On Wednesday, April 14th, Oren Cass, the Executive Director of American Compass, explained how conservative principles could generate solutions to the 21st century’s most pressing problems at the Rockefeller Center's second Rocky Watch event of the spring term.
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On April 8, Dr. Nicholas Christakis joined the Dartmouth community for another installment of “Rocky Watch,” where he discussed the social costs of such public health crises, and his predictions for the duration and eventual conclusion of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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On the 8th of April, Arun Maganti, a member of the synchronous RLF cohort gave a presentation on leadership strategies to manage a crisis. According to Arun, there are 3 models that allow to classify a crisis. The situational crisis communication theory classifies crisis based on how they are communicated (i.e. as an accident or a predictable crisis). The response theory classifies crisis based on how leaders react to the crisis (i.e. to deny it or diminish its gravity).
[more]On March 3, Dr. Mark W. Huddleston presented the 2021 Perkins Bass Distinguished Lecture, where he shared his own findings on the trends and implications of student debt in the United States.
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On Tuesday, March 9th, Mark Shriver and Glenn Blumhorst met with Dartmouth students and community members to focus on the legacy of the Peace Corps on its 60th anniversary—and discuss what lies ahead for the organization at a time of domestic and international upheaval.
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