Spring 2019 Event Series Announced
Today the Pell Center announced the Spring 2019 event series. Tickets to Pell Center events are free and will be available about two weeks prior to the event date. Please RSVP in advance for each event on the Pell Center’s Eventbrite page, and call 401-341-2927 email [email protected] with any questions or concerns. Scroll to the bottom of this page to sign up for our email list and stay informed about when tickets become available.
Please note, most events this spring will take place at the Bazarsky Lecture Hall in the O’Hare Academic Center. The exception is our March 4 event, Pell Center Prize for Story in the Public Square, and March 25 event, Pell 100, which will take place at the Pell Center.
A Climate A(wake)ening: Responding to the 2018 IPCC Report
February 6, 2019, 7:00 p.m., Bazarsky Lecture Hall
Panelists:
Dr. Jameson Chace, Salve Regina University
Dr. Craig Condella, Salve Regina University
Dave McLaughlin, Clean Ocean Access
Richard Tegtmeier, Biology Major, Class of 2019, Salve Regina University
Eva Touhey, Clean Ocean Access
Jessica Walsh, Newport Health Equity Zone
Theodore Roosevelt and the Start of the American Century
February 20, 2019, 7:00 p.m., Bazarsky Lecture Hall
Panelists: Dr. Michael Budd, Dr. William Leeman, Dr. Timothy Neary, Dr. John Quinn, Salve Regina University, Department of History
Moderator: Jennifer McArdle, Salve Regina University
Pell Center Prize for Story in the Public Square
March 4, 2019, 7:00 p.m., Pell Center
Speaker: Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer prize-winning author and journalist
Senator Pell Centennial
March 25, 2019, 10:00 a.m., Pell Center
Panelists:
Sister Therese Antone, Chancellor, Salve Regina University (former President)
David Evans, former Staff Director, Senate Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities
Ambassador Peter Galbraith, former Professional Staff Member, Senate Comm. on Foreign Relations
Thomas Hughes, former Chief of Staff to Sen. Claiborne Pell
Wayne Miller, Pell Biographer
John Mulligan, former DC Bureau Chief Providence Journal
Karen Tramontano, former Legislative Asst. (Labor & Human Resources) to Senator Pell
Current Health Concerns in the LGBTQ+ Community
April 9, 2019, 7:00 p.m., Bazarsky Lecture Hall
Panelists:
Dr. Timothy Cavanaugh, Thundermist Community Health Center
Freeman T. Freeman, MSW/CSW/LCSW
Melissa H. Manley, Clark University
John E. McGinty Lecture in History
The Rise and Fall of Mikhail Gorbachev—and Their Lessons for the Putin Era
April 25, 2019, 6:30 p.m., Bazarsky Lecture Hall
Speaker: Dr. William Taubman, Bertrand Snell Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Amherst College