Fall 2001 SSF Events

October 8, 2001

Robert Provine, UMBC

Laughter: Science, Book Publishing and the Popular Media


October 11, 2001

Mark Berends, RAND Corporation

Comprehensive School Reform and Title I Reauthorization


October 16, 2001

The Annual Mullen Lecture organized by the Department of Economics.

Alice Rivlin, Brookings Institution

Reviving the Economy: What Can Policies Do?


October 25, 2001

Sheila Kirby, RAND Corporation

Minority Representation in Special Operations Forces


November 8, 2001

Webb Lecture

Frank Turner, Yale University

Why John Henry Newman Entered the Roman Catholic Church: Can We Trust the Apologia?


November 14, 2001

W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture

Samuel Yette, Former Head of the Peace Corps 

The Talented Tenth One Century Later


November 15, 2001

Wendell Primus, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Welfare Reform: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go From Here?