CEU President and Rector John Shattuck cordially invites you to A LECTURE BY LEE BOLLINGER PRESIDENT, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 5:00 P.M. | POPPER ROOM Columbia has laid claim to being among the most—if not the most—international of universities for many decades now. That is reflected in the unsurpassed number and quality of its regional institutes and the breadth and depth of international inquiry there. Now that inquiry is being elevated and energized by the existence of a network of Columbia Global Centers stretching across the globe—which are enriching Columbia’s scholarship and research in ways that are still not fully known but undoubtedly will be of enormous significance to the University in years to come. Among the opportunities provided by the Columbia Global Center network is the ability to explore firsthand the contrasting approaches adopted by different nations to the political and economic challenges of our modern, global society. In recent years, the University also has launched several other major global initiatives to respond to and explore the ever changing and interconnected world. President Bollinger will discuss these complex and important issues as well as other matters of current interest to global universities. Lee Bollinger became Columbia University’s nineteenth president in 2002 and is the longest serving Ivy League president. President Bollinger is Columbia’s first Seth Low Professor of the University, a member of the Columbia Law School faculty, and one of the country’s foremost First Amendment scholars. As Columbia’s president, Bollinger led the largest capital campaign in Ivy League history, exceeding initial projections and raising more than $6 billion in seven years. He initiated Columbia’s most ambitious expansion in over a century, spearheading the development of the University’s Manhattanville campus in a former industrial zone in West Harlem. Formerly, as President of the University of Michigan (November 1996-2002), Bollinger led the school’s historic litigation in Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger, Supreme Court decisions that upheld and clarified the importance of diversity as a compelling justification for affirmative action in higher education. Professor Bollinger speaks and writes frequently about the value of racial, cultural, and socio-economic diversity to American society. His most recent book, Uninhibited, Robust, and Wide-Open: A Free Press for a New Century, has placed Bollinger at the center of public discussion about the importance of global free speech to continued social progress. |RECEPTION TO FOLLOW | RSVP to [email protected] by November 5 .