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Braving the Wilderness

Brené Brown, Ph.D., LCSW

Huffington Foundation-Brené Brown Endowed Chair at The Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston

Sep 27 2017
Two Events

On Edge: A Journey Through Anxiety

Andrea Petersen

Reporter, Wall Street Journal

Sep 26 2017
Two Events

Blurred Lines: Rethinking Sex, Power, and Consent on Campus

Vanessa Grigoriadis

Contributing Editor, New York Times Magazine and Vanity Fair

Sep 14 2017

Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Conversation with Jesmyn Ward

Jesmyn Ward

Associate Professor, Tulane University

Sep 13 2017
GRAND ROUNDS PRESENTATION

Why Psychological Flexibility Matters to Clients, Practitioners, and to their Relationship

Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D.

Foundation Professor in the Behavioral Analysis Program Department of Psychology, University of Nevada

May 12 2017

Turning Toward: The Healing Power of Human Consciousness

Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D.

Foundation Professor in the Behavioral Analysis Program Department of Psychology, University of Nevada

May 11 2017
Three Events

“March”: An Evening with Rep. John Lewis and Andrew Aydin

Rep. John Lewis

U.S. Representative, Georgia's 5th congressional district

Andrew Aydin

National Book Award winner and co-author, with Rep. John Lewis, of the "March" graphic novel trilogy.

May 8 2017

Income, Race, Gender, and Educational Opportunity: A Data Portrait of Evanston and America

Sean Reardon, Ph.D.

Professor of Poverty and Inequality in Education and Professor of Sociology, Stanford University Director, Stanford Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Program in Quantitative Education Policy Analysis

May 4 2017
TWO EVENTS

The Mind-Gut Connection: The Impact on Mood, Choices, and Health

Emerson Mayer, MD, Ph.D.

Gastroenterologist, Neuroscientist, Professor in the Department of Medicine, Physiology and Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Executive Director of the G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience at UCLA, and co-director of the CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center

Apr 26 2017