Stanford in Government
Policy Events at Stanford (PEAS)
Stanford in Government's Policy Events at Stanford (PEAS) is a weekly digest of policy-relevant events happening around campus. We hope to provide a centralized place for students and friends of SIG to find out about upcoming speaker events, seminars, lectures and discussions of interest to a broad audience of politically motivated students. We search through websites to find the most interesting events for you to attend, but if you would like us to advertise an event, please fill out the form in full at the bottom of this email.
This Week (November 16-20):
Voter Funded Media: Governance Reform for Corporations and Democracies
Mark Latham – Director of VoterMedia.org and Proxy Democracy
Monday 16 November
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Stanford Law School, Room 90
The Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance presents a luncheon lecture with Mark Latham, Director of VoterMedia.org and Proxy Democracy.
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Website: http://www.law.stanford.edu/calendar/details/3485/Voter%20Funded%20Media%3A%20Governance%20Reform%20for%20Corporations%20and%20Democracies%20-%20A%20Rock%20Center%20Lunch%20with%20Mark%20Latham/
The Credit Crisis: Its roots and aftermath
Tom Russo, Former Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer of Lehman Brothers
Monday 16 November
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Stanford Law School, 280A
The Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance presents a student lecture with Thomas A. Russo, Former Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. Mr. Russo now serves as Senior Counsel at Patton Boggs LLP. He will be discussing "The Credit Crisis: Its Roots and Aftermath."
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Website: http://www.law.stanford.edu/calendar/details/3445/%22The%20Credit%20Crisis%3A%20Its%20Roots%20and%20Aftermath%22%20with%20Tom%20Russo%2C%20Former%20Vice%20Chairman%20and%20Chief%20Legal%20Officer%20of%20Lehman%20Brothers%20Holdings%2C%20Inc.%20/
California’s Catalyst for Change
Kamala Harris
Tuesday 17 November
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Henry and Monique Brandon Family Community Room at the Black Community Services Centre
Ms. Harris has been in public service for nearly twenty years and was elected as the first woman District Attorney in San Francisco's history, and as the first African American woman District Attorney in California. Featured on Oprah as one of "America's Most Powerful Women" and named by The New York Times as one of 17 women most likely to become the first female president of the United States, Kamala represents a new generation of progressive leadership both here in California and nationwide.
Free admission for all, RSVP required
http://bit.ly/stanfordkamalaharris
http://newassu.stanford.edu/studentevents/events/3/366
Leadership in Heath Disparities
Wednesday 18 November
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Medical School Office Building, Room x393
Several speakers will present on social justice and heath policy topics
No RSVP
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Website: http://med.stanford.edu/seminars/eventDetails.do?semid=37725
Solar Energy at Scale: Materials, Environmental, and Energy Impact
John Benner, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Wednesday 18 November
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM
Building 420 – Room 40
No RSVP
This talk will provide a status report on the growth of the solar cell industry in the US and will explore the anticipated barriers to sustained growth that it will face as it matures.
How Happy are the Germans Twenty Years after the Fall of the Wall?
Wednesday 18 November
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Levinthal Hall, the Stanford Humanities Centre
Peter Schneider, author of "The Wall Jumper" will be here to talk about the humanistic state of German society after the fall of Communism
No RSVP
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Website: http://ica.stanford.edu/events/evening_lecture_by_peter_schneider
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