Matt Bai writes on national politics for the New York Times Magazine, where he is currently covering the 2008 presidential campaign. He is the author of The Argument: Billionaires, Bloggers, and the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics.
Past Events
October 27, 2008
Tufts University Campus | Pearson Hall, Room 104 | 7:30 pm-9:00 pm
October 20, 2008
Tufts University Campus | Crane Room | 7:30 pm-9:00 pm
URBANIZATION AND CONSTRUCTION IN ETHIOPIA - Challenges Facing the World’s Least Urbanized Country
with
Dr. Abebe Dinku
Dean of the Faculty of Technology Addis Ababa University
and
Dr. Heyaw Tereffe
Associate Dean of the Faculty of Technology,coordinating the Departments of Architectural Design and of Urban Planning
September 22, 2008
Alumnae Lounge | Aidekman Arts Center | Tufts University Campus | 7:30 pm-7:30 pm
The Honorable Martti Ahtisaari, Former President of Finland and Founder of the Crisis Management Initiative
“The Leadership Challenges of Public and Private Diplomacy”
Monday, September 22, 7:30pm
Alumnae Lounge, Aidekman Arts Center
September 12, 2008
Hurricane Island Maine | (All day)-(All day)
What better way to begin EPIIC's "intellectual outward bound" then to immerse the students in an actual adventure weekend that melds physical and mental challenges?
March 4, 2008
Cabot Auditorium | Tufts Unversity Campus | (All day)-(All day)
Mirembe Kawomera Coffee began with one man’s dream.
February 6, 2008
Barnum Hall | Tufts University Campus | (All day)-(All day)
ASHRAF GHANI: Former Finance Minister, Afghanistan; Member, Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, UNDP; Chairman, Institute for State Effectiveness
Play an mp3 of the lecture (1 hr. 19 min. AshrafGhani_020608.mp3 27.3 MB)
January 24, 2008
Hillel | 7:30 pm-7:30 pm
Kerri Sherlock Talbot A'96
Director of Policy and Planning | Rights Working Group
December 4, 2007
Tufts University Campus | (All day)-(All day)
The Institute provides training in nonviolence/conflict resolution widely in the state of Rhode Island, and is home to the Nonviolence Streetworkers Program in Providence. Gross is the recipient of The Institute for Global Leadership Alumni award from Tufts University, The Community Service award
October 18, 2007
Braker 001 | Tufts University Campus | 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
Matt Bai writes on national politics for the New York Times Magazine, where he is currently covering the 2008 presidential campaign. His book, “The Argument: Billionaires, Bloggers, and the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics,” was published by the Penguin Press in August 2007. Bai’s coverage of the 2004 campaign included cover stories on the Republican machine in Ohio and the
October 15, 2007
Cabot 205 | Fletcher School of Law and Diplomancy | 6:30 pm-7:30 pm
“For all the words and images we call ‘media’, precious few trained eyes see distant reality up close, and these grow fewer by the year. When reporters do warn us of a crisis, we pay scant attention. We react to effect and ignore the causes. And then, overwhelmed, we cite that old saw as a path of least resistance: You can’t worry about what you can’t change.