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March 5, 2025
Welcome back! We hope you got a chance to relax last week and you’re feeling invigorated. Here are a few activities to add to your calendar as we spring into the new quarter. And, as always, all are welcome!
Get to know Evanston
Join NU Votes on Evanston’s municipal Election Day for a lunch and learn about the city’s government. Former city council member Cicely Fleming will discuss the structure of Evanston’s local government and how it addresses issues important to the community.
The lunch and learn is at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1, in room 212, Scott Hall, 601 University Place, Evanston. RSVP here.
Lincoln and the law
Yale Law School’s Reva Siegel delivers the annual Abraham Lincoln Lecture on Constitutional Law. Siegel will examine Civil War memory in the nation’s life and law, showing how memory of the war served as a force for division, reconciliation, stratification and transformation.
Siegel speaks at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1, in Lincoln Hall, 375 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago. Register here.
The path to net-zero
In this lecture, Nobel laureate and former U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu discusses the current progress, opportunities and challenges we must face to achieve net-zero greenhouse emissions, including food production and carbon capture.
Chu speaks at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2, in the Ryan Family Auditorium, Technological Institute, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston. Register here.
Setup, punchline, scholarship
Attend a live recording of the podcast “A Professor and a Comedian Walk into a Bar” by School of Education and Social Policy’s Sepehr Vakil and comedian Mike Knight. The hosts will be joined by special guest Zainab Johnson, a comedian, actress and writer, for a conversation about the role of comedy in culture, politics and education.
The recording is at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, in the Leopold Room, Harris Hall, 1881 Sheridan Road, Evanston. Register here.
The making of peace
The Buffett Institute’s international diplomacy series culminates in a symposium bringing together diplomats, negotiators and academics to discuss high-profile peace processes of recent decades. Students are also invited to join three peace negotiators for tea prior to the opening session.
The student tea is at 3:15 p.m., and the symposium’s opening session is at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, at 720 University Place, Evanston. Register here for the tea. Register and see the full symposium agenda here.
Serving up competition
Come out this weekend to watch women’s tennis take the court against Penn State.
The ’Cats play at noon on Sunday, April 6, at Combe Tennis Center, 2311 N. Campus Drive, Evanston.
Public service art
See a special exhibition exploring the power of graphic art in shaping public health awareness and action, with a special focus on Chicago’s impact in the field. Hear remarks from Dr. Ron Ackermann, director of the Institute for Public Health and Medicine, and Kristi Holmes, director of the Galter Health Sciences Library, while enjoying refreshments.
The event is at noon on Tuesday, April 8, in the Galter Health Sciences Library, mezzanine, Ward Building, 303 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago.
