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-11 posts tagged "Ten Years Hence"
Luciana Thomas | Monday, April 19, 2021
The Mendoza College of Business hosted Freedom House research director Sarah Cook for a lecture about disinformation in China Friday. This lecture was part of the Ten Years Hence webinar series that began in 2002 to explore issues and ideas that were likely to affect the world over the next decade. Cook’s lecture, “Disinformation, China,
Maggie Klaers | Monday, March 15, 2021
Between the 2016 election and the events at the Capitol on Jan. 6, the United States has faced growing concerns over foreign manipulation of elections. Suzanne Spaulding, a senior advisor in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said this involvement is a tool in the “Kremlin playbook,” a ploy to damage a nation’s trust in
Christopher Parker | Monday, February 15, 2021
What do journalists do when the details of an event aren’t quite adding up? At The New York Times, they often turn to Malachy Browne. Browne spoke to Notre Dame professor James O’Rourke over Zoom as part of the Ten Years Hence lecture series on Friday. He works with a team of investigators and computer
J.P. Gschwind | Monday, February 22, 2016
Entrepreneurship in the modern economy has fundamentally changed the business models of traditional corporate giants like General Electric (GE), according to Viv Goldstein, the Global Director of Innovation Acceleration at GE. Goldstein gave a talk in the Jordan Auditorium of the Mendoza College of Business on Friday morning. The lecture was part of the Ten
Jeremy Cappello Lee | Monday, April 27, 2015
Anthony Jowid, COO and a Principal of Allied Argenta, spoke Friday on the future of affordable housing in the U.S., in the final installment of the Ten Years Hence speaker series sponsored by the O’Brien-Smith Leadership Program. Jowid said Allied Argenta, a real estate development company which acquires, renovates and manages apartments throughout the western
Jeremy Cappello Lee | Monday, April 20, 2015
In the sixth installment of the Ten Years Hence speaker series, Jozef Henriquez, Notre Dame alumnus and head of syndications at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), gave a lecture on impact investing Friday in the Jordan Auditorium of the Mendoza College of Business. “More people are talking about impact investing, and there is one thing
Gabriela Malespin | Sunday, February 22, 2015
Immaculata Law Firm and Julius Capital founder Michael Schierl, a leader in the Catholic financial community, presented his vision for an ambitious Catholic financial system and community on Friday at the Mendoza College of Business. As part of Mendoza’s Ten Years Hence lecture series, Schierl’s lecture focused on his plans and vision to create a self-funded Catholic
Clare Kossler | Sunday, February 15, 2015
Sr. Helen Alford, economics professor at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, discussed how Catholic Social Tradition (CST) and impact investing mutually benefit one another as a result of interdisciplinary dialogue during the latest installment of the “Ten Years Hence” lecture series Friday in the Mendoza College of Business. “Impact investing has something to offer
Charlie Ducey | Sunday, April 6, 2014
In the latest installment of the “Ten Years Hence” speaker series, which asks speakers to analyze an issue’s effect on business and politics in the next decade, Professor Shibley Telhami from the University of Maryland discussed the shift in Arab identity. The lecture, titled “The World Through Arab Eyes,” took place Friday at the Mendoza
Jessica Merdes | Sunday, March 23, 2014
John Gordon, vice president of marketing and strategy at IBM’s Watson Solutions Divisions said the question at IBM right now is: how do we start applying technology to solve problems, creating something meaningful that would have an impact on people’s lives? Gordon spoke Friday in Jordan Auditorium at the Mendoza College of Business as part