To help you plan ahead, the following is a list of our Fall E&E 2014 events, plus a few
others. Do watch our website and Facebook for updates, plus we will remind you of events
as they get closer. As a reminder, this week we are taking application for Baker Scholars
(deadline is 9/16/14) and the Howard Baker Policy Challenge (deadline is Friday - 9/12/14)
Next week is Constitution Day - and numerous events that day! Plus continuing Voter
Registration Drive! See you next week to celebrate Constitution Day!
Energy & Environmental Forum, Thursdays, 1- 2:30 pm
Sept. 25, Jacob LaRiviere, Economics, UT - Quantifying Environmental Benefits of Fracking:
Air Quality, Renewables and Implications for Energy Policy
Oct 9, Steve Jackson, Ecology, US Geological Survey & University of Wyoming,
Oct. 23, Colin Crawford, Law, Tulane University - Cities and Shantytowns: Climate Change
Governance for Poverty Reduction and Energy Efficiency
Nov 13, Amy Ando, Economics, University of Illinois - Economics of Species and Land
Conservation
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Wed., Sept. 17 – Celebrate Constitution Day! Register to Vote!
10:30 am - Baker Café – Amendment 1 to the Tennessee Constitution – addresses
new legislative powers regarding abortion - Dr. Mary English (Rotunda Reading Room)
• 11:30 am - 1:30 pm - Sign the Constitution! – Baker Ambassadors on the Pedestrian
Walkway
• 2 pm - UT College of Law Dean Doug Blaze, will moderate A Conversation with Two
Governors – a discussion between Gov. Bill Haslam (R) and former Gov. Phil Bredesen (D)
on TN's Amendment 2 that will appear on the November 2014 statewide ballot.
Amendment 2 adds new checks and balance to the process of the governor appointing
Supreme Court and appellate court judges.
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Tues., Sept. 23, 7 pm – Annual Anne Mayhew Honors Lecture: Robert Reich, former
Secretary of Labor, UC Berkeley professor of public policy and author. Sponsored by the
Chancellor’s Honors Program with support from the Baker Center and the College of
Business Administration. (Cox Auditorium)
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Wed., Oct. 22, 5:30 pm – Ashe Lecture – Ambassador Nancy Powell
Ambassador Powell (Ret.) has served as the US Ambassador to India, Nepal, Ghana,
Pakistan, and Uganda. Join us to learn more about her experiences and what she sees for
the future of US international relations.
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