No constitutional power has proven to be greater in American history than that of judicial review. This discussion will focus on how the United States Supreme Court has used this […]
The relationship between the federal government and the states is unique when compared to other nations. This discussion will look at how the states have limited the power of the […]
A young Bob Dole, searching for a fuller recovery from grave World War II injuries, connected with Armenian surgeon Dr. Hampar Kelikian. Over the course of seven surgeries in seven […]
In April 1960 the US Navy launched the first experimental navigation satellite. This highly classified and cutting-edge technology found in the TRANSIT satellites were designed to provide the Navy’s submarines […]
Join the Dole Institute Student Advisory Board for the spring Student Advisory Board Program, “The State of Education in Kansas.” SAB coordinator Kenna McNally will be joined by experts to […]
In the final program of his series, Dole Fellow Matt Beat will explore the various reforms that have been proposed that could not only limit the power of the president […]
2025 commemorates the 80th anniversary of Bob Dole’s battlefield wounding, and the end of World War II. Former Dole staffers Robert Lighthizer, Sheila Burke, and Rod DeArment will discuss the […]
Come one, come all, for the Dole Institute’s Easter Egg Roll with Dole! Join us on Saturday, April 19, for a morning of family fun, including a White House-style egg […]
Join us for this spring's edition of The Counselors: “Resolved: Medical Assistance in Dying Should be Legal in the United States.” The program, a cross between a mock trial and […]
Former United States Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (2006-2011) will be in conversation with Dole Institute Visiting Fellow Jerry Seib for the opening of the 2025 KU Security Conference, […]
This lecture will begin with the genesis of the shipboard combat information center (CIC) in World War II from the Guadalcanal campaign (1942) up through that at Okinawa (1945). From […]
China’s War with Japan began in 1937 with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident near Beijing. While diplomatic and economic means were used to support the Chinese for several years, it […]
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