Reeher stated that the governors have to support Medicaid expansion or they will be losing out on important money for their states. Governors have the job of doing what is best for their state, regardless of political affiliation. Reeher mentioned that legislators can stick to their political convictions for a longer period than governors can, which leads to this stalemate. For more.

Sr. Mary Bendyna, RSM, director of Institutional Research and Accreditation at Aquinas College, Nashville, Tennessee; Sr. Mary Ann Hinsdale, IHM, associate professor of theology at Boston College; and Margaret Susan Thompson, professor of history at Syracuse University, discuss the role of nuns and Catholicism in America, providing historical and contemporary perspectives. The program is introduced by Erik Owens, associate director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life. See Video

The proposition to be argued in the next Campbell Debate is “This Assembly Believes Hydrofracking Does More Harm Than Good.” The Debate is being held in the Maxwell Auditorium on Friday, November 30, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. 

Given the intense attention that this issue has generated, it needs little introduction, and indeed, it has been debated before. But in sponsoring this debate, the Campbell Institute is hoping to add some additional light to the considerable heat the issue has produced thus far. Speaking in favor of the proposition are Paul Gallay, President, Hudson Riverkeeper, and Robert Howarth, the David R. Atkinson Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology at Cornell University. Speaking against the proposition are Edward Hinchey, Principal Consultant, ERM Group, and Tim Whitesell, Supervisor, Town of Binghamton, and President, New York Association of Towns. 

Professor Soonhee Kim has organized an International Workshop on Public Trust in Public Administration to be held on Dec 11-12, 2012, in Seoul, South Korea.  Twenty scholars from ten countries are invited to the workshop to exchange recent research findings and stimulate global research collaboration on public trust in government and citizen attitudes.