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Patricia Contic

Jan 24 2023

Feb. 1 // Energy Resilience in the Face of Climate Change

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: Energy and Environment Forum, Event: Upcoming Event

Jan 24 2023

Baker Center’s Global Security Program Launches New Japan Ambassador Program

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News

Jan 20 2023

The Baker Center and Institute Welcome New Employees

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News

Jan 19 2023

Spring Local Government Fellows Program

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News

Jan 12 2023

Feb. 28 // 2023 Japanese Business Roundtable

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: Co-Sponsored Events, Event: Upcoming Event

Jan 12 2023

March 1 // U.S. – Japan Strategic Alliance Series

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: Co-Sponsored Events, Event: Upcoming Event

Dec 20 2022

Am I Using my Morals as a Weapon or a Gift?

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News, podcast

Dec 19 2022

Recap: A Vision for Future Mobility in Tennessee

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News

Dec 14 2022

New Research Explains Why Information Spaces Are Rife With Misinformation

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News, Research

Dec 13 2022

Recap: Economics and Epidemiology

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News

Dec 08 2022

Advanced Manufacturing in the American South

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Publication: Energy and Environment Reports, Research

Nov 22 2022

What is the Future of Global Trade?

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News, podcast

Nov 15 2022

What is the Senate Filibuster and Why Should We Care?

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News, podcast

Nov 04 2022

China Town Hall : Local Connections, National Reflection

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: Co-Sponsored Events, Event: Recent Event

Nov 03 2022

Recap: Analyzing and Addressing Gun Violence in Knoxville – Key People, Places and Strategies

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News

Nov 03 2022

NOV 3 // Economics and Epidemiology: Beyond Dollars and Cents

Professor Bayham will highlight several insights from interdisciplinary efforts, discussing their application during the COVID-19 pandemic and suggest a path forward for research on economic epidemiology.

NOV 3 , 2022 • 1:00pm

Toyota Auditorium

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: Energy and Environment Forum, Event: Recent Event

Nov 02 2022

NOV 2 // Analyzing and Addressing Gun Violence in Knoxville: Key People, Places and Strategies

Thomas Abt returns to the Baker Center to provide an update on the work he has been doing with Knoxville to identify local sources of gun violence and develop strategies to reduce them.

NOV 2, 2022 • 5:00pm

Toyota Auditorium

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: Public Square Series, Event: Recent Event

Oct 31 2022

Valuing the Ecosystem Services Provided by Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Publication: Energy and Environment Reports, Research

Oct 28 2022

Recap: How China’s Rare Earth Monopoly is Reshaping the World

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News

Oct 28 2022

Stock Turnover and the Decarbonization of U.S. Passenger Vehicles

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Publication: Energy and Environment Reports, Research

Oct 28 2022

Baker Center Partners with City of Knoxville on Student Fellows Program

Baker Center Partners with City of Knoxville on Student Fellows Program

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News

Oct 26 2022

What Still Ails Us a Decade After the Affordable Care Act?

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News, podcast

Oct 19 2022

What Can Be Done About the Affordable Housing Crisis?

What Can Be Done About the Affordable Housing Crisis?

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: podcast

Oct 13 2022

OCT 13 // How China’s Rare Earth Monopoly is Reshaping the World

China’s early strategy of capturing a market share for production of rare earth elements now puts China in a controlling position of critical materials.

OCT 13, 2022 • 1:00pm

Toyota Auditorium

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: Energy and Environment Forum, Event: Recent Event

Oct 07 2022

OCT 27 // Vulnerability of U.S. Water Supply to Climate Change

Dr. Travis Warziniack will discuss his study on the trends in freshwater use and supply throughout the U.S. and their implications for future shortages.

OCT 27, 2022 • 1:00pm

Toyota Auditorium

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: Energy and Environment Forum, Event: Recent Event

Oct 07 2022

NOV 4 // Regeneration: Healing the Earth to End Climate Change

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: Co-Sponsored Events, Event: Recent Event

Oct 07 2022

NOV 11 // Base Politics: The Double-Edged Sword of Jacksonian Squatter Democracy

Historian John Suval will give a lecture that examines the dangers of unleashing forces that defy political control by discussing Jacksonian Squatter Democracy.

NOV 11, 2022 • 12:00pm

Toyota Auditorium

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: Recent Event

Oct 07 2022

DEC 1 // A Vision for Future Mobility for Tennessee

Kevin Heaslip will discuss the Center’s future research that will look into advancements of transportation electrification and digitization promise to revolutionize the future of mobility at a scale that will transform the movement of people and goods all over the world.

DEC 1, 2022 • 1:00pm

Toyota Auditorium

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: Energy and Environment Forum, Event: Recent Event, News

Oct 06 2022

OCT 21 // Vols Making an Impact in International Development

Learn how to build a meaningful career working for a global nonprofit from some Volunteers who came before you.

