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Two Events

Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential, and Endangered

Bruce D. Perry, Md, Ph.D.

Senior Fellow, The Child Trauma Academy, Houston; Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Fienberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; Author, The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Born for Love

Feb 12 2015

The Mask You Live In

Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Filmmaker, Advocate, and Non-profit Founder, The Representation Project

Feb 9 2015

The Work: My Search for a Life that Matters

Wes Moore

Bestselling Author, Army Combat Veteran, Social Entrepreneur, and Chief Executive Officer of Robin Hood

Jan 14 2015

Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do

Claude M. Steele, Ph.D.

Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost at the University of California, Berkeley

Dec 8 2014

Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life

William Deresiewicz, Ph.D.

Bestselling Author, The New York Times, Critic and College Speaker

Nov 4 2014
Two Events

Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence

Laurence Steinberg, Ph.D.

Distinguished University Professor and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology, Temple University

Nov 3 2014

All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

Jennifer Senior

Staff writer at The Atlantic and winner of the 2022 Pulitzer for Feature Writing

Sep 19 2014