[inaudible conversations] welcome to the concluding day of the symposium on the future of Public Research universities. Before i introduce the panel, just remind you all as you may see, we are being filmed for cspan. When we get to the q a portion today, it is important to use the microphone and he will do better than i will. I should turn it up. Thank you for your interest. I would like to introduce the topic that we will focus on this morning. Then i will turn it over to a discussion with our panelists and get you involved. We are talking right now about Research Scholarships and the arts. At the public universities. In essence, what we are talking about, it is the faculty. The faculty and who they are, as well as the teacher faculty, including the graduate students. I would argue that we are in a time of huge challenge in the ability of public universities to recruit the best and retain the best and to sustain the kind of conditions that create outstanding scholarships, as well as t
The gentlemen. Gentleman. I have some questions about iran and nuclear policy. In the last press conference by president obama a something in this press conference which i thought was different from the past. All along in recent months he has been talking about a nuclear bomb or nuclear weapon, specifically mentioning that a something iran cannot get. In a press conference, he went beyond that and said nuclear capability. I wonder if this is the same position, or is this something new, changing course . The second thing is for the entire panel, ellen laipson, too. The red lines, basically encouraged by the israelis, those have been gone for some time. Now there is something emerging, and that is the year 2013. I see that as a new version of the deadline. Would you say significantly year everything should be settled with iran or we go to the next option . What you think of the casual use of the year as a deadline . Ok, thank you. I think all of these different shades of gray from total
Good evening and welcome to kqed news room. President obama made resolving income inequality the cornerstone of his state of the Union Address this week. Today, after four years of economic growth, corporate profits and stock prices have rarely been higher. And those at the top have never done better. Te but average wages have barely budged. Inequality has deepened. But lowincome families may face another hurdle, cuts to food stamps are expected as part of the new farm bill passed by the house. Joining me to discuss the impacts for california are amy allison, Senior Vice President of power pac, a social justice advocacy association. Joe garafoli, wealth and politics reporter for the San Francisco chronicle. Joe, lets turn to you. Why did the president highlight income inequality and how does that issue play out in the bay area . This is something hes talked about sort of in the background for years. And this puts it on the national map. Now, hes going to have a tough time getting this
Good evening and welcome to kqed news room. President obama made resolving income inequality the cornerstone of his state of the Union Address this week. Today, after four years of economic growth, corporate profits and stock prices have rarely been higher. And those at the top have never done better. But average wages have barely budged. Inequality has deepened. But lowincome families may face another hurdle, cuts to food stamps are expected as part of the new farm bill passed by the house. Joining me to discuss the impacts for california are amy allison, Senior Vice President of power pac, a social justice advocacy association. Joe garafoli, wealth and politics reporter for the San Francisco chronicle. Joe, lets turn to you. Why did the president highlight income inequality and how does that issue play out in the bay area . This is something hes talked about sort of in the background for years. And this puts it on the national map. Now, hes going to have a tough time getting this thr
Good evening and welcome to kqed news room. President obama made resolving income inequality the cornerstone of his state of the Union Address this week. Today, after four years of economic growth, corporate profits and stock prices have rarely been higher. And those at the top have never done better. But average wages have barely budged. Inequality has deepened. But lowincome families may face another hurdle, cuts to food stamps are expected as part of the new farm bill passed by the house. Joining me to discuss the impacts for california are amy allison, Senior Vice President of power pac, a social justice advocacy association. Joe garafoli, wealth and politics reporter for the San Francisco chronicle. Joe, lets turn to you. Why did the president highlight income inequality and how does that issue play out in the bay area . This is something hes talked about sort of in the background for years. And this puts it on the national map. Now, hes going to have a tough time getting this thr