Shirley Ann Jackson, PhD, the 18th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will discuss the ways that institutions of higher learning can reanimate the idea of a liberal education, and redefine the leadership they offer, in order to address complex and interconnected global challenges. Jackson’s lecture is the inaugural event of the Pauline Newman ’47 Distinguished Lecture in Science, Technology, and Society. For more information, visit http://sciencetechnologyandsociety.vassar.edu/news/announcements/2014-2015/150402-shirley-ann-jackson.html.
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