The Ƶ holds virtual events as well as in-person events around the country and the world that bring members, representatives of the Affiliates, and others together to explore topics of national and global concern.
*Activity of a Local Program Committee or Representative
In-Person and Hybrid Meetings
Arizona
September 11, 2023
University of Arizona Biosphere 2, Oracle
Arizona Program Committee Luncheon*
October 8, 2024
Arizona State University
Arizona Members’ Convening: Opportunities and Challenges for Arizona
FEATURED SPEAKER: Michael Crow (Arizona State University); INTRODUCTION: Osvaldo Sala (Arizona State University)
California
February 13, 2024
University of California, San Diego and Virtual
Inspiring Collective Climate Action in California and Beyond*
FEATURED SPEAKER: David Victor (University of California, San Diego); INTRODUCTION: M. Margaret McKeown (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit); Susan Taylor (University of California, San Diego School of Medicine)
February 27, 2024
Menlo Park, CA
The Geography of American Opportunity
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Reid Hoffman (Greylock Partners); Goodwin Liu (Supreme Court of California); Katherine Newman (University of California, Berkeley); MODERATOR: Michael Tubbs (End Poverty in California)
March 3, 2024
The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Arts and Culture*
A Morton L. Mandel Conversation
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Katherine E. Fleming (J. Paul Getty Trust); Michael Govan (Los Angeles County Museum of Art); Sandra Jackson-Dumont (Lucas Museum of Narrative Art); CLOSING REMARKS: Louise Bryson (Public Media Group of Southern California)
May 1, 2024
University of California, San Diego
San Diego Program Committee Planning Luncheon*
September 26, 2024
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Members’ Reception
FEATURED SPEAKER: David W. Oxtoby (American Ƶ of Arts and Sciences)
October 17, 2024
San Francisco, CA
Faces of the California Economy
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Tani Cantil-Sakauye (Public Policy Institute of California); Don Howard (Irvine Foundation); Goodwin Liu (Supreme Court of California); Adam Perez (Los Angeles, CA)
October 24, 2024
University of California, San Diego
San Diego Discussion and Reception: Health and Our Oceans
FEATURED SPEAKER: Kimberly Ann Prather (University of California, San Diego); INTRODUCTION: Susan Taylor (UC San Diego School of Medicine); Margaret Leinen (University of California, San Diego)
October 27, 2024
University of Southern California
Los Angeles Members’ Reception and Discussion: Narratives of the Economy
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Viet Thanh Nguyen (University of Southern California); Manuel Pastor (University of Southern California); Kyla Scanlon (Author); MODERATOR: Goodwin Liu (Supreme Court of California); INTRODUCTION: Geoffrey Cowan (University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism); Carol Folt (University of Southern California)
Colorado
June 10–13, 2024
Aspen, CO
Higher Education Forum, 2024
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Gilda Barabino (Olin College of Engineering); Sandy Baum (Urban Institute); Michael Bennett (Northeastern University); David Campbell (Notre Dame University); Cecilia Conrad (Lever for Change); Katherine Cramer (University of Wisconsin–Madison); Michael Crow (Arizona State University); Sean Decatur (American Natural History Museum); David DeSwert (Smith College); Alain-Philippe Durand (University of Arizona); Susan Dynarski (Harvard University); Adam Falk (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation); Kealoha Fox (Institute for Climate and Peace); Joan Gabel (University of Pittsburgh); Howard Gillman (University of California, Irvine); Jonathan Haidt (New York University); Sara Hebel (Open Campus); Fiona Hill (Brookings Institution); Xuedong Huang (Zoom); Kaye Husbands Fealing (Georgia Institute of Technology); Rishi Jaitly (Virginia Tech); John King (State University of New York); Bridget Terry Long (Harvard University); Jon Marcus (The Hechinger Report); Steven McLaughlin (Georgia Institute of Technology); Michael McPherson (Spencer Foundation, Emeritus); Angela Olinto (Columbia University); David Oxtoby (American Ƶ of Arts and Sciences); Lynn Pasquerella (American Association of Colleges and Universities); Avis Proctor (William Rainey Harper College); Francesca Purcell (Harvard University); L. Song Richardson (Colorado College); Elizabeth Simmons (University of California, San Diego); Blanton Tolbert (Howard Hughes Medical Institute; University of Pennsylvania); Frances Ward-Johnson (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University); Sisi Wei (The Markup); Ben Wildavsky (University of Virginia); Teresa Woodruff (Michigan State University)
Connecticut
October 16, 2023
Yale University
The Battle Over the Israeli Judiciary*
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Moshe Halbertal (New York University); Isabela Mares (Yale University); Samuel Moyn (Yale University)
March 26, 2024
Yale University
Amory Prize Presentation to Haifan Lin*
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Nancy Brown (Yale School of Medicine); Haifan Lin (Yale School of Medicine); INTRODUCTION: Peter Salovey (Yale University)
District of Columbia
October 23, 2023
Washington, D.C.
