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| Open VISIONS Forums return to the Quick Center for the Arts with engaging speakers who share their personal stories and expertise in a range of topics.
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| Tickets for OVF lectures are $35 | Quick Member: $25
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| WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP SERIES
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| Presented with Bank of America
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| Zanny Minton Beddoes
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| Wednesday, September 27 | 8 p.m.
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| Zanny Minton Beddoes, renowned global economics expert and Editor-in-Chief of The Economist, offers authoritative perspectives on the world economy, focusing on emerging markets, the European Union, corporate America, and the 2024 presidential election.
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| PULITZER PRIZE-WINNER
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| Art Spiegelman
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| Tuesday, October 17 | 7:30 p.m.
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| Art Spiegelman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, believes comics are increasingly important in post-literate culture for conveying iconographic images and language bursts. Spiegelman's 1992 Holocaust narrative, Maus, and Arthur Szyk's anti-Nazi political cartooning will be discussed in conjunction with the Fairfield University Art Museum's exhibition. This program is presented in collaboration with the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies and the Jewish Federation of Greater Fairfield County.
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| ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE |
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| Radhika Dirks
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| Thursday, October 26 | 7:30 p.m.
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$50 Cocktail reception (includes ticket)
AI advances are revolutionizing the world, with AI being used to discover drugs, automate medical procedures, and change our thinking and writing. Leading AI expert Radhika Dirks discusses the risks and benefits of these technologies, including cancer cures and AI start-ups. This program is supported through Patrick J. Waide ’59 and the Waide Center for Applied Ethics.
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| HEALTH AND WELLNESS
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| Marian Grant, DNP, ACNP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN, RN
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| Thursday, November 9 | 5:30 p.m.
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| Marian Grant, a nurse practitioner at the University of Maryland Medical Center, is a senior regulatory advisor for the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care and a consultant for the Center to Advance Palliative Care. She is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins Schools of Nursing and was a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow in 2014. Presented in collaboration with the Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing & Health Studies.
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| DATE ANNOUNCEMENT! |
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| Kaitlan Collins
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| Sunday, November 12 | 3 p.m.
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$50 Cocktail reception (includes ticket)
Kaitlan Collins, a 27-year-old CNN news anchor, has been covering the White House since 2017. She is one of the most influential people in news media breaking stories on staff departures and policy decisions.
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| 26TH ANNUAL JACOBY-LUNIN HUMANITARIAN LECTURE
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| Susannah Heschel
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| Tuesday, November 14 | 7:30 p.m.
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| Susannah Heschel, Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College, pays tribute to her father Abraham Joshua Heschel, a prominent rabbinical scholar and humanist. She has authored over 100 articles focusing on Jewish and Protestant thought, biblical scholarship, and anti-Semitism. Presented in collaboration with the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies.
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| THE ANNUAL STUDENT FORUM AND THE COMMON GROUND LECTURE SERIES |
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| Juju Chang and Masih Alinejad
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| Thursday, February 15 | 7:30 p.m.
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| Join Emmy Award-winning co-anchor Juju Chang and Iranian activist Masih Alinejad as they discuss challenges and strategies for global feminist agendas for women of color and Alinejad shares her inspiring story of living in exile and overcoming adversity.
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| CURRENT AFFAIRS
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| Dr. Timothy Snyder
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| Thursday, March 14 | 7:30 p.m.
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| Yale historian Timothy Snyder's book, On Tyranny, is a bestseller and a guide for action in the past. His latest book, Our Malady, examines healthcare as a human right and the connection between health and freedom. Presented in collaboration with the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies and the Department of History.
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| HEALTH AND WELLNESS |
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| Michael Pollan
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| Thursday, March 21 | 7:30 p.m.
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| Michael Pollan, a transformative scientist, has written books and articles on human-nature connections for 30 years. His latest book, This is Your Mind on Plants, explores human attraction to psychoactive plants and taboos.
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