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Summary of all the past speakers
Hardman Lecture Series
This lecture series presents in-depth discussions with some of the leading journalists of our time and is made possible through the generosity of the Hardman Family Endowment.
- Caleb Gayle
- Scott Dikkers
- Bob Davis
- Liz Plank
- Maria Hinojosa
- Byron Pitts
- Abderrahim Foukara
- Joy Reid
- Nicolas Kristoff
- Jeff Corwin
- Howard Kurtz
- Soledad O'Brien
- Laura Ling
- Charlayne Hunter-Gault
- David Brooks
- Bill McKibben, Marianne Pearl
- Derrick Jackson, Bob Simon
- Dan Harris, Ellen Goodman
- Ellen Hume, Alan Chartock
Michael S. and Kitty Dukakis Public Policy Lecture Series
Policy forums are an ongoing part of the College's long-term speaker offerings, in complement to MCLA's major in political science and public policy.
- Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr.
- Jamie Ducharme
- Jeff Flake
- Ta-Nehisi C
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AMMA Publications
Citation
Rameshwaran P, Bell V, Davies H, Kay A () - How might climate change affect river flows across West Africa? Springer,
There is still considerable uncertainty as to how projected climate change will affect precipitation at local and regional scales and the consequent impact on river flows and water resources across West Africa. Here, we aim to address this uncertainty by configuring a regional-scale hydrological model to West Africa.
Citation
Klein C, Jackson L, Parker D, Marsham J, Taylor C, Rowell D, Guichard F, Vischel T, Famien A, Diedhiou A () Combining CMIP data with a regional convection-permitting model and observations to project extreme rainfall under climate change, Environmental Research Letters
Scientists are devising new methods for predicting extreme rainfall as a result of climate change, in order to better protect vulnerable communities from future flooding.
A study led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) ha
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Whitewashing in film
Controversial casting practice in the film industry
Whitewashing is a casting practice in the film industry in which white actors are cast in non-white roles.[1] As defined by Merriam-Webster, to whitewash is "to alterin a way that favors, features, or caters to white people: such ascasting a white performer in a role based on a nonwhite person or fictional character."[2] According to the BBC, films in which white actors have played other races include all genres. African-American roles and roles of Asian descent have been whitewashed, as well as characters from the ancient world in the genre of classical and mythological films.[1][3]
History
[edit]In the early 20th century, white actors caricatured different ethnicities by blackface or yellowface, commonly exaggerating the perceived stereotypes of other ethnicities. For example, Swedish-born actor Warner Oland played the Chinese detective Charlie Chan in Char