 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ General admission FREE - RSVP required Register here! |
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| Co-sponsored by the Eagleton Institute of Politics and its Center for American Women and Politics |
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A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign
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Larson holds the Hugh and Hazel Darling Chair in Law and is university professor of history at Pepperdine University. He will be discussing his book
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The 2016-2017 Albert W. Lewitt Endowed Lecture The White House-Capitol Connection: An Insider's ViewKatie Beirne Fallon |
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Photo Credit: The White House
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Katie Beirne Fallon served as White House director of legislative affairs under President Obama from 2013-2016. She has also served as the deputy communications director at the White House. Prior to her positions at the White House, she served as staff director of the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Center from 2011-2013, and as Senator Chuck Schumer’s legislative director from 2008-2010. She has a B.A. in government/international studies from the University of Notre Dame and master's degrees in politics from both Queens University Belfast and London School of Economics. |
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The Departments of American Studies, Political Science, and Women's and Gender Studies, the Asian American Studies Program, Ethnoracial Solidarity Reconsidered:
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Sangay Mishra is the author of Desis Divided: The Political Lives of South Asian Americans (University of Minnesota Press, 2016). He specializes in immigrant political incorporation, global immigration, and racial and ethnic politics. Before joining Drew University in 2013, he was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Lehigh University, PA. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He is currently the co-chair of Asian and Pacific American Caucus of the American Political Science Association and a member of the Committee on the Status of Asian Pacific Americans of the Western Political Science Association. He teaches courses on Race and Politics, Immigration, Public Policy and International Relations. Thursday, October 27, 2016 |
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The Eagleton Institute of Politics and the Pennsylvania/New Jersey and Pollsters on Politics: A Conversation About the 2016 Race for President and the State of Public Opinion Research |
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Join the Eagleton Institute of Politics for a panel of top national pollsters and survey researchers discussing politics and the challenges of polling in 2016. |
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| Panelists: Natalie Jackson Senior Polling Editor, The Huffington Post Scott Keeter Senior Survey Advisor, Pew Research Center Joe Lenski Co-founder and Executive Vice President, Edison Research Cliff Zukin Professor of Public Policy and Political Science Emeritus, Rutgers University Senior Survey Advisor and Senior Officer, The Pew Charitable Trusts Moderator: Ashley Koning Interim Director, Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling |
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A Day of Revolutionary Thinking Revolutions Have Consequences: |
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A Day of Revolutionary Thinking is a universitywide showcase of alumni success and scholarship marking Rutgers' 250th birthday on November 10, 2016. This culminating program of Rutgers' yearlong anniversary commemoration will connect alumni leaders, designated Rutgers 250 Fellows, with current students and faculty, crating a continuum from Rutgers' proud past to its promising future. Members of the Rutgers community can visit the 250.rutgers.edu website in mid-October to view the full schedule of speakers. |
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Eagleton's "A Day of Revolutionary Thinking" program will be a conversation with national Republican and Democratic political strategists Mike DuHaime and Maggie Moran reflecting on the results of the 2016 elections. |
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Mike DuHaime DuHaime is a partner at Mercury, a global, high-stakes public strategy firm. He recently served as the senior strategist on the Chris Christie for President campaign. In 2014, DuHaime served as the senior advisor to the Republican Governors Association where he helped oversee the committee's efforts on behalf of ten governors. In both 2009 and 2013, DuHaime was the lead strategist for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's campaign. Previously, DuHaime served as political director of the Republican National Committee and in senior positions for President George W. Bush, Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Senator John McCain. |
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Maggie Moran Moran is a managing partner at Kivvit, a leading public affairs and communication firm. In 2010, Moran served as a senior advisor on the election campaign of Andrew Cuomo for Governor of New York. She served as the New Jersey campaign manager for Vice President Al Gore in 2000 and as the director of rapid response for President Bill Clinton in 1996. Moran served as a senior advisor to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's Governor's race, managed Governor Corzine's re-election campaign in 2009, managed Corzine's coordinated campaign in 2005, directed U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg's campaign in 2002, and managed the McGreevey $25 million Coordinated Campaign in 2001. |
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The Eagleton Program on Immigration and Democracy presents Varied Voter Voices in the 2016 Election
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| An overview of how the Asian and Latino vote affected the presidential outcome, as well as an analysis of major races down the ballot. |
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Wednesday, November 30, 2016 |
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Whistlestop:
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Dickerson will be discussing his new book, Whistlestop, which details, "the stories behind the stories of the most memorable moments in American presidential campaign history." Thursday, December 8, 2016 |
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The Eagleton Alumni Committee presents Eagleton Institute Alumni Panel: Careers in Politics |
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Panel discussion featuring:
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Event Photos
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Questions
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