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Photo/Video Gallery
An Analysis of the 2008 Presidential Election
Featuring Governor Michael Dukakis ... | photos || video |
A Daily Briefing - A Look Behind the Scenes
Featuring Dee Dee Myers and Ari Fleischer, former White House Press Secretaries.... | photos || video |
Brian Lehrer Show: Forum on Youth Issues
WNYC's Peabody-Award winning Brian Lehrer Show broadcast in front of a live audience from Studio A in Dempster Hall on October 15, 2008, 10am to 12pm. The first hour of the panel discussion previewed that evening's presidential debate at Hofstra University and the current news from the campaign trail with leading journalists, academics, and representatives from both campaigns.... | photos |
"Bailed Out or Bogged Down: Economic Challenges Facing the Next President"
A press briefing and webcast hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency at Hofstra University... | photos | | video |
Democracy in Performance
American democracy comes to life on Hofstra's campus in live performance as fully costumed, professional living history performers assisted by top student performers create a series of historical presentations that highlight pivotal moments in our nation's story... | more |
Gender and Race in Politics with Gloria Steinem
Ms. Steinem's name is synonymous with the advancement of women's social equality in America and throughout the world... | more |
Hofstra Rocks The Debate!
Hofstra University and Hofstra Concerts, as part of Educate 08, present a concert, featuring Atlantic Records recording artist Jason Mraz... | more |
Debate Watch: The Vice Presidential Debate
Hofstra professors provide advice and guidance about how to watch and interpret a presidential debate... | more |
Day of Dialogue VI: "Facing the Future Together"
A multi-perspective, one-day conference on public issues facing the nation. Designed specifically to help Hofstra students become informed voters and encourage dialogue between people of differing views. The conference will feature over 15 separate events covering both domestic and foreign policy issues... | more |
Stopping Politics at the Water's Edge: What are American Foreign Policy Priorities in 2008?
A roundtable with American foreign policy experts... | more |
International Scene Lecture Series: Media and War
Lecture given by Amy Goodman, award-winning investigative journalist and co-host of Democracy Now! The War and Peace Report... | more |
On the Record: A Hofstra Presidential Conference Retrospective
A roundtable featuring former Hofstra Presidential Conference Directors discussing their experiences organizing the innovative and widely acclaimed Hofstra conferences, starting with FDR: The Man, The Myth, The Era in 1982, and continuing through William Jefferson Clinton: The "New Democrat" from Hope in 2005.... | more |
2008 Election: Issues Up Close
Featuring Lou Dobbs Tonight panelists Michael Goodwin, Edward Rollins and Robert Zimmerman... | more |
Cultural Diversity Awareness Program Launch
The Hofstra University Museum offers this Cultural Diversity Awareness Program using the rich resources of the Museum's collection. A series of posters that highlight works from around the world will be located at various locations on Hofstra's campus. These vibrant, elegant and compelling posters highlighting works from ancient to modern times introduce art, geography, and the history of cultures from six regions of the world... | more |
Mending the Nation's Broken Health Care System
As part of its Educate ’08 series of year-long events, Hofstra University and the North Shore-LIJ Health System invited the community and the university to examine one of the nation's most pressing and imploding issues: the cost, effectiveness and accessibility of healthcare... | photos | video |
George Stephanopoulos
George Stephanopoulos is the Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News and anchor of ABC’s Sunday morning program, This Week with George Stephanopoulos.... | photos | | video |
Restoring America's Image in the World
Featuring Dr. Shashi Tharoor, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and renowned author... | photos | | video |
Economic Issues Facing the Presidency
Panelists include former U.S. Treasury Secretaries Robert Rubin and Paul O'Neill... | photos | | video |
Hofstra Hosts the Third and Final Presidential Debate
Hofstra students talk about the upcoming Presidential Debate... | more |
All's Fair: Love, War and Politics
On April 30, 2008, Hofstra University hosted a conversation with Mary Matalin, celebrated conservative voice and presidential adviser; and James Carville, media personality and political icon.... | more |
The Evolving Role of the Poll and Public Opinion in Election Politics
On May 5, 2008, Hofstra hosted a conversation with Paul Begala, political analyst and CNN commentator; and Frank Luntz, most quoted pollster in America... | more |
- Day of Peace 7-MAY-08
- Issues, Parties and the Media: The 2008 Election Landscape 24-APR-08
- The Increasing Pace of Climate Change and Its Impacts 1-MAY-08
- "What Lessons Do Past Presidents Have for 2008?" A Biographers' Roundtable 17-APR-08
- Earth Day Celebration 2008
- The Donald J. Sutherland University Lecture in the Liberal Arts 22-APR-08
- The Arnold A. Saltzman Lecture on the State of the Union 8-APR-08
- From Votes to Victory: Winning and Governing the White House in the 21st Century 3-APR-08
- International Scene Lecture Series: Paul Krugman 1-APR-08
- An Insider's Look at the 2008 Campaign 31-MAR-08
- Comedy Central's College Tour: Indecision '08 28-MAR-08
- Metro Nation: Blueprint for American Prosperity 27-MAR-08
- "World War IV?: Islamofascism, American Foreign Policy, and the Election of 2008" 26-MAR-08
- Educate '08 Super Tuesday Primary Returns Party
- Hofstra University Launches Educate '08 4-FEB-08
- Hofstra Holds Climate Change Symposium 28-JAN-08
- Hofstra Students Experience New Hampshire Primary First-Hand 5 to 7-JAN-08