academic freedom

October 4, 2017
Academic freedom lecturer takes on claims of climate change deniers

Climate scientist Michael E. Mann took on those who deny climate change and highlighted the importance of fighting this environmental threat during the annual Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom.
September 14, 2017
Academic Freedom Lecture to consider politics of climate change

Climate scientist and author Michael Mann will address climate-change denial and scientific evidence during the university’s annual Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom.
October 14, 2016
Academic freedom lecture explores ‘the right to be forgotten’

Personal privacy and free expression in the online world often are seen as competing interests, but they are not incompatible, a leading scholar and advocate in electronic privacy law says.
September 26, 2016
Academic Freedom Lecture to explore expression, privacy online

Marc Rotenberg, president and executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, will present the Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom Oct. 13.
October 9, 2015
Academic freedom lectures cover incivility, personal experience

Two scholars shared their insights on topics related to issues of academic freedom during the 25th annual Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom.
September 28, 2015
Speakers to mark 25th year of academic freedom lectures

The Academic Freedom Lecture Fund is celebrating its 25th year of bringing speakers to discuss issues related to academic freedom at U.S. colleges and universities.
November 7, 2014
Mutual refusal to compromise threatens religious liberty, legal scholar says

Battles over religious liberty being waged as part of America’s culture wars likely won’t be resolved unless both sides accept “live and let live” solutions, a leading legal scholar says.
October 29, 2014
Laycock to address religious liberty in Academic Freedom Lecture

Douglas Laycock, one of the nation’s leading authorities on religious liberty, will deliver this year’s Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom on Nov. 6.
October 14, 2013
Civil liberties lawyer Marjorie Heins to deliver academic freedom lecture

Marjorie Heins, founding director of the Free Expression Policy Project, which provides research and advocacy on free speech, copyright, and media democracy issues, will deliver the University Senate’s 23rd Annual Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom on Oct. 23.