<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2023/0419-speech-recap.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><feature_title>Featured News</feature_title><title>Tackling tough topics with respect at heart of speech and expression symposium</title><author>James Helicke</author><author_email>info@skidmore.edu</author_email><pubDate>04/19/2023 01:05:35 PM</pubDate><display>display</display><description>Skidmore’s Speech and Expression on College Campuses Symposium explored some of the most challenging topics of the day and offered a positive model of dialogue and democracy in action.</description><category>News</category><image_listing><img src="/news/2023/images/0419-speech-thumbnail2.jpg" alt="Associate Professor of History and Frances Young Tang '61 Chair in Chinese Studies Jenny Day and Zankel Professor of Management for Liberal Arts Students Pushkala Prasad"/></image_listing><image><img src="/news/2023/images/0419-speech-faculty.jpg" alt=" From left, Senior Teaching Professor of International Affairs and Arts Administration Scott Mulligan, Associate Professor of History and Frances Young Tang '61 Chair in Chinese Studies Jenny Day, Zankel Professor of Management for Liberal Arts Students Pushkala Prasad, and Professor of English Calvin Baker participate in the faculty panel at the symposium."/></image><caption>From left, Senior Teaching Professor of International Affairs and Arts Administration Scott Mulligan, Associate Professor of History and Frances Young Tang '61 Chair in Chinese Studies Jenny Day, Zankel Professor of Management for Liberal Arts Students Pushkala Prasad, and Professor of English Calvin Baker participate in the faculty panel at the symposium.</caption></item>