Established in 2001 by Gordon S. Bodek, College 1942 in honor of his wife, this fund generously supports a lecture series on current public affairs.

Recent lectures:

un-Spun: finding facts in a world of {disinformation}
Dr. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication and Walter and Leonore Annenberg Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania

An Agenda for Ethics in a Morally Divided America
Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law Anita Allen-Castellitto, University of Pennsylvania

GUN BARREL DEMOCRACY? Democratic Constitutionalism Following Military Occupation: Reflections on the US Experience in Japan, Germany, Afghanistan, and Iraq
Stanley N. Katz, Professor of Public and International Affairs & Director, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, Princeton University

Enemy Aliens and American Freedoms: Liberty and Security After September 11
David Cole, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

Let's Roll: America's Middle East Policy After 9.11
Robert Vitalis, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Middle East Center, University of Pennsylvania

What's Wrong With Cloning Your Cat?
Arthur Caplan, Director of the Center for Bioethics and Chairman of the Department for Medical Ethics, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Also read about the Bessie and Harry Bodek Music Classroom, a generous gift from Gordon S. Bodek.