Come for the cheese and pepperoni, stay for the lively political discussion
Politics & Pizza event March 17 will let students and experts discuss the relationship between business and politics
Many noteworthy images of the current political moment have included titans of business—in the Oval Office, speaking at a recent Cabinet meeting, gathered around the U.S. president during Inaugural events.
The relationship between business and politics has long been a fraught topic of discussion and, sometimes, contention—perhaps never more so than now.
What: Politics & Pizza, "The Business of Politics"
When: 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. March 17
Where: Muenzinger E0046
Free Cosmo's pizza!
This will be the topic of the first Politics & Pizza event this semester from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. March 17 in Muenzinger E0046. The discussion will explore the proper relationship of business leaders and organizations to politics and the political system.
The aim of the Politics & Pizza discussion series—which was initiated and will be moderated byGlen Krutz, a professor ofpolitical science—is to “encourage productive, substantive deliberation of specific topics, rather than rancorous and ideological macro-thoughts.”
“These events are meant to help CU students sink their minds into key, specific political issues while they are sinking their teeth into delicious pizza!” Krutz says. “The other main goal is to have experts get the discussion started, but then to very much have a discussion between the students and one another and the students and the experts. The interaction piece is central, rather than a one-way information flow that sometimes we see at talks on university campuses.”
Politics & Pizza, which includes free Cosmo’s pizza, is modeled on similar sessions offered in Harvard University’s Institute of Politics. Each session will feature expert speakers who give a few introductory thoughts about the session’s topic and then open the session to a question-and-answer with students.
The theme of the Pizza & Politics event March 17 is “The Business of Politics,” with panelists Scott Flanders, a former CEO of eHealth, Playboy Enterprises Inc., Freedom Communications Inc. and Columbia House Company and board member for Fathom Holdings Inc., Fellow Health and 890 5th Avenue; Paula Hildebrandt, former vice president for corporate development and integration planning with FedEx Corp. and former economic research associate with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City; Taylor Jaworski, CU Boulder associate professor of economics; Midge Korczak, former executive director of the Oklahoma Bar Association; and Brian Morgan, founder and CEO of Ranch Bucket Brands.
Upcoming Politics & Pizza events will focus on current topics including science and politics.
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