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The Right (and Wrong) Stuff: How Brilliant Careers are Made and Unmade

Carter Cast

Michael S. and Mary Sue Shannon Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Jan 17 2018

Supernormal: Stories of Adversity, Resilience, and Growth

Meg Jay, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Education and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia

Nov 28 2017
Two Events

Bringing Mindset, Brain Science, and Creativity to Mathematics Teaching and Learning

Jo Boaler, Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics Education, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University

Nov 16 2017
Two Events

Real American: Growing Up Black and Biracial in America

Julie Lythcott-Haims

Author, "How to Raise an Adult" and "Real American"

Nov 13 2017
Two Events

Human Trafficking and Exploitation: Law, Policy, and Restorative Programs

Elizabeth Melendez Fisher, MA

President and CEO, Selah Freedom

Judge Virginia Kendall

United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Katherine Kaufka Walts, JD

Director, Center for the Human Rights of Children at Loyola University Chicago

Nov 9 2017

Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times

Nancy Koehn, Ph.D.

Historian and James E. Robinson Chair of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Nov 3 2017

The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact

Chip Heath

Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Dan Heath

Senior Fellow, Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship, Duke University

Oct 24 2017
Evanston Township High School

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

Ta-Nehisi Coates

National Book Award-winning author of We Were Eight Years in Power, Between the World and Me, and The Water Dancer.

Oct 18 2017
Francis Parker School, Chicago

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

Ta-Nehisi Coates

National Book Award-winning author of We Were Eight Years in Power, Between the World and Me, and The Water Dancer.

Oct 17 2017

What the Qur’an Meant: And Why It Matters

Garry Wills, Ph.D.

Professor of History Emeritus, Northwestern University

Oct 12 2017