CHAPTER 39 WELCOME REMARKS Resilience in Journalism and Free Speech in the Age of Social Media Symposium, Tow Center for Digital Media, Columbia Journalism School, April 18, 2023

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
4. PREFACE xv
5. CHAPTER 1 INAUGURAL ADDRESS Columbia University, Low Plaza, October 3, 2002 1
6. CHAPTER 2 SEVEN MYTHS ABOUT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN UNIVERSITIES Education and Law Symposium Lecture, Willamette University College of Law, 2002 15
7. CHAPTER 3 STATEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM EDUCATION Columbia University, April 15, 2003 28
8. CHAPTER 4 A RESOUNDING VICTORY FOR DIVERSITY ON CAMPUS Washington Post, June 24, 2003 36
9. CHAPTER 5 EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND QUALITY: BROWN AND RODRIGUEZ AND THEIR AFTERMATH Address to the College Board Forum, New York City, November 3, 2003 39
10. CHAPTER 6 ACADEMIC FREEDOM Benjamin N. Cardozo Lecture, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, March 23, 2005 54
11. CHAPTER 7 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Columbia University, Low Plaza, May 17, 2006 72
12. CHAPTER 8 STATEMENT ABOUT PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD’S SCHEDULED APPEARANCE AT THE WORLD LEADER’S FORUM Columbia University, September 19, 2007 78
13. CHAPTER 9 INTRODUCTION OF PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN Columbia World Leaders Forum, Alfred Lerner Hall, September 24, 2007 81
14. CHAPTER 10 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Columbia University, Low Plaza, May 21, 2008 87
15. CHAPTER 11 GLOBALIZATION AND FREE PRESS 94
16. CHAPTER 12 A FREE PRESS FOR A GLOBAL SOCIETY American Academy of Arts and Sciences Induction Symposium, Cambridge, MA, October 10, 2010 109
17. CHAPTER 13 THE PENTAGON PAPERS Learned Hand Lecture in Honor of Judge Wilfred Feinberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, June 22, 2011 118
18. CHAPTER 14 THE REAL MISMATCH Slate, May 30, 2013 127
19. CHAPTER 15 TO MOVE FORWARD, WE MUST LOOK BACK Chronicle of Higher Education, June 27, 2013 131
20. CHAPTER 16 SIXTY YEARS LATER, WE NEED A NEW BROWN New Yorker, May 16, 2014 135
21. CHAPTER 17 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Columbia University, Low Plaza, May 21, 2014 142
22. CHAPTER 18 HOW TO FREE SPEECH: AMERICANS ONLY FIGURED OUT FREE SPEECH FIFTY YEARS AGO. HERE’S HOW THE WORLD CAN FOLLOW OUR LEAD. Washington Post, February 12, 2015 148
23. CHAPTER 19 WHAT ONCE WAS LOST MUST NOW BE FOUND: REDISCOVERING AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION JURISPRUDENCE INFORMED BY THE REALITY OF RACE IN AMERICA Harvard Law Review Forum, April 12, 2016 153
24. CHAPTER 20 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Columbia University, Low Plaza, May 18, 2016 161
25. CHAPTER 21 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ISN’T JUST A LEGAL ISSUE. IT’S ALSO A HISTORICAL ONE. New York Times, June 24, 2016 167
26. CHAPTER 22 THE NO- CENSORSHIP APPROACH TO LIFE Chronicle of Higher Education, September 18, 2016 170
27. CHAPTER 23 OUR SPIRITUAL PLANK Remarks at the Manhattanville Campus Dedication Ceremony, October 24, 2016 173
28. CHAPTER 24 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Columbia University, Low Plaza, May 17, 2017 176
29. CHAPTER 25 CONVOCATION ADDRESS Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Low Plaza, August 27, 2017 182
30. CHAPTER 26 CAN THE FIRST AMENDMENT SAVE US? Columbia Journalism Review, October 5, 2017 187
31. CHAPTER 27 OPENING OF THE FORUM Columbia University, Manhattanville Campus, September 26, 2018 193
32. CHAPTER 28 THE FREE SPEECH CENTURY: A RETROSPECTIVE AND A GUIDE, PART 1: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF FREE SPEECH Tanner Lecture I, Clare Hall, Cambridge University, November 5, 2018 196
33. CHAPTER 29 THE FREE SPEECH CENTURY: A RETROSPECTIVE AND A GUIDE, PART 2: THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS— A GLOBAL PUBLIC FORUM Tanner Lecture II, Clare Hall, Cambridge University, November 6, 2018 209
34. CHAPTER 30 HOW THE U.S. COULD PROSECUTE JAMAL KHASHOGGI’S KILLERS Washington Post, March 31, 2019 232
35. CHAPTER 31 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Columbia University, Low Plaza, May 22, 2019 235
36. CHAPTER 32 CONVOCATION ADDRESS Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Low Plaza, August 25, 2019 243
37. CHAPTER 33 THE FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY Keynote Address at the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System Conference, Brussels, October 19, 2019 248
38. CHAPTER 34 STATEMENT TO THE UNIVERSITY SENATE PLENARY REGARDING THE BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT, AND SANCTIONS (BDS) MOVEMENT Columbia University, Low Library, March 6, 2020 259
39. CHAPTER 35 ANNOUNCING THE COLUMBIA CLIMATE SCHOOL Columbia University, July 10, 2020 262
40. CHAPTER 36 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Columbia University, online, April 30, 2021 265
41. CHAPTER 37 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Columbia University, Low Plaza, May 18, 2022 270
42. CHAPTER 38 CONVOCATION ADDRESS Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Low Plaza, August 28, 2022 276
43. CHAPTER 39 WELCOME REMARKS Resilience in Journalism and Free Speech in the Age of Social Media Symposium, Tow Center for Digital Media, Columbia Journalism School, April 18, 2023 282
44. CHAPTER 40 FAREWELL DINNER REMARKS Columbia University, Manhattanville Campus, April 28, 2023 286
45. CHAPTER 41 COLUMBIA COLLEGE CLASS DAY ADDRESS Columbia University, South Lawn, May 16, 2023 291
46. CHAPTER 42 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Columbia University, May 17, 2023 294
47. NOTES 303
48. OTHER BOOKS BY LEE C. BOLLINGER 317
49. INDEX 319