5:00–6:00 pm
Zoom
Join the Library discuss the current book selection, "Kindred" by Octavia E. Butler
11:00 am–12:00 pm
Zoom
Join the library to discuss the current book selection, "Kindred" by Octavia E. Butler.
3:00–4:30 pm
Zoom
Hearing One Another introduces practical approaches to help people develop effective communication and listening skills. As of October 2020, 1 in 5 people at the University has participated in this training.
12:00–1:30 pm
Zoom
Join the Human Rights Lab for a poetry workshop led by poet and legal scholar Reginald Dwayne Betts. The workshop will focus on juxtaposing the public and private in verse as a way to deepen one’s connection to their central subject and private narrative. It will also explore the possibilities of haiku as meditation and entryway. Readings and discussion will be followed by short writing sessions to generate new work.
9:00–10:00 am
Zoom
This support space is for international students to stay connected during these uncertain times.
6:00–7:00 pm
Zoom
Attend a talk and poetry session with Elizabeth Adetiba and E. Nina Jay.
Through April 29, 2021
Zoom
The recently formed Centering Race Consortium brings together researchers at four institutions: Brown, Stanford, the University of Chicago and Yale to “center” racial justice in the pursuit of humanistic inquiry.
Through May 12, 2021
Online event
Register to watch the feature-length documentary film "Picture a Scientist," which leads viewers on a journey deep into a group of women scientists' own experiences, ranging from brutal harassment to years of subtle slights. You'll receive a link to the film enabling you to watch it online at any time April 28 - May 12.
12:45–2:00 pm
Zoom
Attend a discussion about how to build space for inclusive and productive campus discourse. Two entities at the University of Chicago—the Parrhesia Program for Public Discourse and the Democracy Curriculum initiative at the Chicago Center on Democracy—have organized a panel of higher education administrators to discuss their work to protect free expression and inclusion.
12:00–1:00 pm
Zoom
Attend an author event with Nathalie Etoke, who will discuss her book "Shades of Black." She will be joined in conversation by Larissa Brewer-García, Assistant Professor of Latin American Literature.