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RSVP to attend presentation by prominent journalist

February 23, 2026

President Benson is inviting the University community to attend “The Temptations of Power: A Washington Reporter’s Lessons on Leadership” by McKay Coppins, an award-winning journalist at The Atlantic and a New York Times bestselling author.

The presentation will take place at noon on February 27 (2/27) in the Downtown Library, Milano Reading Room.

Samuel Benson, national politics reporter at Politico, will introduce Coppins.

The lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science.