http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/ Eisenhower Institute News http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/news/news_detail.dot?inode=2679049 Susan Eisenhower has been selected to serve on the Department of Energy's just-formed Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future. The fifteen member panel will provide recommendations to Congress and the White House on how the nation's used nuclear fuel and waste will be managed. http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/news/news_detail.dot?inode=2677368 The application for the 2010-2011 Eisenhower Undergraduate Fellows Program is now available. Applicants must be Gettysburg College upper-class students in good standing and show an interest in issues of leadership and public policy, or a specific interest in Dwight D. Eisenhower. http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/news/news_detail.dot?inode=2670918 On Thursday, February 11 at 7:00 PM, Joan Biskupic will speak in the Gettysburg College Lyceum. Biskupic’s talk is titled Antonin Scalia and the Contemporary Supreme Court. This event is the first in the Eisenhower Institute’s Spring Speaker Series at Gettysburg College. http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/news/news_detail.dot?inode=2650788 The Inside Politics Symposium, hosted on Tuesday [December 1] by The Eisenhower Institute, represented the culmination of a semester’s worth of hard work by the 16 pilot members of the Inside Politics group. http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/news/news_detail.dot?inode=2640926 On Tuesday, December 1, The Eisenhower Institute will present the 2009 Inside Politics Symposium. The program will be held in Gettysburg College Union Building room 260 and feature student presentations at 4:00 PM and a talk by political consultant Matthew Dowd at 7:30 PM. http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/news/news_detail.dot?inode=2634794 On Tuesday, November 10 at 7:30 PM in Gettysburg College union building room 260, the Eisenhower Institute will present a panel discussion titled “Freedom without Walls: Reflections on the fall of the Berlin Wall, Twenty Years Later.” http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/news/news_detail.dot?inode=2634795 Secretary Tom Ridge will deliver this year's Scharf Lecture on Wednesday, November 18 at 7:30 PM in the Gettysburg College Union Building Ballroom. He will speak about his recent book "The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege...And How We Can Be Safe Again." http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/news/news_detail.dot?inode=2616103 In recent weeks, Dr. Sean Kay, an Eisenhower Institute Non-Resident Fellow, has provided commentary for Foreign Policy.com and WOSU Radio regarding U.S. military strategy and the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/news/news_detail.dot?inode=2613981 The Eisenhower Institute will host an Author Series event on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 5:30 PM at the Institute’s DC office. Reihan Salam is the co-author of "Grand New Party: How Conservatives Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream." http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/news/news_detail.dot?inode=2616124 On Thursday, October 15, Howard Fineman will deliver the 12th Annual Blavatt Lecture at Gettysburg College. The talk will take place at 7:30 PM in the College Union Building Ballroom and is titled “Obama: A Progress Report.” http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/news/news_detail.dot?inode=2610531 On October 2-3, 2009, the Eisenhower Institute will host a health care conference at Gettysburg College. All events are free and open to the public and will take place in the College Union Building Room 260. Two panels will focus on the ethical, financial, and political angles of the health care debate, and a final panel will feature local health care practitioners’ views on the debate. http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/news/news_detail.dot?inode=2600886 On September 25-26, 2009, the Eisenhower Institute of Gettysburg College will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Nikita Khrushchev and Dwight Eisenhower's meeting in Gettysburg during Khrushchev's 1959 visit to the United States. The weekend will conclude with a Conversation with Susan Eisenhower and Sergei Khrushchev at the Majestic Theater. http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/news/news_detail.dot?inode=2586525 The Eisenhower Institute’s fall 2009 Speaker Series at Gettysburg College will consist of Bob Herbert, Howard Fineman, and Tom Ridge. The first lecture will take place on Wednesday, September 16 at 7:30 PM in College Union Building room 260 and feature New York Times columnist Bob Herbert. http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/news/news_detail.dot?inode=2572418 Inside Politics is a semester-long mentoring experience on the Gettysburg College campus and in Washington, D.C. designed for Gettysburg students from diverse academic disciplines. This fall, speechwriter, journalist, and presidential historian Kasey S. Pipes will lead the program as Inside Politics’ expert-in-residence. http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/news/news_detail.dot?inode=2539754 Rachel Rutter, a member of the Gettysburg College class of 2010, is the 2009 recipient of the Dwight D. Eisenhower/Conrad Hilton Scholarship for study abroad. Rutter will spend the fall semester in Salamanca, Spain. http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/news/news_detail.dot?inode=2531146 On Tuesday, April 28, Gettysburg College Professor Shirley Anne Warshaw, an authority on the American presidency, will speak about her new book, "The Co-Presidency of Bush and Cheney." The talk will begin at 7:00 p.m. at the Washington Club. http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/news/news_detail.dot?inode=2534185 On Wednesday, May 6, The Eisenhower Institute will host an author series book event featuring U.S. Senator Jim Webb discussing his recent book, A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America. The event will take place at 6:00 p.m. at the Army and Navy Club’s ballroom. http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/news/news_detail.dot?inode=2525905 The Eisenhower Institute’s Undergraduate Fellows are a select group of Gettysburg College students selected for their interest in public policy and leadership. This year, the program has been expanded to include twelve student fellows. http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/news/news_detail.dot?inode=2514081 On Monday, March 30 at 7:30 PM, The Eisenhower Institute will host Dr. James Todd. An alumnus of Gettysburg College, Todd will give a talk entitled "Presidential Power in War and Emergencies: How much is too much?" http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org/news/news_detail.dot?inode=2504995 On Wednesday, March, 25, the Eisenhower Institute will host R. Thomas DeLoe at Gettysburg College. DeLoe is a Senior Public Health Advisor with the Center for Substance Abuse and his talk will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Penn Hall Lyceum.