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This sampling of past Society of Skeptics speakers gives visitors an idea of the wide range of industries and perspectives represented by the weekly lecturers who have visited campus in recent years. This program is funded in part by The Class of 1968 Society of Skeptics Endowment Fund.
The Society of Skeptics kicked off the 2024-2025 on Tuesday, September 17 with national security expert Jason Howk. With over 32 years of experience in foreign policy, national security and defense, Mr. Howk joined Blair to discuss Afghanistan and the impacts of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
On Thursday, April 18 the Blair community welcomed the daughter of Holocaust survivors, Betty Schwartz, in a conversation moderated by Lisa Friedman in the forum of the Chiang-Elghanayan Center for Innovation and Collaboration. This event, graciously sponsored by the Alex “ARob” Roberts Forum on Holocaust Education, is part of an ongoing commitment to bringing impactful speakers to Blair on the subject of the Holocaust and is inspired by the legacy of Alexander Roberts ’18.
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