I am peter carmichael. I am a professor of history here. I am also the director of the Civil War Institute. Its my pleasure this evening to welcome harold holzer. He is the director of Hunter Colleges roosevelt house Public Policy institute. You dont have an acronym for that, do you . Before coming to the roosevelt house he previously served an Senior Vice President for Public Affairs at the metropolitan museum of art. For the previous ten years he coedited or, excuse me, cochaired the u. S. Abraham lincoln bicentennial and appointed by president clinton and i should add president bush awarded harold the National Humanities medal in 2008. Harold has authored or coauthored or edited 52 books. Thats what youre up to now. I know you think ive read 52 books in my life. His latest major book is lincoln and the power of the press were the war for Public Opinion. It has won the lincoln prize as we know sponsored by Gettysburg College. Just this week i saw it was announced that harold has been
Institute. You do not have an acronym for that, do you . Before coming to the roosevelt house, harold previously served as Senior Vice President for Public Affairs at the metropolitan museum of art. The previous 10 years, he coedited excuse me, cochaired the u. S. Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission appointed by president clinton, and i should add, president bush awarded harold the National Humanities medal in 2008. Harold has authored or books . Red or edited 52 that is what you are up to now . I dont even think i have read 52 books in my life. His latest major book is lincoln and the power of the press. It has won the lincoln prize, we know. Just this week, i saw, it was announced harold has been awarded the empire state award,s and history acknowledging his significant contributions to the profession, and he joins an impressive list of recipients that includes doors kearns goodwin, david mccullough, ken burns, and james mcpherson. The event will be held on september 6 and at the
He is also the winner of the that particular book won the Samuel Elliott morrison award. E is the author of lincoln and his admirals which won the lincoln prize in 2009. In recognition of his extraordinary contribution, the naval historicle foundation in 2014 awarded him the congressman duredudly w. Knox history award for lifetime achievement. Professor John Mars Lak is william s. Giles distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mississippi State university came out of retirement in 2008 and accepted the task of serving as executive director of the uelills sis s grant president ial library and managing editors. He is the tautsdzer of a dozen books. Incheweding sherman. And shermans other war. His honors include an excellence in writing award from the u. S. Army historicle oundation. As testament to the high regard in which he is held, several of his students contributed to an editted volume titled, of times and race. Ees says inspired. I was honored to have the opportunity to contribute the f
Have completed the debate cycle with a third contentious debate. Right here on our home turf at unlv. 8 news now is your local election headquarters. We have you covered from all angles. We want to start by bringing in Dave Courvoisier, hes in the thick of things at the thomas and mack where tonights debate took place. Hi, dave Dave Courvoisier thank you, denise. The city of las vegas and the university have passed this test. Doing a spectacular job hosting this debate. Election day this was the final chance for trump and clinton to steal momentum on the debate stage. As politics now host Patrick Walker shows us. The stakes were much higher this time around Hillary Clinton well let me translate that if i can chris, because. Donald trump you cant Patrick Walker for the final time this election cycle. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton took the stage together here in las vegas. Hillary Clinton because hed rather have a puppet as president. Donald trump no puppet. Hillary donald trump youre
karen castro and thats not all. The i15 north and south bound ramps to Martin Luther king will also be shut down during the same time. As well as the us 95 north ramp to mlk. dale keller project manager, project neon we are asking motorist for to plan for additional time for their daily commutes and also use alternative routes. karen castro ndot has a number of detours in place during the 4month long closures. The mlk exit ramp will be repurposed to connect i15 north and us 95 north. To one lane. The rest of the detours take drivers to surface streets including charleston, lake mead, and mlk. Ndot plans to readjust the traffic signal rotations to accommodate the additional traffic on these roads. dale keller project manager, project neon we know its gonna get worse before it gets better and we ask or patience as we get moving with this project and really kick off the construction. karen castro future construction of an hov flyover structure from i15 north to us 95 north. lavonta goffne