Macaulay Connections

The spring schedule of the Macaulay Perspectives series is shaping up nicely for the spring, beginning with Joseph Berger, New York Times reporter, columnist, and editor, giving a talk on February 11, 6 – 8pm, entitled “Immigrant Metropolis.” On March 10, we will host Whitney Tilson, vice chairman of KIPP Academy Charter Schools in New York City, and a director of Democrats for Education Reform, for a talk on social entrepreneurship entitled "Fixing Our Schools," also 6 – 8pm.

Berger will discuss the impact of immigration on New York, its neighborhoods, commerce, culture, and social life—and what have been the riches that have resulted and the tensions that we sometimes have to be alert to. Berger has written extensively about education, religion, and New York City, and has chronicled many of the events that have shaken Israel and the Middle East. He is author of three books; the latest, The World in a City: Traveling the Globe through the Neighborhoods of the New New York,” is an intimate insider’s tour of a New York transformed by immigration, gentrification, and other forces.

Tilson will present his hard-hitting analysis of where the problems lie in our system of K-12 education. We hope you will join us for an inside look at a dedicated reformer at work on a complex problem, and for an opportunity to discuss Tilson's proffered solutions and the mechanisms for enacting those solutions.

A third Macaulay Perspectives Event on April 8 will be a panel discussion, "Academic Publishing in a Digital Age," a follow-up to our fall "Reading in a Digital Age" event which drew a capacity crowd.

The Macaulay Perspectives series brings New York leaders into contact with Macaulay students, faculty, and the public to explore important, multifaceted, high-impact issues. Recent Perspective sessions have included Peter Sacks on “Summoning the Visual Imagination”; the panel discussion on “Reading in a Digital Age,” moderated by Bill Goldstein; and William Macaulay, delivering the inaugural lecture on “World Energy.” Podcasts of some of the sessions can be found on CUNY Radio.

Macaulay Perspectives events are held at the Macaulay Honors College center at 35 West 67^th Street. Reserve your place at these events by visiting our Events page.