Dinner to Celebrate the Commission on Accelerating Climate Action’s Report Launch
FEATURED SPEAKER: James Marshall Shepherd (University of Georgia)
October 24, 2023
Washington, D.C. and Virtual
Report Launch of Forging Climate Solutions: How to Accelerate Action Across America
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Mustafa Santiago Ali (National Wildlife Federation; Revitalization Strategies); Christopher Bower Field (Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment); Kealoha Fox (Institute for Climate & Peace); David G. Victor (University of California, San Diego); Patricia Vincent-Collawn (PNM Resources); MODERATOR: Laura Helmuth (Scientific American)
June 27, 2024
Washington, D.C.
Supreme Court Term Limits: Rethinking Life Tenure on a Divided Court
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Sarah A. Binder (George Washington University; Brookings Institution); Stephen McAllister (University of Kansas); Diane P. Wood (American Law Institute); MODERATOR: Kimberly Atkins Stohr (The Boston Globe)
Illinois
March 20, 2024
University of Chicago and Virtual
Anti-Globalism’s Past and Present*
A Jonathan F. Fanton Lecture
FEATURED SPEAKER: Tara Zahra (University of Chicago); INTRODUCTION: John Mark Hansen (University of Chicago)
Massachusetts
August 30, 2023
House of the Ƶ, Cambridge, MA
Local Fellows’ Luncheon
September 29, 2023
Cambridge, MA
2023 Induction: Opening Celebration
Annual David M. Rubenstein Lecture
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Shelia Johnson (Salamander Hospitality); John Lithgow (Actor, Author); David M. Rubenstein (The Carlyle Group)
September 30, 2023
Cambridge, MA
2023 Induction Ceremony
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Kerwin Charles (Yale University); Oskar Eustis (The Public Theater); Katharine Hayhoe (The Nature Conservancy; Texas Tech University); Maja Matarić (University of Southern California); Abraham Verghese (Stanford School of Medicine)
October 11, 2023
House of the Ƶ, Cambridge, MA
Local Fellows’ Luncheon
October 17, 2023
House of the Ƶ, Cambridge, MA and Virtual
Becoming Interplanetary and Action for Spaceship Earth
A Morton L. Mandel Conversation
FEATURED SPEAKER: Dava Newman (MIT Media Labs)
October 25, 2023
Boston, MA and Virtual
The Legislative Path to Supreme Court Reform
Cohosted with the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Akhil Amar (Yale University); Charles Fried (Harvard University); Gabe Roth (Fix the Court); Kimberly Atkins Stohr (The Boston Globe); MODERATOR: Patti Saris (United States District Court, District of Massachusetts)
November 15, 2023
Boston, MA
Members’ Reception at ICA Boston
FEATURED SPEAKER: Jill Medvedow (Institute of Contemporary Art)
December 1, 2023
House of the Ƶ, Cambridge, MA
Luncheon Discussion Featuring Cornell William Brooks
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Cornell William Brooks (Harvard University); Ann Fudge (Young & Rubicam Brands)
December 14, 2023
House of the Ƶ, Cambridge, MA
Winter Concert featuring The Balourdet Quartet
FEATURED SPEAKERS AND PERFORMERS: Angela Bae (Balourdet Quartet); Lynn W. Chang (Boston Conservatory at Berklee); Justin DeFilippis (Balourdet Quartet); Russell Houston (Balourdet Quartet); Benjamin Zannoni (Balourdet Quartet)
February 15, 2024
House of the Ƶ, Cambridge, MA
A Conversation on Seeing Others with Michèle Lamont
FEATURED SPEAKER: Michèle Lamont (Harvard University)
April 18, 2024
House of the Ƶ, Cambridge, MA
Program Honoring Anthony Appiah & Dinner Celebrating David W. Oxtoby
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Kwame Anthony Appiah (New York University); Margaret Sullivan (Columbia Journalism School); INTRODUCTION: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Harvard University)
Induction 2024
