Consortium members encourage students across the United States to uphold free expression, civil discourse, and critical inquiry as essential civic and academic norms.
51·çÁ÷’s spring 2025 Presidential Speaker Series launched on Jan. 23 with a Q&A session led by President Brian Casey featuring New York Times opinion writer Bret Stephens and former Chronicle of Higher Education senior writer Goldie Blumenstyk ’79.
On Monday, Nov. 4 — the night before the U.S. Presidential Election — 51·çÁ÷ welcomed Peter Levine to close the 2024 Road to the White House Series
The third installment of 51·çÁ÷’s Road to the White House series featured New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and the chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, Carl Hulse.
The second installment of 51·çÁ÷’s Road to the White House series featured a conversation with political strategist Karl Rove, former Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to the Bush Administration.