SPRING 2014 BAKER CENTER PUBLIC EVENTS

All events are in the Toyota Auditorium at the Baker Center, unless noted otherwise.

Webinar: The Promise of Universities in School Reform BAKER CAFÉ JANUARY 31, 3:00 PM Held in the Baker Center Reading Room Bob Kronick, professor and director of Universtiy Assisted Community Schools will discuss his work and lead a follow-up JANUARY 29, 10:00 AM discussion. Matt Murray, professor of

economics & Baker Center Film: Inequality for All director, “The Economy & FEBRUARY 17, 6:30 PM Public Policy.” MURRAY Watch this award-winning film with former Labor Secretary Robert Reich as he explores FEBRUARY 25, 2:00 PM the widening economic gap in the United States. Charles Sims, research Hosted by the with support from UT Econ Club professor of economics, “The UT Libraries and the College of Law. Environment & Policy Issues.”

SIMS Federal Budget Simulation: MARCH 27, 9:30 AM Principles & Priorities David Greene, research FEBRUARY 19, 5:15 PM professor of economics & Baker A federal budget negotiation simulation, Fellow, “Transportation Issues in designed by the Concord Coalition, will provide Public Policy.” GREENE a better sense of the forces which impact fiscal policy decisions. Hosted by the UT Econ Club with support from the College of Law. APRIL 21, 1:30 PM Joe Stainback, research associate professor of nuclear engineering, “Global Security & Policy.” STAINBACK Ashe Lecture Ambassador Cameron Munter MARCH 5, 5:30 PM The Art of the Watchdog MARCH 27, 5:30 PM Beyond 2014: American Relations with Pakistan David Eichenthal will discuss his new book of the Ambassador Munter (Pakistan, 2010–12, same name about the role of watchdogs in improving 2007–09) is a career diplomat with additional efficiency and effectiveness in government and service in Iraq, the , and Poland. increasing public confidence. Eichenthal is a director Presently, he serves as a professor of international with Public Financial Management in Chattanooga. relations at . Book signing to follow.

Empowering Women & Sports Diplomacy Panel APRIL 3 Evan Ryan, assistant secretary, Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs. Will feature a panel of coaches and students from the Republic of Baker Forum on Energy and Korea, Turkey, Lebanon, Argentina, Kazakhstan, the Environment SPONSORED BY and Nigeria, as well as the UT Center for Sport, Peace & Society and the US State Department.

THURSDAYS, 3:30–5:00 PM

JANUARY 30 Distinguished Global Elena Bennett, Natural Resource Security Lecture Sciences (McGill University) APRIL 21, 5:30 PM Iran: Defender or Disrupter of BENNETT FEBRUARY 27 Regional Security? Haleh Esfandiari, director, Middle Rob McDonald, Urban East Program, Woodrow Wilson Sustainability (The Nature International Center Conservancy) for Scholars. MCDONALD MARCH 13 EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Christina Prell, Sociology (University of , Maryland Population Research Center) PRELL For additional information and APRIL 10 updates about these special events, Sheila Olmstead, Public Affairs visit bakercenter.utk.edu. (University of Texas at Austin)

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