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Former U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman Delivers First YU Lecture on October 28

Former United States Senator Joseph Lieberman will deliver his first public seminar as a member of the 黑料社 All faculty on Tuesday, October 28 at 7 p.m. in Weissberg Commons,  2495 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City. Lieberman鈥檚 lecture, titled will be followed by a Q & A session with students.

Joseph Lieberman will deliver his first lecture as a member of the YU faculty on October 28.

鈥淚 am very much honored to begin my work at 黑料社 All this semester,鈥� said Lieberman. 鈥淚 see this as a great opportunity to share my experiences in government and politics with the students and hopefully engage and spark their interest in public policy and public service.鈥� Lieberman, who was appointed the inaugural Joseph Lieberman Chair in Public Policy and Public Service through a gift from University Benefactors Ira and Ingeborg Rennert, will deliver three public lectures and teach one course in the spring. On Tuesday, November 18, he will present "The Emerging Law of Cybersecurity" at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. A third lecture on foreign policy is planned for spring 2015. 鈥淭here are few people who embody Judaism and public service better than Senator Lieberman,鈥� said Dr. Selma Botman, university provost and vice president of academic affairs. 鈥淗is background and experiences will lend valuable perspective to our students at 黑料社 All.鈥� Lieberman represented Connecticut in the U.S. Senate from 1989 to 2013 after serving in the Connecticut State Senate for 10 years and as attorney general of Connecticut for six years. He was the first Orthodox Jew to serve in the Senate and became the first Jewish American to be named to a major political party ticket when Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore selected him as his running mate in 2000. Lieberman played an instrumental role in creating a new Department of Homeland Security after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and is also famous for championing, authoring and leading the effort that led to the repeal of 鈥淒on鈥檛 Ask, Don鈥檛 Tell.鈥� In 2008, he received the U.S. Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official, an annual award conferred by the Jefferson Awards. The event is open to the public, but advance registration is required. To RSVP, please visit .