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January 2020
Wednesday, January 15th
- Carleton Connects: Matt Whited on energy storage and CO2 remediation
- A chemistry professor shares the results of his innovative, student-driven research on mitigating the effects of carbon dioxide
- 12:00 pm
February 2020
Tuesday, February 18th
- Carleton Connects: Serena Zabin on The Boston Massacre: A Family History
- An American History professor shares her groundbreaking new account of this famous event.
- 2:00 pm
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December 2019
Tuesday, December 3rd
- Carleton Connects: Preventing & responding to campus sexual misconduct
- Carleton's Title IX Lead Team members discuss the College's newly expanded efforts to prevent and respond to sexual misconduct
- 12:00 pm
November 2019
Wednesday, November 6th
- Carleton Connects: Rika Anderson '06 on deep-sea hydrothermal vents
- A biology professor shares her latest research on the evolution of microbes in deep-sea vents
- 12:00 pm
October 2019
Tuesday, October 22nd
- Carleton Connects: Richard Moss '77 on science & climate change action
- A distinguished climate scientist and national policy advisor discusses new plans for integrating science and climate change adaptation
- 1:00 pm
September 2019
Friday, September 20th
- Carleton Connects: Art Rodriguez '96 on Carleton and admissions
- Carleton’s new Dean of Admissions discusses where Carleton stands in the world of admissions and his own journey through higher education.
- 10:30 am
May 2019
Monday, May 13th
- Carleton Connects: Lysne and Lewis Muth on mental health and wellness
- Two directors discuss Carleton's progress in promoting healthy minds and bodies among students, faculty, and staff.
- 12:00 pm
April 2019
Tuesday, April 16th
- Carleton Connects: Ussery, Fortin, and Ondich on the Dakota language
- Linguistics and Computer Science professors team up with students to track, analyze, and improve Dakota language education.
- 1:30 pm
March 2019
Thursday, March 21st
- Carleton Connects: Jim McCorkell '90 on improving access to college
- The founder of a hugely successful education-centered nonprofit discusses college access and success for lower-income students.
- 2:00 pm
February 2019
Tuesday, February 12th
- Carleton Connects: Connole and Ottaway on the Public Works Initiative
- Professors Kelly Connole and Susannah Ottaway discuss a program that connects Carleton and its neighbors through the arts and humanities.
- 12:00 pm
January 2019
Thursday, January 31st
- Carleton Connects: Noah Salomon on conflict in the Sudans
- Join Noah Salomon, Associate Professor of Religion, for a discussion of war and peace in the Sudans.
- 12:00 pm
December 2018
Saturday, December 15th
- Carleton Connects: Gretchen Hofmeister '85 on the new Science Center
- Join Carleton Connects and Gretchen Hofmeister '85, Assoc. Dean of the College, for an introduction and live tour of the construction site.
- 12:00 pm
November 2018
Friday, November 2nd
- Carleton Connects: Steven Schier on the Midterm Elections
- Join Carleton Connects as Steven Schier, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, discusses the upcoming midterm elections.
- 12:00 pm
October 2018
Tuesday, October 16th
- Carleton Connects: David Kelliher '86 on Public Policy and the Past
- Join Carleton Connects as we host David Kelliher '86, Director of Govt. Relations and Public Policy at the Minnesota Historical Society.
- 12:00 pm
September 2018
Thursday, September 27th
- Carleton Connects: Martha Larson on Carleton's Energy Future
- Join Carleton Connects as we host Martha Larson, Carleton's Manager of Campus Energy and Sustainability.
- 12:00 pm
May 2018
Thursday, May 17th
- Carleton Connects: Mary Stucky '77 (Round Earth Media)
- Join Carleton Connects as we host guest Mary Stucky '77, founder and executive director of Round Earth Media
- 12:00 pm
April 2018
Tuesday, April 17th
- Carleton Connects: Michael Martin '09 (RapidSOS)
- Join Carleton Connects as we host guest Michael Martin '09, founder and CEO of RapidSOS, an advanced emergency tech start-up
- 12:00 pm
March 2018
Tuesday, March 27th
- Carleton Connects: Mark McKone on the Evolution of Sex
- Carleton Connects with Mark McKone, Towsley Professor of Biology and Research Supervisor of Cowling Arboretum
- 11:00 am
January 2018
Wednesday, January 24th
- Carleton Connects: Andrew Flory on the "Motown Sound"
- Join Carleton Connects as Professor Andrew Flory, Music, shares his insights on the "Motown Sound".
- 11:00 am
December 2017
Tuesday, December 12th
- Carleton Connects: Steven Schier on The Trump Presidency
- Join Carleton Connects as Professor Steven Schier Political Science, shares his insights on the Trump Presidency.
- 12:00 pm
November 2017
Thursday, November 16th
- Carleton Connects: Dev Gupta on Social Movements
- Join Carleton Connects as Professor Devashree Gupta, Political Science, shares her insights on social movements.
- 11:00 am
October 2017
Thursday, October 5th
- Carleton Connects: Al Montero on Understanding Cuba
- Learn about the history of the Cuban Revolution, the Cuban economy and its changes, and hear his perspective on current U.S.-Cuba relations.
