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Former NBC News president Neal Shapiro to speak at Dole Institute

Neal Shapiro

LAWRENCE — Neal Shapiro, president of NBC News from 2001 to 2005, will present this year’s Muncy Journalism and Politics Lecture.

Shapiro’s speech is titled “What We Do Right ... What We Could Do Better.” The event begins at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, at the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. The event is free and open to the public.

Upcoming events at the Dole Institute include:

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1
Richard Ben Cramer, author of What It Takes. Cramer is an award-winning journalist and author of numerous books, including What It Takes, about the 1988 presidential election. Cramer’s coverage of Sen. Dole’s campaign during that election is considered among the most insightful and comprehensive. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1979 for coverage on the Middle East.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9
Edward Humes, author of Over Here, The GI Bill. Two days before Veterans Day, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Humes will discuss the sweeping impact of the GI bill. Humes is the Dole Institute’s third Pulitzer Prize winner of the semester, following Leonard Pitts Jr. and Richard Ben Cramer.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16
Darryl Hart on “The Last Dance: Why the Romance Between the Religious Right and American Conservatism May Be Over.” Hart is director of Partnered Projects at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Previously, he was dean of academic affairs and professor of church history at Westminster Theological Seminary in California, where he remains an adjunct member of the faculty. Hart is the author of many books, including ISI Books’ A Student’s Guide to Religious Studies.

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