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Press Releases (Adobe Acrobat Reader is required):
March 11, 2010: "Torture Memos" Author John Yoo to Speak at U.Va.'s Miller Center
October 29, 2009: Miller Center of Public Affairs at U.Va. Opens Office in Washington, D.C.
August 26, 2009: U.Va.'s Miller Center Oral History Project Remembers Senator Edward M. Kennedy
May 26, 2009: Miller Center Names Admiral Joseph W. Prueher Its Schlesinger Distinguished Professor
May 19, 2009: At Reagan's Side, by Stephen F. Knott and Jeffrey L. Chidester, Published by Rowman & Littlefield
May 4, 2009: Debate: Must the U.S. Stop Using Carbon-Based Fuels to Secure its Energy Future?
May 1, 2009: Miller Center Fellowship Conference Highlights Work of 2008–2009 Fellows on May 7 & 8
April 22, 2009: Miller Center Releases a New Blueprint for Climate Policy
April 10, 2009: A Government Out of Sight Published by Cambridge University Press (Cambridge release)
April 7, 2009: Debate: Should Affirmative Action Focus on Class and Wealth, Rather Than Race?
March 26, 2009: Miller Center Announces Winner of First Annual Undergraduate Research Award
March 19, 2009: Debate: How Should the U.S. Curb Iran's Nuclear Ambitions?
March 12, 2009: Constructing the Monolith, by Marc J. Selverstone, Published by Harvard University Press
February 25, 2009: March 6 Symposium: Assessing America's Global Standing
February 12, 2009: Discussion: How Should Government Balance Infrastructure With Energy, Environment and Economic Priorities?
February 10, 2009: Priorities for a New President: The Miller Center National Debates, Season 2
January 26, 2009: Series: Putting China's Rise in Historical Context
January 8, 2009: Governing the Climate: Woodrow Wilson Center, Jan. 12
December 11, 2008: Survey: Americans Believe Global Warming is Real, Think Government Should Respond
December 3, 2008: Dec. 11-12: How Should Government Handle Climate Change?
November 17, 2008: The Problem of Jobs, by Guian McKee, Published by University of Chicago Press
November 10, 2008: Melvyn P. Leffler's For the Soul of Mankind Awarded 2008 George Louis Beer Prize
October 29, 2008: Report: Status Quo in Higher Education Threatens America's Global Competitiveness
October 21, 2008: Survey: Virginians Believe Climate Change is Real, Think Government Should Respond
October 20, 2008: Oct. 24: Is "Post-Partisanship" Possible?
October 17, 2008: Miller Center's Elizabeth Scott Award for Leadership Honors Charlie Smith and Nancy P. Petty
October 17, 2008: Miller Center Names Forum Room For Rosemary and John Galbraith
October 16, 2008: Oct. 21: What Do Virginians Think About Climate Change?
September 4, 2008: Financial Leaders Convening at U.Va. for Global Summit Sept. 8-9
July 17, 2008: To Lead the World, Edited by Leffler and Legro, Published by Oxford
July 8, 2008: National War Powers Commission Recommends War Powers Consultation Act of 2009
May 29, 2008: Financial Leaders to Convene at U.Va. For Global Summit
May 27, 2008: Conference: The Politics of Troop Withdrawal, June 5-6
May 22, 2008: Miller Center Awards 2008-09 Fellowships to Nine Accomplished Scholars
May 9, 2008: Serving Others, Serving the Community: U.Va. 2008 Sullivan Award Winners (UVA Today)
May 2, 2008: Miller Center Fellowship Conference Highlights Work of 2007–08 Fellows on May 8 & 9
April 24, 2008: Debate: Should Government Provide a Path to Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants?
April 11, 2008: April 25 Panel: Has Polling Killed Democracy?
April 3, 2008: April 17 Panel: Are Financial Sanctions Good U.S. Foreign Policy?
March 20, 2008: Debate: Is Health Care a Right?
March 20, 2008: April 17 Panel: Are Financial Sanctions Good U.S. Foreign Policy?
February 19, 2008: Debate: Should Religion and Politics Mix?
January 16, 2008: Symposium to Explore Two Hundred Years of Russian-American Relations on Jan. 22
December 6, 2007: Miller Center Awards Elizabeth Scott Award for Exemplary Leadership to Dr. Milton T. Edgerton and Patricia Jones Edgerton
October 15, 2007: Debate to Address the Question: How Do We Balance Privacy Rights and National Security?
September 11, 2007: Higher Education Policy Expert Blenda Wilson Named Compton Visiting Scholar at the Miller Center
August 15, 2007: Former Treasury Secretary John W. Snow Named Newman Visiting Fellow at the Miller Center of Public Affairs
June 8, 2007: Miller Center, MacNeil/Lehrer Productions Team to Launch National Discussion and Debate Series
February 28, 2007: Miller Center Announces National War Powers Commission
February 12, 2007: U.Va., Miller Center of Public Affairs Enhance Policy, Security Studies with James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professorship
January 10, 2007: Miller Center Launches New Web Site
December 1, 2006: Miller Center hosts a panel discussion: "The Future of the U.S.-China Bargain"
November 6, 2006: Miller Center and U.Va. Law School host Lloyd N. Cutler Conference on the White House Counsel
October 31, 2006: Miller Center Announces New Program: America in the World
September 1, 2006: Miller Center of Public Affairs, WVPT Partner to Broadcast "Miller Center Forums"
May 16, 2006: The Miller Center Awards Fellowships to Eight Accomplished Scholars
April 10, 2006: Timothy Naftali to Lead the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library
December 16, 2005: Gerald L. Baliles, Former Governor Of Virginia, to Lead University of Virginia's Miller Center
December 1, 2005: The American Library Association honors AmericanPresident.org
November 21, 2005: National Endowment for the Humanities Honors Miller Center of Public Affairs
November 3, 2005: Miller Center of Public Affairs Awards the Elizabeth Scott Award for Exemplary Leadership to Dr. Peyton E. Weary
April 25, 2005: W.W. Norton & Company and the Miller Center release The Presidential Recordings: Lyndon B. Johnson: The Kennedy Assassination and the Transfer of Power November 1963 – January 1964, Vols. 1-3; Experts to Speak at LBJ Library, First Three LBJ Volumes Released
February 25, 2005: Philip Zelikow Appointed Counselor of the U.S. Department of State
May 21, 2004: Julian Bond to Moderate Conference on Brown v. Board of Education
October 4, 2002: Former Presidents Ford and Carter Welcome the Agreement Reached By the Congress on Election Reform Legislation
September 16, 2002: President Carter and Governor Warner to Rededicate U.Va. Miller Center of Public Affairs on September 23, 2002
July 22, 2002: Making Democracy Work: A Brief History of Federal Executive Reorganization
January 04, 2002: J. Wilson Newman Gives $300,000 Toward Completion of Miller Center's Kenneth W. Thompson Pavilion
October 1, 2001: Presidential Recordings: John F. Kennedy, "The Great Crises" Released
May 30, 2001: President Gerald Ford to Preside at Public Hearing on "Election Reform: The American and International Experience"
April 12, 2001: National Commission on Federal Election Reform Names New Co-Chair, Adds Members
March 20, 2001: Former President Carter Convenes First Public Hearing of the National Commission on Federal Election Reform
January 30, 2001: Former Presidents Carter and Ford to Oversee Bipartisan National Commission on Federal Election Reform
December 6, 2000: Miller Center Announces Miller Center Presidential Cabinet
April 24, 2000: Publisher Katharine Graham Receives Miller Center Award for Public Service
