Upcoming Seminars and Events!
Dacher Keltner to speak on "Awe” March 11th, 2025 - 4:00 - 5:30 pm - Beetham Family Seminar Room, Knight Campus, University of Oregon
Dacher Keltner is professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and faculty director of the UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center. In his new book, Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How it Can Transform Your Life, Keltner offers a groundbreaking exploration and deeply personal reflection on the elusive emotion of awe. Drawing on fresh research about how awe impacts our brains and bodies, as well as examining its role throughout history, culture, and in his own life during a time of grief, Keltner investigates how embracing awe in our daily lives helps us recognize and appreciate the most human aspects of our nature. Admission is free.
Past Seminars and Events
“Toward a Culture of Student Flourishing and Belonging” - February 27th, 4pm, 2024 Beetham Family Seminar Rm, Knight Campus, University of Oregon
Tony Chambers will be giving a talk on college life and mental wellness at the University of Oregon. Chambers is the Director of Equity, Inclusion and Innovation at the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He also serves as a Senior Instructor in the Department of Counseling Psychology for the Art and Science of Human Flourishing course. He was most recently the Associate Director of the WCER Network in the School of Education at UW Madison. Tony was appointed and currently serves on the Wisconsin State Superintendent’s Equity Stakeholder Council, and the Midwest Achievement Gap Research Alliance (MAGRA).
Tony Chambers, PhD
Screening of the Movie “Gratitude Revealed” Oct. 26th Straub Hall rm. 156, 5:45 pm. Q/A zoom with Louie Schwartzberg after the movie.
“Gratitude Revealed “is an awe-inspiring, visually stunning, movie about the importance of gratitude in everyday life. Cinematographer Louie Swartzberg has spent a lifetime doing time-lapse photography of nature and mixing amazing scenes with inspiring stories of human existence. This is an uplifting movie about living positively and gracefully. Don’t miss it! Admission is free.
Andrew Huberman was our Inaugural Speaker! November 2nd, 2023 - 5:30-7:00 pm - Straub rm. 156, University of Oregon.
Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the department of neurobiology and by courtesy, psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford School of Medicine. He has made numerous significant contributions to the fields of brain development, brain function and neural plasticity, which is the ability of our nervous system to rewire and learn new behaviors, skills and cognitive functioning.
In 2021, Dr. Huberman launched the Huberman Lab podcast. The podcast is frequently ranked in the Top 15 of all podcasts globally and is often ranked #1 in the categories of science, education, and health & fitness.