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The Importance of Being Little with Erika Christakis

Erika Christakis, MPH, MA, M.Ed.

Educator, Child Study Center, Yale University and New York Times bestselling Author

Apr 19 2016

Peak: The New Science of Expertise

K. Anders Ericsson, Ph.D.

Conradi Eminent Scholar and Professor of Psychology, Florida State University and Author

Apr 18 2016
Two Events

American Injustice: Mercy, Humanity, and Making a Difference

Bryan Stevenson

Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative

Apr 7 2016
Two Events

Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living

Krista Tippett

Host of National Public Radio’s “On Being” Peabody Award winner and National Humanities Medal recipient

Apr 6 2016

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

Adam Grant, Ph.D.

Saul P. Steinberg Professor of Management and Professor of Psychology, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Apr 5 2016
TWO EVENTS

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond, Ph.D.

Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology, Princeton University

Mar 15 2016

Excellence Through Equity

Pedro Noguera, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor of Education, Graduate School of Education and Information Sciences, UCLA

Mar 14 2016

Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

Cognitive psychologist, host of The Psychology Podcast, professor of psychology at Columbia University, director of the Center for Human Potential, and author of eleven books

Feb 29 2016

United: An Evening with Senator Cory Booker

Senator Cory Booker

United States Senator, New Jersey

Feb 26 2016