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Native Pop! At the Newberry

All day, sponsored by One Book One Northwestern

 Free and open to all Mar 20–Jul 19, 2025 At the Newberry – Trienens Galleries How Indigenous people have shaped popular culture.

May
5
2025

James E. Dobson - "Neural Network Computing Before GPUs"

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Science in Human Culture Program - Klopsteg Lecture Series

Speaker James E. Dobson - English, Dartmouth College Title "Neural Network Computing Before GPUs" Abstract High-speed, high-memory, multicore graphics processing units such as those sold...

May
6
2025

Faculty Book Colloquium with Professor Kevin Buckelew

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department

Faculty Book Colloquium for Professor Kevin Buckelew’s new book, Discerning Buddhas: Authority, Agency, and Masculinity in Chan Buddhism. Panelists: Professor Stephanie Balkwill Department...

May
7
2025

Asian American Studies DUS Office Hours!

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Asian American Studies Program

Planning your class registration for Fall 2025? Make sure you're on track to finish your major! Come chat with AASP...

May
7
2025

The Spanish Club Craft & Chat

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese

All are welcome to join the Spanish Club for an evening of snacks and yarn bracelet making!

May
8
2025

Whose Story Is It? Navigating Community Storytelling

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Asian American Studies Program

Community storytelling is difficult work. Storytellers must contend with myriad definitions of community, engage with community members that hold differing...

May
8
2025

Brady Tea

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life

Brady Scholars gather weekly for refreshments and discussion about recent events and their implications for our society, ongoing moral difficulties...

May
9
2025

Kamakakēhau Fernandez - 'Ukulele Performance

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Asian American Studies Program

Kamakakēhau Fernandez is an award winning ‘ukulele player and Hawaiian falsetto singer. Coming all the way from Hawai'i, he's excited...

May
15
2025

Brady Tea

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life

Brady Scholars gather weekly for refreshments and discussion about recent events and their implications for our society, ongoing moral difficulties...

May
15
2025

The Story of Pa I Sha

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR)

The Story of Pa I Sha WHEN: May 15, 7:30 p.m. Description: The Bach & Beethoven Experience presents the musical narrative, The...

May
16
2025

Suspense and Surprise in Greek Tragedy

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics

Visiting Lecture by Glenn Most Starting from Alfred Hitchcock's classic distinction between suspense and surprise, I ask how much of each...

May
19
2025

Undergraduate-Faculty Lunch

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by History Department

Undergrads! Join lunch with your fellow History undergrads and faculty at 12:30PM - 2:00PM. If this will be your first...

May
21
2025

Graduate-Faculty Lunch

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by History Department

Graduates - Join lunch with your fellow History graduate students and faculty. If this will be your first time all...

May
21
2025

Buffett Book Talk: Heaven Has a Wall

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs

Our national conversation about the border has taken a religious turn. When televangelists declare, “Heaven has a wall,” activists shout...

May
22
2025

Brady Tea

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life

Brady Scholars gather weekly for refreshments and discussion about recent events and their implications for our society, ongoing moral difficulties...

May
23
2025

Ancient Economies Conference

8:15 AM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics

Ancient Economies May 23, 2025 Sponsored by: Northwestern Center for Economic History Joel Mokyr, Joe Ferrie, and Walker Hanlon, co-directors Organizers: Walker Hanlon and Taco...

May
28
2025

Franny Choi Reading, Q&A, and Book Signing

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Asian American Studies Program

Please join Northwestern’s Asian American Studies Program 5:00PM Wednesday, May 28 (Harris 108) for a poetry reading, Q&A, and book...

May
29
2025

Brady Tea

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life

Brady Scholars gather weekly for refreshments and discussion about recent events and their implications for our society, ongoing moral difficulties...