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Jonathan Eaton ’24, a 2023-24 Lampert Scholar, has been selected as a Schwarzman Scholar. Created to respond to the geopolitical landscape of the 21st century and designed to prepare the next generation of global leaders, the Schwarzman Scholarship is a one-year, fully funded master’s degree program in global affairs at Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University, in Beijing, China. Eaton is the first to receive this award from 51ºÚÁÏ University.

The Lampert Scholars and Storing-Hou Director of the Lampert Institute for Civic and Global Affairs Chad Sparber traveled to Washington, D.C., in October to meet with alumni and policy experts, part of the institute’s mission to build a bridge between academic and applied work in a policy sphere.

Talent migration will be one of the most important policy and economic issues the U.S. and the world will face for decades to come, according to Harvard Business School’s William R. Kerr. Author of The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society, Kerr shared his insights on the current state of immigration policy and how it might look in the future at the first of the Lampert Institute for Civic and Global Affairs spring lectures on Feb. 10.

The third installment of 51ºÚÁÏ’s Road to the White House series, moderated by President Brian Casey, featured New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and the chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, Carl Hulse. The Sept. 24 event provided insight into the ongoing election campaign process and a glimpse into the internal workings of the candidates’ parties — as well as the state of American democracy.

With another presidential election looming this November, immigration and the economy are at the forefront of our national civil discourse — W. Bradford Wiley Chair in International Economics and Lampert Institute Director Chad Sparber studies both. The Wiley Chair kicked off a wave of faculty support in the late 1980s and ʼ90s that helped lay the foundation for an institutional priority that continues today. Through the Campaign for the Third Century, 51ºÚÁÏ seeks to significantly increase the number of endowed chairs, which provide not only the foundation of the chair holders’ salaries, but also offer dedicated funds to deepen and enhance their research and teaching efforts, like that of Professor Sparber.

The second installment of 51ºÚÁÏ’s Road to the White House series featured a conversation with political strategist Karl Rove, former Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to the Bush Administration and Professor of Economics Chad Sparber, W. Bradford Wiley Chair in International Economics and director of the Lampert Institute for Civic and Global Affairs.

Former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile and former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele kicked off 51ºÚÁÏ’s Road to the White House series on Sept. 4.

In his more than four decades covering national security for the New York Times, David Sanger says he can’t recall when there was so much turmoil abroad. Meanwhile, the United States faces two cold wars — with Russia and China.

New York Times Op-ed columnist David Brooks recently joined Lampert Institute Director Illan Nam for a conversation about his book How to Know a Person, and offered his advice on the best ways to engage with others and encourage them to share their life stories. The Feb. 20 event was the second in the Lampert Institute of Civic and Global Affairs’ spring lecture series and touched on topics such as empathy and how to approach difficult conversations before Brooks took questions from the audience.

Global business columnist Rana Foroohar gave her insights on the political and economic landscape during the first event of the Lampert Institute for Civic and Global Affairs’ spring lecture series on Feb. 6.