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2006-2007 Academic Year

Speakers

jetBlue CEO Comments on Airline's Valentines Day Weekend Customer Service Issues (MP3 36.7MB)

On Friday, March 30, 2007, jetBlue CEO David Neeleman visited campus and shared his thoughts on his airline's recent customer service issues during a Valentines' Day weekend ice storm in New York.

Power Speaks on Collateral Damage From Iraq at Leopold Lecture (MP3 45.3MB)

The 17th annual Richard W. Leopold Lecture brought Pulitzer Prize winning author and Harvard professor Samantha Power to campus on Monday, November 13, 2006. During the lecture, Power spoke about collateral damage from United States involvement in Iraq, including damage to U.S. foreign policy initiatives elsewhere.

"The Nation" Publisher Emeritus Delivers Crain Lecture at Medill (MP3 13.4MB)

Victor Navasky, publisher emeritus of "The Nation" and professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, was on campus Monday, November 7, 2006 to talk to students and members of the community as part of the Crain Lecture Series. In this clip of Navasky's remarks, he talks about his experience while at "The Nation"

Durbin Applaudes Work to Assess Hispanic Health Risk Factors, Health Needs in Chicago. (MP3 6.1MB)

Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine is the recipient of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) $9.6 million dollar, 6 1/2-year contract to participate in the largest study of health and disease in Hispanic/Latino populations living in the United States. Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) was on hand at a press conference to announce the contract and made a few brief remarks to those assembled.

Noted Chicago Tribune Reporter Speaks on Darfur (MP3 5.5MB)

Chicago Tribune reporter Paul Salopek recently returned home to the United States after being cleared of espionage charges in the Sudan that were releated to his work on a story for National Geographic. Salopek has extensively covered the conflict in Darfur and the Congo, and he shared his thoughts on the region with a recent symposium at the Northwestern University School of Law.

Award-winning Journalist Discusses Stability in the Middle East (MP3 48.5MB)

Stephen Kinzer, a former New York Times reporter and current lecturer in the Northwestern University Department of Political Science, deliveres one of the 2006 Roberta Buffett Lectures in Interinational Studies. He talks about relations between Turkey, Iran, and the United States.

Nobel Laureate Addresses Globalization (MP3 38.7MB)

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stigliz was on campus on Thursday, September 28, 2006 to address students and others in an lecture entitled, "Making Globalization Work." In addition to his Nobel Prize-winning work, Stiglitz was chair of President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors in the 1990s. He currently is a professor of economics at Columbia University in New York City.

NU Political Scientist Discusses Constitution (MP3 48.2MB)

As part of legislation passed in 2005, institutions of higher learning that receive federal funding are required to make educational opportunities related to the U.S. Constitution available on or as close as possible to September 17 in celebration of Constitution Day. Kenneth Janda, professor emeritus of political science, delivered this year's Constitution Day Lecture at Northwestern.

Obama Challenges Class of 2006 (MP3 21.9MB)

Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) was on campus on June 16, 2006 to speak to Northwestern University's Class of 2006 as part of the University's Commencement.