Transforming Higher Education through Engagement
Imagining America Plenary, September 23, 2010
Academic Excellence and Civic Engagement: Constructing a Third Space for Higher Education
Association of American Colleges and Universities Conference, March 25, 2010
Women in the Academy: Reflections on Best Practices for Survival and Success
Washington University, St. Louis, February 17, 2010
A New Morrill Act: Higher Education Anchors the 'Remaking of America'
Cover Story, American Council on Education's (ACE) The Presidency, Fall 2009
Remaking America: Universities as Anchor Institutions
University of Pennsylvania, June 3, 2009
Remaking America: Universities as Anchor Institutions-The Syracuse Example
University Address, Syracuse University, March 19, 2009
Women as Academic Leaders: Insider Voices with Outsider Values
Bryn Mawr College, February 24, 2009
Scholarship in Action: Transforming Communities and Higher Education
University of California at Davis, Public Intellectuals Series, February 17, 2009
Why Diversity Still Needs a Champion
Annual Meeting National Assn. of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, February 10, 2009
Candidates, Hear the Cry: 'No Group Left Behind'
Chronicle of Higher Education commentary, September 26, 2008
The University at a Crossroads: How Higher Education Can Meet the Demands of Today's Entrepreneurial Economy
Panelist, Milken Institute 2008 Global Conference, April 28, 2008
The Two-Way Street of Scholarship in Action
University Address, Syracuse University, March 18, 2008
Women in the Academy: Insider Voices with Outsider Values
Emory University, October 4, 2007
Universities and Schools: Partners in a Diverse Democracy
University of Virginia, Forum on the Academy in the 21st Century, September 27, 2007
Imagining America; Imagining Universities: Who and What?
Imagining America Annual Conference, September 7, 2007
Undergraduate Education: From Consumers to Citizens in a Knowledge Economy
Columbia University, American Studies Program, April 13, 2007
Higher Education on the World Stage of Democracy: Overcoming an "Anemia of Deeds"
University of Pennsylvania, Center for Community Partnerships, March 29, 2007
Building Social Capital with Bonds and Bridges
Foundation for the Carolinas Annual Meeting, February 15, 2007
Scholarship in Action and the Expansive Mission of Higher Education
University Address, Syracuse University, January 23, 2007
Scholarship in Action: Why Community Commitment Matters
University of Michigan, January 12, 2007
Scholarship in Action: The Case for Engagement
Wesleyan University, November 29, 2006
Multiculturalism, Universalism, and the 21st Century Academy
Stanford University, Future of Minority Studies Colloquium, July 28, 2006
Acting on the Commitment: The Continuing Case for Diversity in Higher Education & Current Challenges
National Council for Research on Women Leadership Summit, June 22, 2006
Taking Public Scholarship Seriously
Chronicle of Higher Education commentary, June 9, 2006 (with Steven Lavine)
Building Intellectual and Social Capital through Diversity and Innovation
The City Club of Cleveland, June 9, 2006
Universities and Their Connected Communities: Creating Capital for the Future
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, March 6, 2006
Conversations on Pluralism in a City of the World (PDF)
Inauguration of SU's Faraday House in London, January 10, 2006
Individuals, Ethics, and Empathy of Mind
Chautauqua Institution, August 12, 2005
Collaborations on the Creative "Campus"
Cornell University, May 3, 2005
Chancellor Cantor's White Paper on Scholarship in Action
Syracuse University, April 2005
Scholarship in Action: Building the Creative Campus
University Address, Syracuse University, April 11, 2005
Exploring the Soul of Syracuse, Together
Inaugural Remarks, Syracuse University, November 5, 2004
From Individual Rights to Societal Health: Before, During, and After the Michigan Cases
NYU, May 19, 2004
Thoughts on Art, Truth, and Higher Education
The American Assembly, March 12, 2004
Poised Between Two Worlds: The University as Monastery and Marketplace
EDUCASE Review, March/April 2003 (with Steve Schomberg)