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Compelling Perspectives

Arianna Huffington and Steve Wozniak to Share Views on AI in 2025-26 Compelling Perspectives Series

The series enters its third year as a forum for civil discourse on issues of societal importance.

Thomas Friedman

Thomas Friedman Explores Global Challenges and Optimism in Kenner Lecture

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist discusses interconnected ecosystems, geopolitics and the power of resilience at Feb. 25 event.

Lehigh University presents Compelling Perspectives featuring V Spehar

Digital Journalist and Award-Winning Podcaster V Spehar Discusses Navigating Nontraditional Media, TikTok Ban at Compelling Perspectives

The host of @underthedesknews and the podcast “V Interesting” spoke about their experience breaking into nontraditional media and what it means to be a journalist.

Marty Baron

Marty Baron Announced as Second Speaker in Lehigh’s Compelling Perspectives Series

The former editor of The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and Miami Herald, and former senior editor at The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times, will speak about the role of media in contemporary society.

Katie Couric on Today Show

Veteran Journalist Katie Couric to Kick Off 2024-2025 Compelling Perspectives Series

This year’s Compelling Perspectives theme will focus on the role of media in contemporary society.

David Brooks

New York Times Columnist David Brooks: ‘Democracy is Conversation’

Lehigh’s Center for Ethics hosts Brooks, who is also an author and PBS NewsHour commentator, for its 2024 Hagerman lecture

Liz Cheney chats with Mary Anne Madeira

Liz Cheney: ‘We Can't Survive a President who Goes to War With the Constitution’

The outspoken Trump critic and former U.S. Representative delivers the Kenner Lecture on Cultural Understanding in talk titled ‘Defending Democracy.’

Liz Cheney

Liz Cheney to Deliver 2024 Kenner Lecture

The former U.S. Rep will present ‘Defending Democracy: A Conversation with Liz Cheney.’

Anne Applebaum talks with students

Applebaum: The Belief That Things Can Get Better is Key to Making Them Better

The Pulitzer-Prize winner delivered the Kenner Lecture titled ‘Disinformation and the Threat to Democratic Institutions.’

Anne Applebaum

Anne Applebaum to Deliver 2023 Kenner Lecture

The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, journalist and speaker will present ‘Disinformation and the Threat to Democratic Institutions.’