Induction Weekend 2024 began with an Opening Celebration on Friday evening featuring the first Legacy Recognition Honorees, a performance led by new member bassist Rodney Whitaker, and the Annual David M. Rubenstein Conversation with Grant Hill, a new member, basketball hall-of-famer, and philanthropist.
The Open House at the Ƶ on Saturday morning offered a breakfast reception for new members to meet one another, brief presentations by Ƶ leaders, and small group conversations spanning disciplines and institutions.
At the afternoon Induction Ceremony in Sanders Theatre, new members learned about the traditions of membership, heard a featured speaker from each class, and signed the Book of Members. Following the ceremony, members and guests enjoyed a celebratory reception.
On Sunday morning, members and guests gathered at the House of the Ƶ for a closing event that featured a presentation by new member André Fenton about the science and stimuli of memory, followed by a conversation with Ƶ President-Elect Laurie L. Patton.
September 20, 2024
Cambridge, MA
2024 Induction Opening Celebration
Annual David M. Rubenstein Lecture
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Johanna Drucker (University of California, Los Angeles); Kevin Harris (Rodney Whitaker Trio); Grant Hill (Hill Ventures, Inc.); Paula D. McClain (Duke University); Angela Onwuachi-Willig (Boston University Law School); David M. Rubenstein (The Carlyle Group); Neil Smith (Rodney Whitaker Trio); Robert Warrior (University of Kansas); Rodney Whitaker (Michigan State University)
September 21, 2024
Cambridge, MA
2024 Induction Ceremony
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Cecilia Conrad (Lever for Change); Charles Gammie (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign); Daniel Ho (Stanford University); Jhumpa Lahiri (Barnard College); Helene Muller-Landau (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute)
September 22, 2024
House of the Ƶ, Cambridge, MA
2024 Induction Closing Program: Memory Is About Your Future–What We Think We Become
FEATURED SPEAKERS: André Fenton (New York University); Laurie L. Patton (Middlebury College)
October 16, 2024
House of the Ƶ, Cambridge, MA and Virtual
Rebuilding Trust in Science
A Morton L. Mandel Conversation
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Sean Decatur (American Museum of Natural History); Naomi Oreskes (Harvard University); MODERATOR: Holden Thorp (American Association for the Advancement of Science); INTRODUCTION: Shirley Mahaley Malcolm (American Association for the Advancement of Science); CLOSING REMARKS: Cristine Russell (Harvard Kennedy School)
December 17, 2024
House of the Ƶ, Cambridge, MA
Winter Concert: Music and Architecture at Notre-Dame in Paris
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Anne Azéma (The Boston Camerata); Caroline Astrid Bruzelius (Duke University); Thomas Forrest Kelly (Harvard University)
Michigan
April 3, 2024
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Michigan Members’ Luncheon
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Richard Rapson (Kresge Foundation); Santa Ono (University of Michigan); INTRODUCTION: Earl Lewis (University of Michigan)
New York
July 20, 2023
International Peace Institute, New York and Virtual
21st Century Challenges and Opportunities for Humanitarian Health Responses
Cohosted with the International Peace Institute
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Dirk Druet (McGill University); Fouad M. Fouad (American University of Beirut); David Miliband (International Rescue Committee); Jenna Russo (International Peace Institute); MODERATOR: Jennifer M. Welsh (McGill University); WELCOME: Adam Lupel (International Peace Institute); CLOSING: Paul H. Wise (Stanford University)
September 6, 2023
New York, NY
Why the Museum Matters*
FEATURED SPEAKER: Daniel Weiss (Johns Hopkins University)
October 18, 2023
New York, NY
Americans and Our Economy: A Conversation about the Human Stakes*
