2009-2010 Series
2008-2009 Series
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Atkinson Lecture Series 2009-2010
Famed Novelist, Screenwriter to Visit Willamette
February 24, 2010
Irving’s first international bestseller, The World According to Garp, introduced readers to his inventive and expansive style, memorable characters and masterfully woven stories-within-stories. Garp won a National Book Award in 1980 and was made into a film starring Robin Williams that earned Academy Award nominations for John Lithgow and Glenn Close.
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CNN Journalist to Visit Willamette
October 16, 2009
Fareed Zakaria, once named one of the 21 most important people of the 21st Century, will deliver the fall Atkinson Lecture Oct. 16 at Willamette University.
Zakaria serves as editor of Newsweek International, overseeing all of Newsweek’s editions abroad. He writes a regular column for Newsweek and Newsweek International and his articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The New Republic and the webzine Slate.
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Atkinson Lecture Series 2008-2009
2008 Nobel Prize Winner to come
Lecture Friday, January 30, 2009
Paul Krugman is an economist, columnist and author. He is a professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University and a columnist for The New York Times. In 2008, Krugman won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences “for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity.”
Krugman is well known for his work in international economics, including trade theory, economic geography and international finance. The lecturer earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from Yale University in 1974 and his doctorate from MIT in 1977. From 1982–83 he worked at the Reagan White House as a staff member of the Council of Economic Advisers.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg To Visit Campus and Lecture
September 12, 2008
Willamette faculty, students and staff will have two opportunities Sept. 12 to see U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The justice will participate in the dedication of the College of Law's Oregon Civic Justice Center at 11 a.m. on Sept. 12. Located at the corner of State and Winter streets, the center is located inside the renovated Carnegie Building, Salem's first public library. The dedication will be followed by an open house, and the general public is invited to view the center and enjoy the refreshments. Justice Ginsburg will not attend the open house. Tickets are not required.