OCT 21, 2022 • 12:30 pm

Lindsay Young Auditorium

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: Co-Sponsored Events, Event: Recent Event, News

Oct 06 2022

OCT 24 // Are Our Differences of Political Opinion Still Making Us Stronger?

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan and Heidi Heitkamp have a conversation about how our institutions and communities can navigate passionate disagreements.

OCT 24, 2022 • 6:00PM

Student Union Ballroom

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: Institute of American Civics, Event: Recent Event, News

Oct 05 2022

How Important is it to Address Our National Debt?

EPISODE 4: The United States owes its debtors more than $30 trillion. To dig into how the U.S. got here and what’s at stake, the governors call on Paul Ryan, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News, podcast

Sep 28 2022

Where Do Charter Schools Fit In Public Education?

EPISODE 3: Nina Rees and Kaya Henderson join Governors Bredesen and Haslam to discuss the role that charter schools play in public education today.

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: podcast

Sep 21 2022

Kelly Morrison

Kelly Morrison

Kelly Morrison is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and a Global Security Faculty Affiliate at the Baker Center…

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: People: Faculty Fellow, People: Find an Expert, People: Global Security and Trade Expert

Sep 21 2022

Sojeong Lee

Sojeong Lee

Sojeong Lee is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow for the Global Security Program and Managing Editor for International Studies Quarterly…

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: People: Faculty Fellow, People: Find an Expert, People: Global Security and Trade Expert

Sep 21 2022

Are We Moving Fast Enough to Address Climate Change?

EPISODE 2: To talk climate change, former governors Bredesen and Haslam turned to two fellow Tennesseans: former Vice President Al Gore and Jeff Lyash, the president and CEO of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the nation’s largest public utility.

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: podcast

Sep 21 2022

OCT 3 // Energy & Environment Forum: “A Renewed Commitment to Environmental and Energy Justice”

Dr. Tony Reames: “A Renewed Commitment to Environmental and Energy Justice.”

OCT. 3, 2022 • 1:00pm

Toyota Auditorium

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: Co-Sponsored Events, Event: Energy and Environment Distinguished Lecture Series, Event: Recent Event, News

Sep 12 2022

UT’s Baker Center Launches Podcast with former Governors Bredesen and Haslam

UT’s Baker Center Launches Podcast with former Governors Bredesen and Haslam.

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News

Sep 09 2022

Listen. Learn. Lead Week’s Line – Up Announced

Listen. Learn. Lead Week’s Line-Up Announced!

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News

Sep 09 2022

Sept. 14// Leadership and Governance: Civility, Understanding and Statesmanship

Join the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy and the Bipartisan Policy Center for a candid conversation with former Govs. Phil Bredesen and Bill Haslam.

Sept. 14, 2022 • 11:45am

Bipartisan Policy Center

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: Recent Event, News

Sep 09 2022

Sept 20 // Listen. Learn. Lead. Week: “The Right to Vote” with Jeffrey Rosen

“The Right to Vote” with Jeffrey Rosen.

Sept. 20, 2022 • 5:00pm

Toyota Auditorium

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: Institute of American Civics, Event: Recent Event, News

Sep 09 2022

Sept 21 // Public Square Series: “Why Vote?” Panel Discussion with Local Leaders

“Why Vote?” Panel Discussion with Local Leaders as part of Public Square Series

Sept. 21, 2022 • 5:00pm

Toyota Auditorium

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: Institute of American Civics, Event: Public Square Series, Event: Recent Event, News

Sep 09 2022

CANCELLED Sept 23 // Listen. Learn. Lead. Week: “Calling In The Calling Out Culture” with Loretta Ross

“Calling In The Calling Out Culture” with Loretta Ross

Sept. 23, 2022 • 5:00pm

Toyota Auditorium

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: Recent Event, News

Sep 09 2022

Sept. 24 // Listen. Learn. Lead. Week: “Voter and Civic Engagement” Tailgate

“Voter and Civic Engagement” Tailgate

Sept. 24 • 11:00am

Baker Center Parking Lot

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: Recent Event, News

Sep 01 2022

Baker Center Hosts Second Event in its Constitutional Conversations Series

Baker Center Hosts Second Event in its Constitutional Conversations Series

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: Institute of American Civics, News

Aug 31 2022

Board of Fellows to the Institute of American Civics Announced

Board of Fellows to the Institute of American Civics Announced.

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News

Aug 24 2022

Tennessee vs. Florida Voter Challenge Begins

TN vs. FL Voter Challenge Begins!

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News

Aug 22 2022

Class of 2026 Takes “Vol is a Verb” Pledge

Class of 2026 Takes “Vol is a Verb” Pledge

On Monday night, August 22, the Class of 2026 came together in Thompson-Boling Arena to take the “Vol is a Verb” pledge….

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News

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Institute of American Civics

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