A Day With Northwestern includes opening and closing discussions, plus topics for three different sessions. Participants can select one of three different lectures per session.
Opening Keynote Panel
9:15–10:15 a.m.
Harnessing Insights from the Social Sciences to Live a Happy, Healthy, and Thriving life
Discussion:
- Rinad Beidas (Moderator), Chair and Ralph Seal Paffenbarger Professor of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences (courtesy appointment)
- Andrea Graham, Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science) and Preventive Medicine (Behavioral Medicine), Feinberg School of Medicine
- Judith Moskowitz, Chief of Intervention Science and Professor of Medical Social Sciences (Intervention Science) in the Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine
- Darius Tandon, Director, Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM), Center for Community Health; Professor of Medical Social Sciences (Intervention Science), Feinberg School of Medicine
Morning Sessions
10:30–11:30 a.m.
Blueprints for Safety: Engaged Science and the Story of Collaborative Gun Violence Prevention in Chicago
Andrew Papachristos, Faculty Director of CORNERS; Director of Northwestern's Institute for Policy Research; John G. Searle Professor of Sociology, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
After the Human Genome Project – Realizing Precision Medicine
Neil Kelleher, Director of the Chemistry of Life Processes Institute; Walter and Mary E. Glass Professor of Molecular Biosciences; Professor of Chemistry, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Medicine (Hematology and Oncology), Feinberg School of Medicine; Director of Northwestern Proteomics
Artificial Intelligence Disinformation Forces a New Role for News
Jeremy Gilbert ’00, ’00 MS, Knight Professor of Digital Media Strategy, Medill School of Journalism, Media, and Integrated Marketing Communications
James Lee, Associate University Librarian for Academic Innovation; Associate Professor of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Medill School of Journalism, Media, and Integrated Marketing Communications
Afternoon Sessions
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Rebuilding Brain Power
Theresa L. Bender Pape, Research Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine and Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital
Beyond Astronomy: Chasing Spacewarps and Stardust with Giant Telescopes and Artificial Intelligence
Shane Larson, Research Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Associate Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research Astrophysics (CIERA), Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Preparing for a Curious Life, Not Just a Career: The Northwestern Personal Development StudioLab
Bruce Ankenman ’24 MA, Co-Director of the Personal Development StudioLab; Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, the McCormick School of Engineering
Joseph Holtgreive ’88, Co-Director of the Personal Development StudioLab; Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Engineering, the McCormick School of Engineering
Late Afternoon Sessions
1:45–2:45 p.m.
Introduction and Self-guided Tour of Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology
The Block Museum of Art, exhibit tour, (limit 25, pre-registration required)
Democracy and Diversity
Geraldo Cadava, Wender-Lewis Teaching and Research Professor of History, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Laurel Harbridge-Yong, Associate Director, Institute for Policy Research (beginning September 1); Professor of Political Science, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Closing Keynote Discussion
3–4 p.m.
A Career Celebration
Kevin Leonard ’77, ’82 MS, Northwestern University Historian
Mallory Thompson, who made history in 1996 as the first woman to be named Northwestern’s director of bands, will retire at the end of the 2023–24 academic year.
Join Leonard and Thompson for a dialogue covering the 28-year career of Thompson, Northwestern’s Director of Bands, John W. Beattie Chair of Music, and Professor of Conducting.