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Joel Klein on Lessons of Hope: How to Fix Our Schools

Monday, December 8, 2014
Hoover Institution, Washington DC

During his eight-year term as New York City schools chancellor, Joel Klein presided over some of the nation’s most promising education reforms. One hundred charter schools opened on Klein’s watch (including KIPP and Uncommon Schools).

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Policy Seminar on “The Economics of Counterinsurgency: Winning, Leasing, and Losing Hearts and Minds.”

Thursday, December 4, 2014
George Shultz Conference Room, Herbert Hoover Memorial Building

Joseph Felter, Research fellow at Hoover, Senior research scholar at CISAC, and retired US Army colonel) discusses "The Economics of Counterinsurgency: Winning, Leasing, and Losing Hearts and Minds."

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Inside the Newsroom: The Media and Edward Snowden

Monday, November 17, 2014
Cemex Auditorium, Stanford University

On Monday, November 17, the Stanford speaker series The Security Conundrum will continue with three-time Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Barton Gellman. 

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North American Forum 2014

Thursday, November 13, 2014 to Saturday, November 15, 2014
Hoover Institution, Washington D.C.

The purpose of the North American Forum is to create the political and conceptual basis for increased cooperation among countries and across sectors. North American Forum members are selected based on their commitment to the NAF’s goals and their ability to effect positive change.

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Women and the Great War

Thursday, November 6, 2014 to Saturday, April 25, 2015

The Hoover Institution’s new exhibition, Women and the Great War, will open Thursday, November 6, 2014, in the Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit Pavilion (next to Hoover Tower) on the Stanford University campus, and run through Saturday, April 25, 2015.

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Across the Great Divide: New Perspectives on the Financial Crisis
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Across the Great Divide: New Perspectives on the Financial Crisis

Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Hoover Institution, Washington DC

The Hoover Institution and the Brookings Institution cordially invite you to a discussion of the newly released book Across the Great Divide: New Perspectives on the Financial Crisis. 

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Policy Seminar on Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Monday, November 3, 2014
Stauffer Auditorium, Stanford University

Peter Thiel spoke about the basic principles that underlie innovative products and startup firms, using examples from his own experience starting up firms such as Paypal and Palantir. He  emphasized the importance of creating a firm or product with characteristics of monopoly, and contrasted that idea with the distinction between monopoly and competition taught in economics.

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Moving Forward: Challenges and Opportunities in an Interconnected World

Monday, November 3, 2014
Stanford University

National Security Agency Director and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command Mike Rogers will give a talk entitled "Moving Forward: Challenges and Opportunities in an Interconnected World" at Stanford University on Monday, November 3.

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Centenary of the Commission for Relief in Belgium Celebrated in Washington

Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Washington, DC

The Belgian embassy in the United States celebrated the centenary of Herbert Hoover's Commission for Relief in Belgium this October. Featuring a number of distinguished panelists and guests, including Margaret Hoover and the historian George Nash, this event honored Hoover's incredible contribution to World War I relief.

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Hardware: The Other Cybersecurity Challenge

Wednesday, October 15, 2014
The Capitol Visitor Center, HVC-215, Washington, DC

Despite the enormous amount of attention that has been directed to software security in recent years, relatively little attention has been given to hardware security.  More than ever, the devices that are critical to everyday life and to the broader infrastructure are dependent on increasingly sophisticated integrated circuits ("chips"). 

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