Forums That Matter Archive
This Archive contains information and available recordings for Forums since January 1, 2020.
All Forums since January 1, 2017 have been recorded and most are available on our YouTube page.
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Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Speaker: Dr. Po-Hao (Howard) Chen, MD, MBA, Vice Chair of Artificial Intelligence for the Diagnostics Institute and Medical Director for Enterprise Radiology Informatics at the Cleveland Clinic What We Gain, What We ... Learn More
Belief and the Ballot
Speaker: Joseph White, CWRU Political Science Professor and Director, Public Policy andGraduate Studies How Religion Shapes U.S. Politics Religious affiliation profoundly shapes American politics, influencing not only how people vote ... Learn More
Property Tax Debate in Ohio
Speaker: Zach Schiller, Research Director, Ohio Policy Matters How Can/Should We Pay for What We Need? Ohioans’ frustration over rising property taxes is driving a wave of legislative and constitutional ... Learn More
The Divided States of America
Speaker: Earl Leiken, Senior Fellow, Levin College of Public Affairs & Education,CSU and Lecturer, Siegal College of Lifetime Learning, CWRU; former Mayor,Shaker Heights How Did We Get This Way? Why ... Learn More
Confronting Authoritarianism
Speaker: Cherie Strachan, PhD, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics History shows a familiar pattern: regimes weaken the press, universities and ... Learn More
Does the Great Replacement Theory Underlie Current Policies?
Speaker: Marvin McMickle, Pastor Emeritus, Antioch Baptist Church of Cleveland; Professor Emeritus, Ashland Theological Seminary Adherents of the Great Replacement Theory—the belief that there is a deliberate effort to replace ... Learn More
Tariffs: Who Should Decide? Who Pays?
Speaker: Jonathan Ernest, Assistant Professor of Economics, Weatherhead School of Management, CWRU Do current issues of national security and foreign competition merit tariffs? In 1962 and 1974, Congress delegated to ... Learn More
Power by Pen: 160+ Executive Orders
Speaker: Avidan Cover JD, Law Professor, CWRU; Director, Institute for Global Security Law and Policy Since its founding, the country has been divided on the question of Presidential power. Although ... Learn More
100 Days In: A Town Hall on the Trump Administration
Moderators: Laurie Albright and Mark Weber, Activists Many Americans foresaw a catastrophic collapse of a lawfully governing democracy under a Trump administration, while a slightly larger percentage anticipated a golden ... Learn More
Route to a Cleaner Energy Ohio
Speaker: Grant Goodrich, Executive Director, CWRU Great Lakes Energy Institute will provide an overview of the state of clean energy in Ohio, and discuss innovative technologies and strategies that are creating ... Learn More