- 12:00 pm
May 2017
Tuesday, May 16th
- Carleton Connects: Kelly Connole on collaborating through clay
- "Clay Collaborations: How Teaching and Practice Inform One and Other"
- 12:00 pm
April 2017
Wednesday, April 26th
- Carleton Connects: Bruce Dalgaard and Sabastian Mugazambi '17
- "Entrepreneurship at Carleton, Inside and Outside the Classroom"
- 12:00 pm
March 2017
Tuesday, March 21st
- Carleton Connects: Nelson Christensen on Gravitational Waves
- "Observing the universe with gravitational waves: from black holes to the Big Bang"
- 12:00 pm
Wednesday, March 8th
- Carleton Connects: David Tompkins on Syria
- "Syrian Refugees, the United States, & Europe"
- 12:00 pm
February 2017
Friday, February 10th
- Carleton Connects: Nathan Grawe on Entrepreneurship at Carleton
- "Entrepreneurship at Carleton"
- 12:00 pm
December 2016
Wednesday, December 7th
- Carleton Connects: Beverly Jones Heydinger '72 & Rebecca Sive '72
- "Women in Public Leadership: What difference does it make?"
- 12:00 pm
November 2016
Thursday, November 17th
- Carleton Connects: Barbara Allen on Election 2016
- "Political Science Reflections on Election 2016 with Professor Barbara Allen"
- 2:00 pm
October 2016
Thursday, October 6th
- Carleton Connects: Brian Klaas '08, Electoral Politics
- "Electoral Politics in the Post-Fact Age of Inequality"
- 12:00 pm
May 2016
Friday, May 13th
- Carleton Connects: Shaohua Guo, Asian Languages & Literatures
- “The Internet with 'Chinese Characteristics': Looking through the Cultural Lens”
- 12:00 pm
April 2016
Thursday, April 21st
- Carleton Connects: Julia Strand, Psychology
- “Why you’re a better listener than your smartphone: Context and visual cues in spoken word recognition"
- 12:00 pm
Wednesday, April 6th
- Carleton Connects: Professor Thabiti Willis, History
- "Challenging Representations of Early Twentieth-Century Black Pearl Divers Using Testimony of Enslaved East Africans & Their Descendants"
- 12:00 pm
March 2016
Tuesday, March 8th
- Carleton Connects: Presidents Steven Poskanzer & David Anderson
- "Broadening the Bridge": Carleton and St. Olaf Collaborations
- 12:00 pm
January 2016
Thursday, January 14th
- Carleton Connects: Professor Kent Freeze, Political Science
- "Migration and Attitude Change in Contemporary China"
- 12:00 pm
November 2015
Wednesday, November 18th
- Carleton Connects: Kim Betz '91, Director of the Career Center
- "Preparation for Life After Carleton"
- 1:00 pm
Thursday, November 12th
- Carleton Connects: Paul Thiboutot, VP/Dean, Admissions & Financial Aid
- Admissions & Financial Aid at Carleton: A Conversation
- 1:00 pm
Tuesday, November 3rd
- Carleton Connects: Fred Rogers '72, Vice President & Treasurer
- Carleton in Context: The Cost of Higher Education
- 1:00 pm
October 2015
Thursday, October 15th
- Carleton Connects: Professor Hicham Bou Nassif, Political Science
- Why ISIS?
- 11:00 am
May 2015
Thursday, May 14th
- Carleton Connects: Professor Liz Raleigh, Sociology/Anthropology
- Less of a Transracial Adoption: The American Color Line & the Adoption of Asian, Hispanic, and Foreign-Born Black Children
- 12:00 pm
April 2015
Wednesday, April 22nd
- Carleton Connects: Professor Nathan Grawe, Economics
- What makes a liberal arts education a springboard to success in economics
- 11:00 am
March 2015
Wednesday, March 4th
- Carleton Connects: Professor Jeff Treviño, Music
- Talking About Vibrating Air Molecules: Crash Course in Music Theory
- 11:00 am
February 2015
Tuesday, February 24th
- Carleton Connects: Scott Carpenter & Katie Ryor, French & Art History
- Carleton's Global Engagement Initiative.
- 11:00 am
December 2014
Thursday, December 4th
- Carleton Connects: Professor Serena Zabin, History
- Occupying Boston: An Intimate History of the Boston Massacre
- 11:00 am
November 2014
Tuesday, November 25th
- Carleton Connects: Professor Daniel Groll, Philosophy
- Persuasion at the bedside: what can clinicians do to help patients make decisions?
