Events

President Biden is the oldest president to lead the country, followed by former President Donald Trump. Both are the presumptive nominees for the major parties. This summer Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made headlines after two on-camera health scares, but he has insisted he will continue in office. And last week, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced she will seek re-election. These developments have reignited debates about the advancing age of prominent US politicians. Is age just a number? Should there be an upper age limit for elected leaders? Would term limits be preferable? What are the implications of leaders’ advancing age on policy making and representation? Please join the political science department to discuss these and other questions for our first salon of the year. Our conversation will be oriented around two NYT articles and like last year, there will be coffee and cookies.

Please join us in our next “conversations over coffee: a salon with POLS faculty”.   This month we’ll be talking about the disruptive technology of chatGPT and the implications it poses for democracy. The following NYT article will be the launching point for our conversation. Light refreshments will be served. Hope to see you there. 

THIS WILL BE HELD IN STAMM WEST, not East.

The director of the political science graduate program, Dr. Melody Valdini, is offering a special zoom session just for Lewis & Clark students who are considering graduate school in the future. She will explain the three politically-oriented graduate programs at PSU (Master’s in Political Science, Master’s in Public Policy, and PhD in Public Affairs and Policy), with a focus on highlighting the differences between the programs and alumni outcomes. The zoom session is this Thursday, February 2 at 4pm, and here’s the zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94216034200 Please consider attending this valuable info session!