Get involved with the exciting and engaging lectures, film screenings, workshops and
symposiums happening at the Bagwell Center for the Study of Markets and Economic Opportunity
in the Coles College of Business.
Fall 2023 Lectures
Joshua Deutschmann
Date: 10/24/23
Lecture 1: “Peanuts and the economics of food safety in rural Senegal” Time: 9:30am-10:45am Location: Social Science 1021
Lecture 2: “The market for sanitation in urban Senegal” Time:11:00am-12:15pm Location: Social Science 1021
Speaker:Joshua Deutschmann, University of Chicago (co-sponsored with the Year of Senegal)
Joshua Deutschmann is an Evidence Synthesis and Research Lead at the Development Innovation Lab at the University of Chicago. He is interested broadly in development economics, industrial organization, and applied econometrics. He completed his PhD in Agricultural & Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Dr. Goldfarb, a board-certified kidney specialist, is a former Professor and Associate
Dean for Curriculum at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He has been
widely published in medical journals, as well as The Wall Street Journal.
Date: 10/16/23 Time: 11:00am-1:00pm Location: Social Science 1019
The First Amendment and the very idea of free speech are under attack in America today.
A growing number of Americans don't believe you have the right to speak your mind
if what you have to say might offend someone, somewhere. They advocate for "safe spaces"
in which people won't be offended by ideas they may find troubling. But is that what
America is about?
In NO SAFE SPACES, comedian and podcast king Adam Carolla and radio talk show host
Dennis Prager travel the country, talking to experts and advocates on the left and
right, touring college campuses, and examining their own upbringings to try to understand
what is happening in America today and what free speech in this country should look
(and sound) like.
Date: 11/6/23 Time: 1:30pm-3:15pm Location: Prillaman Hall 2204
With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United
States, Nuclear Now explores the possibility for the global community to overcome
the challenges of climate change and energy poverty to reach a brighter future through
the power of nuclear energy.
Beneath our feet, Uranium atoms in the Earth’s crust hold incredibly concentrated energy. Science unlocked this energy in the mid-20th century, first for bombs and then to power submarines. The United States led the effort to generate electricity from this new source. Yet in the mid-20th century as societies began the transition to nuclear power and away from fossil fuels, a long-term PR campaign to scare the public began, funded in part by coal and oil interests. This campaign would sow fear about harmless low-level radiation and create confusion between nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. Looking squarely at the problem, Oliver Stone shows us that knowledge is the antidote to fear, and our human ingenuity will allow us to solve the climate change crisis if we use it.
