Past Programs

Thursday, October 22, 2009
Gil Stein, Professor, Oriental Institute and Director of the Oriental Institute, Department of Near Eastern Language & Civilizations, and the College and Geoff Emberling, Museum Director, Oriental Institute present their lecture — "Archeology in the Heartland of Cities: The Oriental Institute's current work in Mesopotamia and The James Henry Breasted Exhibit on the Origins of Modern American Archeaology in the Near East".

Chicago Club—Luncheon

Monday, September 21, 2009
Tim Knowles, Lewis Sebring Director, Urban Education Institute presents his lecture — "Urban Schooling: The Promise and The Peril".

Chicago Club—Luncheon

Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Paul Sereno, Professor, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy-- "A Journey Back in Time", Fossil Lab Tours

University of Chicago Hyde Park Campus

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Richard Rosengarten, Dean and Associate Professor of Religion and Literature in the Divinity School, presents his lecture: “Self Portrait as Narrative, or Life meets Death: Frida Kahlo on Frida Kahlo”.

Luncheon-Chicago Club

Thursday, April 16, 2009
John MacAloon, Director, Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences, Professor and Academic Associate Dean, Graduate Division of the Social Sciences presents his lecture: "The University of Chicago and the Olympic Games from 1893-2016."

Cocktail Buffet - Arts Club

Thursday, March 19, 2009
Martha K. McClintock, Professor and Director of the Institute of Mind and Body presents her lecture “Broken Ties: Social Isolation and Breast Cancer”.

Luncheon - Chicago Club

Thursday, January 29, 2009
Gary Becker, University Professor in Economics, Sociology, and the Graduate School of Business and Richard A. Posner, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School, speak in open dialogue on the Financial Crisis.

Annual Dinner - Casino

[Photo:President Robert J. and Therese Zimmer]
President Robert J. and Terese S. Zimmer attend a Women’s Board program
[Photo:Women’s Board program at the Chicago Club]
Women’s Board Members at Anthony Hirschel Lecture, Chicago Club
(L to R) Beth Sonnenschein, Ann Collins, Maxine Duster
[Photo:Women’s Board meeting
Program at Harlowarden

Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Bernard Harcourt, Julius Kreeger Professor in Law and Criminology, Law School—"Neoliberal Penality: The Birth of Natural Order, the Illusion of Freedom".

Arts Club—Cocktail Buffet

Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Leela Gandhi, Professor, Department of English Language and Literature and the College - "Women and India: Daughters of Empire, Mothers of the Nation".

Chicago Club—Luncheon

Thursday, January 21, 2010
Edward "Rocky" Kolb, Professor and Chair, Department of Astronomy & Astrophyics, Enrico Fermi Institute and the College —
"Chicago Explores the Universe".

Chicago Club—Annual Dinner

Thursday, March 11, 2010
Susan Kidwell, William Rainey Harper Professor, Department of Geophysical Sciences, Committee on Evolutionary Biology and the College.

Chicago Club—Luncheon

Thursday, April 1, 2010
New member orientation — Trolley Tour of Campus and luncheon at the Quadrangle Club.

Campus and Quadrangle Club—Luncheon

Thursday, April 15, 2010
Shulamit Ran, Andrew MacLeish Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Music and the College and Artistic Director, Contempo.

Arts Club—Cocktail Buffet

May, 2010/TBD
Wu Hung, Harrie A. Vanderstappen Didtinguished Service Professor of Art History, East Asian Languages & Civilizations, and the College:; Director, Center for the Art of East Asia; Consulting Curator, Smart Musuem of Art.

Chicago Club—Luncheon

Thursday, June 17, 2010
2010 Project Presentations.

Women's Athletics Club—Luncheon