Choi Auditorium

Ted Chiang is an American science fiction writer. His work has won four Nebula awards, four Hugo awards, six Locus awards, and the PEN Malamud Award. His novella Story of Your Life was the basis of the film Arrival (2016). His most recent short story collection, Exhalation (Knopf), was listed as one of the Top Ten Books of 2019 by The New York Times, and included in President Barack Obama’s 2019 reading list. In 2023, he was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in AI.

Their acclaimed documentary, The Yes Men Fix the World, chronicles some of their most unforgettable “identity correction campaigns”—infiltrating official conferences and media outlets by posing as corporate or government representatives, staging outrageous spectacles to address real-world injustices.

Join us for this rare screening, followed by an in-person Q&A with The Yes Men on their unusual—and highly entertaining—brand of political activism.

Presenting night #2 is Mikaeala Venice Dela Cruz, Soreya Stringfield, Norah Ruvalcaba, Isabel Flores, Siena Jarrin, Grace Meadows and Abigael Forgue

Students presenting on Night #1: Aminah Gassama, Ella Armstrong, Ananda Ravdandash, Jamie Pullin, Kate Brown, Karina Smith and Sophia Merrill

On Monday, April 21, 2025 from 6:30PM to 8:00pm in Choi Auditorium, Join Project SAFE in welcoming Breaking Silence, a Colorado-based nonprofit, for a screening of Stories of Survival—a film that sparks conversation, connection, and change.

The film takes the viewer through three stories of interpersonal violence on a college campus. After the film, stay for a powerful panel discussion, free goodies, and community. Your voice matters in this conversation.

The Trump administration's dramatic reduction in the scope and scale of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has raised new questions about the impact, value, and meaning of foreign assistance. In the first part of this talk, Prof. Lindsay Dolan (Wesleyan University) will discuss the evidence regarding the public opinion consequences of foreign assistance. How does awareness of foreign aid flows affect people's attitudes toward the foreign aid donor and toward their own government? Is it true that foreign aid creates soft power?

Listening from the Heart is a transformative program offering a chance to engage in meaningful dialogue about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a human perspective. Mor Ynon and Layla Alsheikh will facilitate the program. 

Professor Bardhan is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California – Berkeley. He has been a pioneer in the field of development economics, and his academic research has touched upon the fields of international trade, political economy, institutional economics and public economics. His primary research interest has focused around studying rural institutions in emerging markets, and the political economy of development policies.

Professor Gil Anidjar from Columbia University will be speaking on Civil War. This event is co-sponsored by MENASA and The Young Initiative.