In 2017, Anne Bokma embarked on a quest to become a more spiritual person.  After leaving the fundamentalist religion of her youth, she became one of the 80 million North Americans who consider themselves spiritual-but-not-religious, the fastest growing “faith” category.  In mid-life she found herself addicted to busyness, drinking too much, hooked on social media, [...]

Shane Larson, Ph.D., Associate Director of CIERA (Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics), will speak on the topic, Astrobiology: Looking for Life in the Cosmic Ocean.  Humans have speculated for centuries that, perhaps, Earth is not the only haven for life in the Cosmos.  Hollywood has speculated wildly that life may exist in [...]

Nina Kraus, Ph.D., Professor of Neurobiology and Otolaryngology at Northwestern University, will speak on the topic of her book, Of Sound Mind: How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World.  Hearing a cry or a word or a bird call or a chord brings forth different, specific reactions in each of our brains. How we [...]

Danny M. Cohen, Ph.D., Professor of Instruction at Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy and the Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies, will speak on the topic of The Denial and Hiding of Holocaust Histories in Honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day.  In this interactive lecture in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, [...]