November 2016
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Brookings Mountain West presents Growth Without (Emissions) Growth: State Progress and Drift on Decoupling, a talk by Devashree Saha, Ph.D., senior policy associate & associate fellow, Metropolitan Policy, Brookings鈥Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 6:00pmLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA) - Greenspun Hall Auditorium (1st Floor)
October 2016
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Brookings Mountain West presents The Partisan Politics of the Congressional Budget Process a talk by Molly Reynolds, Ph.D., fellow, governance studies, Brookings Institution, as part of the Fall 2016 Brookings Scholar鈥Date: Tuesday, October 4, 2016 - 6:00pmLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA) - Greenspun Hall Auditorium (1st Floor)
September 2016
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Brookings Mountain West presents Access to Quality Teaching: Myths, Facts, and Potential Policy Solutions for the Future, a talk by Michael Hansen, Ph.D., senior fellow, education policy, Brookings Institution, as part鈥Date: Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 6:00pmLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA) - Greenspun Hall Auditorium (1st Floor)
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Brookings Mountain West presents Sextortion: How Big a Problem is It? a talk by Benjamin Wittes, Ph.D., senior fellow, governance studies, Brookings Institution, as part of the Fall 2016 Brookings Scholar Lecture Series鈥Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 - 6:00pmLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA) - Greenspun Hall Auditorium (1st Floor)
April 2016
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The Brookings Mountain West invites you to attend a lecture titled, Inequality, Mobility, and Cities, by Alan Berube, senior fellow and deputy director, Metropolitan Studies. Inequality may be the result of global economic鈥Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 - 6:00pmLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA) - 1st Floor Auditorium
March 2016
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Brookings Mountain West invites you to attend a lecture titled, Negotiating with Terrorists or Defeating Them: Counterinsurgency and Reconciliation Lessons from Colombia, Afghanistan, and Somalia, by Vanda Felbab-Brown,鈥Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 6:00pmLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA) - 1st Floor Auditorium
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The Brookings Mountain West invites you to attend a lecture titled, A New Economic Vision for America鈥檚 Infrastructure, by Rob Puentes, senior fellow, Metropolitan Studies. Disruptive markets and demographic, fiscal, and鈥Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 6:00pmLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA) - 1st Floor Auditorium
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The Brookings Mountain West invites you to attend a lecture titled, Reconciling the Rhetoric & Reality of Student Loan Debt, by Elizabeth Akers, fellow, Governance Studies. Student loan debt has increased over the past鈥Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 6:00pmLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA) - 1st Floor Auditorium
February 2016
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The Brookings Mountain West invites you to attend a lecture titled, The Changing Geography of Poverty & Opportunity in Nevada, by Elizabeth Kneebone, fellow, Metropolitan Studies. Today, suburbs are home to the largest鈥Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 6:00pmLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA) - 1st Floor Auditorium
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The Brookings Mountain West invites you to attend a lecture titled, France and Europe after November 13, 2015, by Philippe Le Corre, fellow, Foreign Policy. In the two and one half months after the Paris attacks, the worst鈥Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 6:00pmLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA) - 1st Floor Auditorium
October 2015
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The Brookings Mountain West invites you to attend a lecture by Joshua Meltzer titled, "Climate Change and Economic Development: Prospects for a Global Agenda." In 2015 the world will agree on a set of post-2015 sustainable鈥Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 5:30pmLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA) - Greenspun Hall Auditorium; 1st Floor
September 2015
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Brookings Mountain West and the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs are pleased to announce a public lecture by Michael O'Hanlon. "The Future of Land Warfare" In my new book, "The Future of Land Warfare" (Brookings鈥Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 5:30pmLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA) - Greenspun Hall Auditorium (1st Floor)
April 2015
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Brookings Mountain West presents 鈥淧ublic Procurement: The Achilles Heel of Good Governance鈥 by Jeffrey Gutman, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development. Development aid is defined as the financial aid given by鈥Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 - 5:30pmLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA) - Auditorium
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Brookings Mountain West presents 鈥淯.S. Military Intervention and the American Presidency" a talk by Jeremy Shapiro, senior fellow, Foreign Policy. U.S. military intervention has long been among the most visible and鈥Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 5:30pmLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA) - Auditorium
March 2015
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Brookings Mountain West presents 鈥淐ommunity-Level Action and Interventions to Improve Public Health 鈥 Tobacco Control, Obesity, and Community Dynamics鈥 a talk by Ross A. Hammond, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies and Director鈥Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 5:30pmLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA) - Auditorium
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Brookings Mountain West presents 鈥淢ega-regional Free Trade Agreements 鈥 is the U.S. gambling with the Global Trading System鈥 a talk by Joshua Meltzer, Fellow, Global Economy and Development. This lecture will discuss the鈥Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 5:30pmLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA) - Auditorium
February 2015
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Brookings Mountain West presents 鈥淐limate Change, Natural Disasters, and Human Rights鈥 a talk by Elizabeth Ferris, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy. This lecture examines trends in natural disasters, the effects of climate鈥Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 5:30pmLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA) - Auditorium
November 2014
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Brookings Mountain West presents "The Unequal Pursuit of Happiness in the U.S.: Inequality in Agency, Optimism, and Access to the American Dream" a talk by Carol Graham, who is the Leo Pasvolsky Senior Fellow, Global鈥Date: Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 6:30pmLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA) - Auditorium
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Brookings Mountain West presents "Health Information Exchange: Growth and Patient Privacy" a talk by Niam Yaraghi, fellow, governance studies. Health Information Exchanges (HIE) provide the electronic movement of health-鈥Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 6:30pmLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA) - Auditorium
October 2014
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Brookings Mountain West presents "Power America's 鈥 and Nevada's 鈥 Advanced Industries: State by State, Region by Region" a talk by Mark Muro, senior fellow and policy director, Metropolitan Policy Program. With the U.S.鈥Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 6:00pmLocation: Greenspun Hall (GUA) - Auditorium