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Former U.S. Sen. Paul Sarbanes, Clifford P. Case Professor, discusses business regulation in the 21st century

Wednesday, April 9
7:30 p.m.

Douglass Campus Center
Trayes Hall
100 George Street
New Brunswick

Paul Sarbanes represented Maryland in the United States Senate for 30 years until his retirement in 2007. He co-authored the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which reformed the business world and restored public confidence in Wall Street by holding companies liable for unethical actions. His talk, “Regulating Business in the 21st Century: The Case of Sarbanes-Oxley,” will discuss that legislation.

Sarbanes received the Paul H. Douglass Ethics in Government Award and served on the Princeton University Board of Trustees from 2002 to 2006.

The Clifford P. Case Professorship honors the memory of Senator Clifford P. Case, RC'25, who served in the United States Congress for 34 years, representing the State of New Jersey. During his tenure in Congress, he was known to consistently put principle above politics.

RSVP by April 1 to eagleton.events@rutgers.edu or 732-932-9384, ext. 331

Series examines girls, aggression, and violence

Girls are becoming increasingly more involved in violent activities, shattering stereotypes of girls as “sugar and spice and everything nice.” The speakers in this series will explore girls’ involvement in violent and aggressive activities and discuss some motives behind their actions.

All events:
4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Camden Campus Center
Conference Room West-ABC
326 Penn Street
Camden

Thursday, April 3

“Between ‘Good’ and ‘Ghetto’: African American Girls and Inner City Violence,” featuring Nikki Jones, University of California–Santa Barbara. Jones’s book on African-American girls and inner city violence is forthcoming from Rutgers University Press’s series in childhood studies.

Thursday, April 10

“Annie Gets Her Gun: Girl Soldiers in Contemporary Armed Conflicts,” featuring David Rosen, Fairleigh Dickinson University. Rosen is the author of the book Armies of the Young: Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism (Rutgers University Press, 2005).

Thursday, April 17

“The Gendered Context of Young Women’s Violence,” featuring Jody Miller, University of Missouri–St. Louis. A widely published scholar on gender and crime, Miller will draw from a contextual qualitative study to examine the nature, circumstances, and meanings of fights between girls.

For more information on these speakers, view a PDF flyer.

Visit the Center for Children and Childhood Studies website for a complete list of this semester’s events.

Third annual Italian studies faculty lecture by Rudolph Bell

Tuesday, April 1
7 p.m.

Geology Hall
85 Somerset Street
New Brunswick

Rudolph M. Bell, a professor in Rutgers’ Department of History in New Brunswick, will present “Widows in Early Modern Europe: Reconsiderations from Palermo.” The program is sponsored by the Rutgers Program in Italian Studies and the New Jersey Italian and Italian-American Heritage Commission.

School of Public Affairs and Administration announces spring lecture series

Tuesday, April 8
Noon to 2 p.m.

Paul Robeson Campus Center
Room 226 – Passaic Room
350 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Newark

“Economics as a Moral Study: Consumption, Labor, and Human Virtue,” featuring Edward Hadas, an associate editor for BreakingNews.com, a London-based financial commentary service. He also writes a daily column in The Wall Street Journal. Hadas worked for 25 years as a financial analyst for various firms, including Morgan Stanley and Putnam investments, before becoming a journalist.

Thursday, April 10
Noon to 2 p.m.

Paul Robeson Campus Center
Room 257
350 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Newark

“Careers in Politics and Public Service,” featuring Paul Sarbanes, former U.S. senator and Clifford Case Professor at Rutgers’ New Brunswick Campus. Sarbanes acted in the Senate for 30 years, making him the longest-serving U.S. senator in the state of Maryland’s history.

Thursday, April 24
2 to 4 p.m.

Paul Robeson Campus Center
Room 256 – Bergen Room
350 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Newark

“The Challenges and Opportunities of Public Service in the 21st Century,” featuring Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Pedro Cortes, the first Latino cabinet member elected to the position. In June 2004, Secretary Cortes was one of 40 state leaders from across the country selected to participate in the renowned Toll Fellowship Program sponsored by the Council of State Government.

Political scientist Barbara G. Salmore to discuss new edition of New Jersey Politics and Government

Tuesday, April 1
5:30 to 7 p.m.

Eagleton Institute of Politics
191 Ryders Lane
New Brunswick

Barbara G. Salmore will discuss the third edition of New Jersey Politics and Government: The Suburbs Come of Age (Rutgers University Press, 2008). Salmore was dean and professor of political science at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s College at Florham from 2000 to 2006, and is former associate dean and professor of political science at Drew University.

The book originally was written with her husband, Stephen A. Salmore, a political consultant and professor emeritus of political science at Rutgers.

New Jersey Politics and Government describes the challenges New Jersey has overcome and those it continues to face, offering lessons that will help states across the country address the struggles of providing quality education, protecting the environment, improving quality of life, and accommodating a multicultural society while sustaining growth and opportunity. The revised third edition also highlights recent scandals within the government and the high profile of the governorship.

RSVP to eagleton.events@rutgers.edu or 732-932-9384, ext. 331.