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A 91������ lecture series of in-person and online sessions will help unravel how the federal government and higher education interact through a complicated matrix of relationships, processes and norms that are presenting challenges to civil dialogue, strategic relationships and the traditional missions of both.��

The series, Understanding Federal Government: Institutions, Civics, Impact, is sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor, Faculty Affairs and 91������’s shared governance organizations: the 91������ Faculty Assembly, Staff Council, CU Student Government and the Government of Professional and Graduate Students.

“As we work to understand the impacts of the federal transition on how we continue to meet our mission, this series, led by our renowned faculty and staff experts, provides a vital ingredient to our response,” said Chancellor Justin Schwartz.��

“When we understand the complex relationships of the three branches of government to our mission of research, teaching and service, we can move ahead in a spirit of civic dialogue and a strengthened commitment to democracy and our mission,” Schwartz said.��

“This is an excellent dual opportunity for our shared governance organizations to promote an event program that educates the university community on how the federal government works and leverages the knowledge, scholarship and experience of 91������ faculty and staff,” said 91������ Faculty Assembly Chair Shelly Miller.��

The first two events are moderated panel discussions. The first, titled “Is There Anything the Government��Can’t��Do: Executive Actions and Checks and Balances,” is an in-person session on Monday, March 10, at 5 p.m. in CASE E422.��.

The event features a panel that includes E. Scott Adler, dean of the Graduate School, professor of political science; Vanessa Baird, professor of political science; and Glen Krutz, professor of political science. It is moderated by Elias Sacks,��associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Program in Jewish Studies and faculty director for public scholarship, Office of Faculty Affairs.��

The second event, a Zoom-based webinar, will be held on Monday, March 17, at 5 p.m. Titled “Universities and American Politics: Promise, Perils and Possibilities,” it is also moderated by Sacks and includes panelists Heather��Bené of the CU system’s Office of Government Relations; Janet Donavan, professor of political science; and Kevin Welner, professor of education and director of the National Education Policy Center at the School of Education.��.

Additional events, including recorded whiteboard sessions, are being planned.