american universities have long been unique institutions that generate novel sometimes controversial and even classic ideas that will challenge and sometimes press popular wisdom bringing to bear deeper more rigorous analyses of evidence. such ideas can at times you ll advances or even breakthroughs of the most vexing questions and problems of our day. one of the most indispensable pillars in higher education, which makes such advanced wholly possible, is a cardinal principle and practice of academic freedom, the protection and the unfettered pursuit of ideas, concepts, evidence and knowledge, and the passing on of such in our education students. while the principle of academic freedom is a central freedom of american education, the university of chicago has a rather distinctive and deeply held approach to academic freedom, a which i m sure you ll be hearing more about this evening from some of our panelists. the school of social service administration has a a professional sc
and the universities of michigan and chicago. this is 90 minutes. dean guterman: ok, good evening everyone. i guess it is evening time now. the sun is setting so early. for those who don t know me, i m neil guterman, dean here at the university of chicago. i want to thank you for joining us for this evening s events. american universities have long been unique institutions that generate novel, sometimes controversial and even iconoclastic ideas that challenge or sometimes press popular wisdom bring to bear more rigorous evidence. such ideas can at times fuel advances or even breakthroughs on most vexing questions and problems of our day. one of the most indispensable pillars in higher education is the cardinal principal and practice of academic freedom, the protection of and unfettered pursuit of ideas, concepts, evidence and knowledge, and the passing on of such in our education of students. while the principal of academic freedom is an essential feature of american higher e
discussion about academic freedom and diversity on college campuses panelists include a documentary filmmaker plus authors and filmmakers from yale university and the universities of michigan in chicago. university of chicago school of social service administration hosted the discussion. it is about 90 minutes. okay, good evening everyone. i am the dean of the school of social service administration here at the university of chicago. i want to thank you for joining us for this evening s event. american universities have long been unique institutions that have unique and controversial s ideas that bring to bear deeper analyses in evidence. such ideas can fuel advances or even breakthroughs on many questions and problems of our day. one of the most indispensable pillars in education which makes as possible is the cardinal principle and practice of academic freedom. the pursuit of ideas, concepts, concepts, evidence and knowledge and the passing on of such in the education o
witness it all but his lawyer did say a few words. what did he say, miguel. well, clearly he was bursting to say how happy he was to be back. i mean, he was smiling as he walked up. the kids were all smiles, the wife, everybody clearly extraordinarily pleased. the concern that they have is that there are two other americans being held in north korea at the moment and they don t want to complicate things for them. his lawyer, tim tiep spoke to us in a very surprise and impromptu press conference just moments ago. i d like to thank god for his hand of protection over jeff these past six months and for providing strength and peace over his family in his absence. the family would like to thank the u.s. state department, the embassy of sweden, former ambassador tony hall and many others and all the people who offered their love, support, and prayers during this time. although we are overjoyed by jeff s return home we are mindful kenneth bay and matthew miller continue to be he
saying that he is in the building, that he is okay. he says we are okay. and that the lone gunman is deceased. josh win grove on the line there. any movement where you are right now? no, we re still in a holding pattern. we see people searching the building with their guns drawn. it s very much a fluid situation. you mentioned the war memorial. that s just half a block down from centre block there, the parliament building where we are. it s very close, very an area in the heart of ottawa. again, what i saw was one lifeless body. it did not look like a police officer. we ve seen reports now, i have not heard confirmation, we ve seen reports that we ve had one officer there s been one gunned down, i don t know if that s the person i saw or not but i saw a body on the ground in an area where police have been moving towards and fire manager shots at so it was as you can imagine, a very chaotic moment for everyone. josh, from the witnesses that you have been talking to