Over the past two decades I have had the very special opportunity to speak before many different audiences about some of the issues that animate life in the twenty-first century.
I have included below the texts of some of those speeches, in which I attempted to share my own perspectives on those issues.
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The Opportunity Given to College Graduates
"On Dirt: Engaging Evil To Improve the World" Spring Commencement, May 30, 2004
"E.B. White, WIlliam Strunk, and Charlotte," Winter Commencement, December 20, 2003
"An Open and Inquiring Mind, and Stuart Little," Winter Commencement, December 18, 2004
"An Optimistic Heart," Spring Commencement, May 29, 2005
Life, Wisdom, and Sustainability
Globalization and the Rule of Law
"The Geography of Legal Thought," Shenzhen Bar Association, May 6, 2009
"New Hard Questions About Globalization," CSES, November 10, 2006
"From Welfare State to Welfare Planet," CIPA, November 9, 2006
"Global Food Security," World University Presidents Keynote, September 16, 2005
"Towards a Workable Rule of Law," Wilson Center Conference on the Rule of Law, July 19, 2006
"Humane Globalization," Cornell-PKU WTO Conference, May 23, 2006
Americans in China
The Great Lawyer
"Compassion," Spring Commencement, May 3, 2003
"Optimism," Spring Commencement, May 5, 2001
"Patience," Spring Commencement, May 13, 2000
"Voice," Spring Commencement, May 4, 2002
"Our Profession's Image," Spring Commencement, May 15, 1999
"Civic Engagement and Friendship," Spring Commencement, May 16, 1998
"Teaching," Spring Commencement, May 10, 1997
"Professional Integrity," Spring Commencement, May 11, 1996
"Commitment to the Public Good," Spring Commencement, May 13, 1995
The Opportunity Given to College Students
The Transnational University
"The Transnational University," Wilson Center Director's Forum, December 16, 2004
"Networks and the Globalization of American Higher Education," Educause Keynote, May 7, 2008
"Xiamen University, We Salute You!" April 6, 2006
"International Development and Research Universities," Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 10, 2006
"Social Engagement and the Transnational University," Hohendahl Conference, November 13, 2004
Leading a Great University
"Understanding, Adaptation, Innovation, and Contribution," April 5, 2012
"Revolutionary and Beloved," October 16, 2003
"Building Cornell: The State of the University," October 29, 2004
"University Leadership and Healthy Globalization," University Presidents Assembly, Beijing Forum, November 17, 2005
"A Plane With Two Pilots: The State of the University," June 11, 2005
"On Collaboration," New York City Inaugural Address, October 15, 2003
"The Shoulders of Giants," December 12, 2002
"Leadership in Higher Education," ICOS Seminar, January 11, 2002
Why Universities Are Different
The Transformation of Chinese Universities
"Understanding, Adaptation, Innovation, and Contribution," April 5, 2012
"Engagement with Chinese Universities in 2012," Australian University Presidents, March 8, 2012
"The Changing Face of Legal Education in 2012," Sir George Turner Public Lecture, March 5, 2012
"Imagination, Courage and Trust," PKUSZGS Tenth Anniversary, December 21, 2011
"Breaking New Ground in Legal Education," Groundbreaking Ceremony, September 21, 2011
"American and Chinese Universities," Address at University Town Library, May 14, 2011
"More Drops, More Buckets," Law School Admissions Council Keynote, May 30, 2009
