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

On May 7, 2008, Hofstra's second annual Day of Peace included performances by Hofstra’s Percussion Ensemble, students in the department of dance, Sigma'Cappella, the only co-ed vocal acapella group at Hofstra and the Hofstra Jazz Nonet.... | more |

Issues, Parties and the Media: The 2008 Election Landscape

A conversation with Maureen Dowd, winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary and columnist, The New York Times; and William Kristol, editor, The Weekly Standard, columnist, The New York Times, and panelist, Fox News Sunday... | more |

The Increasing Pace of Climate Change and Its Impacts

Human activities, primarily the combustion of coal, oil and natural gas, are increasing the atmospheric concentrations of heat-trapping gases. These changes in atmospheric composition have initiated global climate change. Sharply limiting national and global emissions over... | more |

"What Lessons Do Past Presidents Have for 2008?"
A Biographers' Roundtable

Speakers included Washington Post reporter and William J. Clinton biographer, David Maraniss, Professor Emeritus of Princeton University and presidential expert, Fred Greenstein and New York Times reporter and Condoleezza Rice biographer, Elisabeth Bumiller.. | more |

Earth Day Celebration 2008

A day of events focused on the environment, sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement. | more |

The Donald J. Sutherland University Lecture in the Liberal Arts

General Barry McCaffrey (Ret.) presented the Donald J. Sutherland University Lecture in the Liberal Arts, "Iraq, Foreign Policy and the 2008 Elections," on April 22, 2008. | more |

The Arnold A. Saltzman Lecture on the State of the Union

Delivered by David Gergen, professor of public service at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and director of the Harvard University Center for Public Leadership; Editor-at-large for U.S. News & World Report and a Senior Political Analyst for CNN | more |

From Votes to Victory: Winning and Governing the White House in the 21st Century

Charlie Cook, publisher of The Cook Political Report and one of the nation's best-known political analysts, delivered the keynote address at Hofstra's presidential symposium, "From Votes to Victory: Winning and Governing the White House in the 21st Century," on April 3, 2008. Mr. Cook is also a political analyst for the National Journal Group, where he writes weekly for National Journal magazine and CongressDailyAM; writes a regular column for the Washington Quarterly; and is a political analyst for NBC News. | more |

International Scene Lecture Series: Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman, Economist, Op Ed Writer N.Y. Times, author, Conscience of a Liberal presented "Can American Democracy Survive the Growing Wealth Gap?" at Hofstra, April 1, 2008. | more |

An Insider's Look at the 2008 Campaign

Adam Nagourney, Chief Political Correspondent, The New York Times, presented a lecture at Hofstra, March 31, 2008. | more |

Comedy Central's College Tour: Indecision '08

Comedian Greg Giraldo headlined Comedy Central's College Tour: Indecision '08, which stopped at Hofstra March 28, 2008. | more |

Metro Nation: Blueprint for American Prosperity

Long Island Congressman Steve Israel joined county executives from Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties March 27, 2008, to discuss how to forge political and social consensus within suburbia for allying with cities - as equal partners - to create powerful metro areas that would allow the nation to better compete globally. | more |

"World War IV?: Islamofascism, American Foreign Policy, and the Election of 2008"

Presented by, Norman Podhoretz, American editor and essayist, March 26, 2008 | more |

Educate '08 Super Tuesday Primary Returns Party

Hofstra University celebrates the launch of Educate '08, a comprehensive, year-long series of programs, events and lectures about issues, history and politics, during a Super Duper Tuesday Primary Party and display tables throughout the Hofstra campus. | more |

Hofstra University Launches Educate '08

Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz announced the launch of Educate '08: Dialogue, Democracy and the ’08 Debates, an unprecedented educational effort that will engage not only students and faculty but also the public in a year-long series of conferences, events and lectures about the 2008 election, politics and presidential history. | more |

Hofstra Holds Climate Change Symposium

Hofstra students and local government leaders participated in a four-day campus initiative on Climate Change as part of a nationwide "teach-in" designed to raise awareness of global warming solutions. | more |

Hofstra Students Experience New Hampshire Primary First-Hand

"It was my first time attending political events, and I had a blast. I'm still trying to comprehend how much we were able to see in only a few days, and I cannot tell you how great it was to see the events leading up to the primary in person and not as clips on TV." -Brian Shoicket

Nearly 100 Hofstra students, accompanied by faculty, traveled to New Hampshire January 5-7 to take part in various Democratic and Republican candidate events in order to witness for themselves how the primary process works. | more |