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Katherine J. Cramer (University of Wisconsin–Madison); Ann M. Fudge (Young & Rubicam Brands); Serene Jones (Union Theological Seminary); Nicholas B. Lemann (Columbia Journalism School)
February 8, 2024
Yale Club of New York
New York Members’ Luncheon*
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Thomas DiPrete (Columbia University); Mary Hatten (Rockefeller University); Jennifer Homans (New York University); INTRODUCTION: Carol Gluck (Columbia University)
June 3, 2024
American Museum of Natural History
A Reception to Welcome Newly Elected Members*
FEATURED SPEAKER: Sean Decatur (American Museum of Natural History)
November 20, 2024
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Measuring What Matters: Connecting Economic Prosperity with Household Well-Being
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Jacob Hacker (Yale University); Anna Deavere Smith (New York University Tisch School of the Arts); Matthew Slaughter (Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth)
North Carolina
May 16, 2024
Durham, NC
Research Triangle Program Committee Planning Luncheon*
Pennsylvania
February 28, 2024; June 5, 2024
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Program Committee Dinners*
Texas
March 18, 2024
Rice University, Houston, TX
Accelerating Climate Action Across America*
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Robert Bullard (Texas Southern University); Patricia Vincent-Collawn (PNM Resources); Christopher Field (Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment); Mustafa Santiago Ali (National Wildlife Federation; Revitalization Strategies); INTRODUCTION: Reginald DesRoches (Rice University)
March 19, 2024
University of Texas, Austin
Austin Members’ Luncheon
FEATURED SPEAKER: James B. Milliken (University of Texas System)
WASHINGTON
June 20, 2024
Seattle Members’ Dinner*
FEATURED SPEAKER: Wallace Loh (University of Maryland); INTRODUCTION: Patricia Ebrey (University of Washington)
WISCONSIN
October 10, 2024
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Rebuilding Local and Community Media for the Twenty-First Century
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Frederica Freyberg (PBS Wisconsin); Lewis Friedland (University of Wisconsin–Madison); Michael Wagner (University of Wisconsin–Madison); MODERATOR: Victor Lopez (American Ƶ of Arts and Sciences)
International
United Kingdom
November 6, 2023
Chatham House, London and Virtual
Challenges to Delivering Humanitarian Health Care in Today’s Conflicts
Cohosted with Chatham House
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Larissa Fast (University of Manchester); Ulana Suprun (Commission for Universal Health); Natalie Roberts (Médecins Sans Frontières UK); MODERATOR: Patricia Lewis (Chatham House)
November 7, 2023
Cambridge University
Members’ Luncheon
Mexico
September 12, 2023
El Colegio de México, Mexico City and Virtual
A World in Humanitarian Crisis: Forced Mobility and Organized Crime in Latin America
Cohosted with El Colegio de México
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Sergio Aguayo (El Colegio de México); Ietza Bojórquez (El Colegio de la Frontera Norte); Tamara Taraciuk Broner (Inter-American Dialogue); Julia Carabias (National Autonomous University of Mexico); Emilio González (UNHCR); Miguel Ángel Valverde Loya (Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs); Silvia Giorguli Saucedo (El Colegio de México); Jaime Sepúlveda (University of California, San Francisco)
September 12, 2023
El Colegio de México, Mexico City
Members’ Luncheon
Virtual Meetings
July 27, 2023
The Promise of Proportional Representation for Democracy
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Andy Craig (Rainey Center; CATO Institute); Steven Olikara (Bridge Entertainment Labs); Norman Ornstein (American Enterprise Institute); Alora Thomas-Lundborg (Harvard Law School); Grant Tudor (Protect Democracy)
