Buckley Institute

When faculty members overwhelmingly share the same political outlook, students are deprived of the full range of perspectives necessary for critical thinking and meaningful intellectual growth. With 28 Democrats to every 1 Republican, Yale can and must do more to fulfill its educational obligations. Sign the?petition?calling for greater intellectual diversity at Yale today:?https://lnkd.in/e-dGXM3h

Nominations due soon! Don’t forget to submit your pick for Buckley’s 2025 Lux et Veritas Faculty Prize: https://lnkd.in/e_4_GCGy

“‘…if every DEI person didn’t come to work, you might not notice for a very long time because it’s not really clear what they do.’” Read about Author Coleman Hughes’ disdain for ‘anti-racist’ politics and hopes for a colorblind America in The Buckley Beacon: https://lnkd.in/gJnj5pPs

“It’s good to have this kind of pressure to push you to achieve better. But make sure that you are directing the pressure in the direction that you want.” Li ’25 In this week’s episode of?Pod and Man at Yale, Tori Cook ’27 and Vanessa Li ’25 take on Yale’s busyness culture and whether China’s or America’s educational culture is the best path for societal success. Check out the full episode on Apple?Podcasts:?https://lnkd.in/ecTrkthK All other platforms: https://lnkd.in/g59_YZiq

“Wright pointed out that populations that are less religious, more educated, more left-leaning, and in the American West are more likely to support the legalization of physician-assisted suicide.” Read about Buckley’s recent firing line debate on assisted suicide with Patients' Rights Action Fund's Matt V. and Penn State University’s Megan Wright in The Buckley Beacon: https://lnkd.in/eSWhfxMs

Only a few hours are left to be a champion of free speech on campus by sponsoring this year’s Disinvitation Dinner! The Disinvitation Dinner is the premier campus free speech of the year. Supporters of viewpoint diversity at Yale and promising future leaders at the undergraduate and graduate level come together for a gala evening celebrating the value of open discussion and debate, on campus and across the country. Sponsor before the deadline closes tonight! https://lnkd.in/gDKQB6t9

Recent months have seen a strong uptick in debate and discussion around public policy that allows some medical professionals to help patients kill themselves or to kill a patient at the patient's request, known by proponents as MAID (medical assistance in dying), and by opponents as assisted suicide and euthanasia, respectively. How are we to think through this as a matter of policy, healthcare, and individual practice? Join the Buckley Institute for a Firing Line debate to discuss this urgent medical controversy with Patients' Rights Action Fund’s Matt V. and Penn State University’s Megan Wright. This event will take place tomorrow at 4:30pm in WLH 119 and is free and open to the public.?

Deadline: Today! Don’t miss your chance to earn a funded summer?internship?at National Review, The New Criterion, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, or the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation! Applications due 2/17.? https://lnkd.in/gUvv6QBa

“...The topic ‘is so critical for our generation right now, especially as we seem to be leaving behind institutions.’” Read The Buckley Beacon on University of Notre Dame Professor Richard Garnett’s visit to campus:?https://lnkd.in/gCe73rxV

Tomorrow at 4:30pm! Author, commentator, and podcaster Coleman Hughes will join the Buckley Institute for a discussion about his new book, The End of Race Politics, and why a color-blind America is the best path forward. Join us in WLH 119 (100 Wall St, New Haven)! This event is free and open to the public.