Our guest speaker is Judith Lessler, who edited the book "Department of Corruption: Darren Rainey, the Untold Story" (Harold W.J. Hempstead, author). You may think you know what happens to people who are incarcerated in our prison systems, but you need to know what happened to Darren Rainey, who was imprisoned by the State of […]

Elijah King, a member of the Youth Steering Committee with the Youth Justice Project of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, will present a program on the efforts of him and other students in the area of climate change.  Are we up to the challenge of following their lead? Elijah King is an inspiring and […]

In an unmissable TED Talk, journalist Carole Cadwalladr digs into one of the most perplexing events in recent times:  the UK's super-close 2016 vote to leave the European Union.  Tracking the result to a barrage of misleading Facebook ads targeted at vulnerable Brexit swing voters − and linking the same players and tactics to the […]

We are living through a time of unprecedented change in the norms of our national politics.  How much of that change is an aberration, and how much is permanent, or at least enduring? Dorothy Dale presents some food for thought and  interactive discussion, reflecting her views as an observer, not an expert.

With the complexity of modern science can the public really understand what is happening in the research world? Do researchers understand the needs and wants of public? Bridging the gap is critical if we are all going to survive in a rapidly changing world. Fred Breidt will briefly describe the history of science, the scientific […]