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Climate Suffering: Responding to the Human Experience - Paul Wapner
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - No matter how much we try to mitigate and adapt to climate change, there will still be unprecedented amounts of human suffering. This talk explores how people on the front lines of climate change are making sense of their experience, the choices societies face for enduring climate hardship, and how we can respond to climate suffering. Paul Wapner is Professor of Global Environmental Politics at the American University. He is the author of Living Through the End of Nature and Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics, winner of the Harold and Margaret Sprout Award for the best book on international environmental affairs. Paul Wapner earned graduate degrees from Princeton University and the University of Chicago. The 2012-13 Helen LeBaron Hilton Chair in Human Sciences.

Solving the Energy and Climate Change Challenge - Secretary of Energy Steven Chu
4:00 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Secretary of Energy Steven Chu is a distinguished scientist and co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics. Prior to his appointment, Dr. Chu was the director of the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, where he led the lab in pursuit of alternative and renewable energy technologies. He also taught at the University of California as a professor of physics and molecular and cell biology.

Ambassadors: Fifty Years of French-German Friendship - Ambassadors Francois M. Delattre & Peter Ammon
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Francois M. Delattre was appointed Ambassador of France to the United States in February 2011 after serving as Ambassador of France to Canada (2008-11), Consul General in New York and Press and Communications Director at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C. Delattre served at the French Embassy in Germany in 1989-1991, where he was in charge of matters pertaining to the economic impact of Germany's unification and the environment. Peter Ammon has served as ambassador of Germany to the United States since 2011. Prior to this posting, he served as state secretary at the Federal Foreign Office. From 2007 to 2008, he served as ambassador to France, having served previously as a career diplomat in London, Daker, and New Delhi. He also served as director general for Economics at the Federal Foreign Office, economic minister at the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., and head of policy planning and speech writer to the German president. Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science and part of the World Affairs Series.

How New Campaign Styles Win Elections - Ryan Lizza and Sasha Issenberg
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Ryan Lizza is The New Yorker magazine's Washington correspondent and a CNN contributor. He joined The New Yorker after working at The New Republic, where he was a political correspondent from 1998 to 2007, covering the White House and Presidential politics. Sasha Issenberg is a political journalist for Slate.com and author of The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns. He covered the 2008 presidential campaign for the Boston Globe as a national political reporter. Part of the Harkin Institute of Public Policy's Symposium on Social Science, Presidential Campaigns, and Political Reporting

Did Obama's Campaign Win Him the Election? John Sides & Lynn Vavreck
2:30 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - John Sides is an associate professor of political science at George Washington University and blogger at The Monkey Cage. Lynn Vavreck is an associate professor of political science at UCLA and author of The Message Matters. Part of the Harkin Institute of Public Policy's Symposium on Social Science, Presidential Campaigns, and Political Reporting.

Did the 2012 Ground Game Matter? - Seth Masket
1:00 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Seth Masket, an associate professor of political science at the University of Denver, author of No Middle Ground, and a regular political blogger. Part of the Harkin Institute of Public Policy's Symposium on Social Science, Presidential Campaigns, and Political Reporting

What We Don't Know about Campaign Mobilization - Scott McClurg
11:00 AM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Scott McClurg, an associate professor of political science at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Part of the Harkin Institute of Public Policy's Symposium on Social Science, Presidential Campaigns, and Political Reporting.

Experiments in Messaging: Insights from Psychology - Joanne Miller
9:30 AM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Joanne Miller, an associate professor at the University of Minnesota and expert on survey methodology with the Humphrey Institute. Part of the Harkin Institute of Public Policy's Symposium on Social Science, Presidential Campaigns, and Political Reporting.

Social Science, Presidential Campaigns and Political Reporting - A Symposium
9:00 AM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - The Harkin Institute of Public Policy will bring together scholars for this day-long symposium focused on the 2012 elections. Why did the elections go the way they did and what do they mean for public policy in the future? Participants include: John Sides, an associate professor of political science at George Washington University and blogger at The Monkey Cage; Lynn Vavreck, an associate professor of political science at UCLA and author of The Message Matters; Joanne Miller, an associate professor at the University of Minnesota and expert on survey methodology with the Humphrey Institute; Scott McClurg, an associate professor of political science at Southern Illinois University Carbondale; and Seth Masket, an associate professor of political science at the University of Denver, author of No Middle Ground, and a regular political blogger.

Race, Racism and Race Relations in America - Michael Eric Dyson
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Michael Eric Dyson is one of our nation's most influential scholars, cultural critics and public intellectuals. His work bridges a generational gap among Americans, connecting civil rights identity to hip-hop culture. Dyson took a unique path in life, from welfare father to church pastor to Princeton PhD. Currently a professor of sociology at Georgetown University, he is an American Book Award recipient and two-time NAACP Image Award winner. Dyson is the author of sixteen books, including Holler if You Hear Me; Is Bill Cosby Right? and I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King Jr. His most recent book is April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America. Part of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Legacy Series.