September 18, 2023
Language and Social Justice in the United States
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Julia C. Fine (University of California, Santa Barbara); Anne H. Charity Hudley (Stanford University); Norma Mendoza-Denton (University of California, Los Angeles); Guadalupe Valdés (Stanford University); Walt Wolfram (North Carolina State University)
October 5, 2023
Safeguarding American Democracy: Civic Literacy for a Secure Nation
Cohosted with iCivics
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Danielle Allen (Harvard University); Louise Dubé (iCivics); James N. Mattis (Stanford University)
November 9, 2023
Launch of Report and Data Dashboard for a People-First Economy
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Katherine J. Cramer (University of Wisconsin–Madison); Ann M. Fudge (Young & Rubicam Brands); Jacob Hacker (Yale University); Nicholas B. Lemann (Columbia Journalism School); Anna Deavere Smith (New York University); MODERATOR: David Leonhardt (The New York Times)
April 30, 2024
Understanding Implicit Bias and How to Combat It
A Morton L. Mandel Conversation
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Frank Dobbin (Harvard University); Jennifer Eberhardt (Stanford University); Camara Phyllis Jones (King’s College London); Goodwin Liu (Supreme Court of California)
May 30, 2024
A Conversation on Campus Speech
American Ƶ Affiliate Convening
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Ana Mari Cauce (University of Washington); Laurie Patton (Middlebury College); David French (The New York Times)
July 17, 2024
Building Demand for National Service: New Insights from Public Opinion Research
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Lisa García Bedolla (University of California, Berkeley); Kristen Bennett (Service Year Alliance); Kaira Esgate (America’s Service Commissions); Josh Fryday (State of California); Goodwin Liu (Supreme Court of California); Doris Matsui (U.S. House of Representatives, 7th District of California); Pete Peterson (Pepperdine University); INTRODUCTION: Betsy Super (American Ƶ of Arts and Sciences)
September 4, 2024
Political Polarization and Political Violence
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Paige Alexander (The Carter Center); Rachel Kleinfeld (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace); Marty Smith (ABA Task Force for American Democracy)
September 12, 2024
Economic Connectedness: Building Relationships that Expand Opportunity
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Russell Booker (Spartanburg Academic Movement); Katherine Cramer (University of Wisconsin–Madison); Lynda Gonzales-Chavez (YMCA of the USA); Jessica Grose (The New York Times); Goodwin Liu (Supreme Court of California); Johannes Stroebel (New York University Stern School of Business)
October 24, 2024
The Future of Care: Integrating AI and Robotics
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Arthur Kleinman (Harvard University); Maja Matarić (University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering); MODERATOR: Dolores Albarracín (University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication); INTRODUCTION: Laurie L. Patton (Middlebury College)
October 28, 2024
How to Fortify Civic Culture in America
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Ben Klutsey (George Mason University); Eric Liu (Citizen University); Natalie Tran (Creative Artists Agency Foundation); INTRODUCTION: Goodwin Liu (Supreme Court of California); MODERATOR: Laurie L. Patton (Middlebury College)
December 4, 2024
Achieving Civil Justice
FEATURED SPEAKERS: John Levi (Sidley Austin; Legal Services Corporation); Daniel B. Rodriguez (Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law); Rebecca Sandefur (Arizona State University); Diane Wood (American Law Institute); MODERATOR: Martha Minow (Harvard University)