- 11:00 am
October 2014
Monday, October 20th
- Carleton Connects: Professor Greg Marfleet, Political Science
- Carleton College's Future Learning Technologies Initiative
- 12:00 pm
June 2014
Tuesday, June 3rd
- Carleton Connects: Professor David Lefkowitz '85, Studio Art
- Quasi-Fictional Places: The Nirthfolde Visitors' Bureau and Other Original Facsimiles
May 2014
Tuesday, May 6th
- Carleton Connects: Professor Joel Weisberg, Physics and Astronomy
- The Last Pictures Project: A Reflection
- 12:00 pm
April 2014
Tuesday, April 15th
- Carleton Connects: Prof. Adriana Estill, English & American Studies
- How and Why the Telenovela Haunts U.S. Primetime TV in the 21st Century
- 12:00 pm
March 2014
Tuesday, March 25th
- Carleton Connects: Professor Dave Musicant
- Carleton Connects: Professor Dave Musicant presents “Getting to the Source: Where does Wikipedia Get Its Information From?”"
- 12:00 pm
February 2014
Wednesday, February 26th
- Carleton Connects: Prof. Mikaela Schmitt-Harsh, Environmental Studies
- The Vulnerability and Resilience of Coffee Growers to Seasonal Food Insecurity
- 12:00 pm
January 2014
Tuesday, January 14th
- Carleton Connects: Prof. Annette Nierobisz, Sociology/Anthropology
- American Idle: Job Loss Among & Aging Americans
- 12:00 pm
December 2013
Tuesday, December 3rd
- Carleton Connects: Eric Hillemann, College Archivist
- Eric Hillemann, College Archivist, presents on his new book "A Beacon So Bright: The Life of Laurence McKinley Gould"
- 12:00 pm
November 2013
Tuesday, November 12th
- Carleton Connects: Professor Susannah Ottaway '89, History
- Carleton's Humanity Center
- 12:00 pm
October 2013
Tuesday, October 22nd
- Carleton Connects: Professor Neil Lutsky, Philosophy
- You Must Attend! What You Don't Know About The Milgram Experiments
- 12:00 pm
September 2013
Monday, September 16th
- Carleton Connects: Jonathan Capehart '89/Prof. Steven Schier, Poli Sci
- What's Wrong with Washington
- 12:00 pm
June 2013
Tuesday, June 11th
- Carleton Connects: Nancy Braker '81, Dir. of Cowling Arboretum
- The Cowling Arboretum in 2013--Not the Arb you remember!
- 12:00 pm
May 2013
Thursday, May 2nd
- Carleton Connects: Professor Andrew Flory, Music
- The Motown Sound
- 12:00 pm
March 2013
Thursday, March 7th
- Carleton Connects: Professor Bill North, History
- Uncharted Waters or a Remembrance of Things Past? Medieval Perspectives on Papal Abdication
- 12:00 pm
February 2013
Saturday, February 16th
- Carleton Connects: Bruce Whitehouse '93 & Prof. Cherif Keita, French
- Mali's Trajectory from Donor Darling to Failed State
- 12:00 pm
January 2013
Wednesday, January 30th
- Carleton Connects: Professor Devashree Gupta & Ed Bice '88, Poli Sci
- Prof. Devashree Gupta & Ed Bice '88 present "Meet Me At the Corner of Facebook and Twitter: Social Movements and Protest in the Digital Era"
- 12:00 pm
December 2012
Thursday, December 13th
- Carleton Connects: Professor Cindy Blaha, Physics & Astronomy
- Visual Astronomy: There's More Than Meets The Eye
- 12:00 pm
November 2012
Thursday, November 15th
- Carleton Connects: Fred Rogers '72, Vice President & Treasurer
- Vice President and Treasurer Fred Rogers '72 presents "Carleton in Context: The Costs of Higher Education"
October 2012
Wednesday, October 24th
- Carleton Connects: John Harris '85 & Prof. Steven Schier, Poli Sci
- The 2012 Presidential Election: What's Happening and Why
- 12:00 pm
September 2012
Tuesday, September 18th
- Carleton Connects: Professor Susan Jaret McKinstry, English
- What is VIZ? Visualizing the Liberal Arts (VIZ) at Carleton
- 11:00 am
May 2012
Wednesday, May 16th
- Carleton Connects: Professor Seth Greenberg, Psychology
- Let's Face It: Not all Faces Are Treated Equally
April 2012
Wednesday, April 18th
- Carleton Connects: Professor David Liben-Nowell, Computer Science
- Tie game: Making connections with social networks
- 12:00 pm
January 2012
Thursday, January 19th
- Carleton Connects: Professor Roy Grow, Political Science
- North Korea and Iran: The 'Axis of Evil' and American Foreign Policy
- 12:00 pm
October 2011
Thursday, October 13th
- Carleton Connects: The Weitz Center for Creativity
- Director of the Arts Steve Richardson, Professor Greg Marfleet, and Professor Ruth Weiner will discuss their plans and reactions to the newly opened Weitz Center for Creativity.
- 11:00 am
May 2011
Monday, May 16th
- Carleton Connects: Eric Hillemann, College Archivist
- Traditions at Carleton
- 11:00 am
April 2011
Thursday, April 7th
- Carleton Connects: Professor Michael Hemesath, Economics
- European Budget Challenges: America's Future?
- 11:00 am
February 2011
Thursday, February 17th
- Carleton Connects: Professor Roy Grow, Political Science
- When (If) China Rules the World...What China's rise means for both the American economy and American foreign policy
- 12:00 pm
