In keeping with its mission to promote political awareness on campus, SIG sponsors various panels and lectures with campus experts on topics that are hotly debated in the public arena. For a full list of past and future events, please visit our News/Events page. Prominent examples from this year include:
Lecture: Valentino Deng – Crisis in Sudan (4.9.2007)
The subject of Dave Eggers' acclaimed What Is the What shares his story, and speaks out on the crises that have afflicted his native Sudan.
Panel: Climate Change – Science, Impacts and Solutions (2.26.2007)
What do we know about the science of climate change and what does it mean for the future of our planet? How are we going to address one of the most pressing global issues of our time? Leading experts Professor Stephen Schneider, Dr. Mike Mastrandrea, and Professor Thomas Heller discussed these issues during a SIG panel discussion on climate change.
Lecture: Ralph Nader (2.14.2007)
Ralph Nader, former Presidential Candidate and long-standing public activist, spoke at Kresge Auditorium for an event that was co-sponsored by SIG, the ASSU Speakers Bureau, and the Stanford Chapter of the American Constitution Society.
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Panel: Iran – Looking For Answers (12.4.2006)
Michael McFaul, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Abbas Milani, Director of the Iranian Studies Program and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, discussed foreign relations with Iran during an event sponsored by SIG’s Campus Awareness committee. The panel was be moderated by Robert Crews, Professor of History.