Congratulations to JAYANNI WEBSTER! Jayanni Webster is a College Scholars student from Memphis. Webster is a first-generation college student who has been a summa cum laude student for her entire undergraduate career. She served as an Ignite team leader and a member of the provost’s Student Advisory Committee. Last year, she was selected to [...]
The Bipartisan Policy Center will honor former Senators Baker and Dole for their century of service at an event in Washington, DC. Vice President Biden, Senators Reid, McConnell and others will speak at the event at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium. Speakers at the event will include Vice President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry [...]
Applications are available for incoming freshman, rising sophomores, juniors and seniors. Take a look at the different programs available by clicking on the STUDENT ENGAGEMENT tab to review each of the opportunities: Baker Scholars, Baker Ambassadors and the Baker Center Living and Learning Community.
The attached is a report from the EU-US Summit on Science, Technology & Sustainable Economic Growth held in Brussels this past fall. The Baker Center was one of the sponsors and participated in the report. Minutes-EU-US summit-29-9-2011 (2) (2)
Nick Hanley will run through the main ways in which economists attempt to measure the dollar value of biodiversity. This mostly turns out to be an attempt to measure the value of changes in species populations and habitat. He will review why such estimates are desirable, and how they might be used, and consider examples [...]
Come join the discussion as the SGA’s Government Affairs Committee and the Baker Center Ambassadors work to spread the word about the University’s Top 25 Initiative and how students can take part in the process of making campus a more civil environment. November 8 - Discussion on Civility 5 PM in the Toyota Auditorium @ the Baker [...]
POLS 410, Sec. 003 CRN 28474 – UT students – register today! The Trinity test of an atomic bomb at Alamogordo, New Mexico in 1945 signaled simultaneously mankind’s hope for unlimited power to drive civilization into the future, but also the fear of unleashing a weapon that could extinguish in a few minutes all the [...]
UT’s own John Nolt, professor of Philosophy, led a discussion with faculty, students and the community on global climate change and everyone’s part in this problem. This talk was the third in the series, presented by the Howard Baker Center’s Interdisciplinary Group on Energy and Environmental Policy, with faculty from several colleges. You can listen to [...]
Join Ambassador Linton Brooks for informal discussion on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 11 am- 1 pm in the Toyota Auditorium. Ambassador Linton Brooks will share his perspectives on nuclear challenges of the 21st Century with students at the Baker Center. Ambassador Brooks has over five decades of experience in national security, much of it associated [...]