Throughout the year, NEO hosts stimulating intellectual and social events for our members. These range from in-person lunches and dinners to Zoom events.
Meal events include NEO members and invited spouses, partners, or friends that gather together for a meal, followed by a program of learning or entertainment.
UPCOMING 2024-2025 LECTURES
April 2, 2025. NEO Dinner and Lecture. AI in Scholarship and Collaborative Research with James Lee, Northwestern’s Associate University Librarian for Academic Innovation and Associate Professor at Medill. Happ Inn Restaurant, Northfield, IL. In-person event.
Check back regularly for updates to our Calendar of Events or contact us at emeritus-org@northwestern.edu. For tours and special events, visit Special Events & Tours – Northwestern Emeriti Organization.
PAST 2023-2025 EVENTS
December 2024. Lunch Lecture. AI in Medicine with Dr. Abel N. Kho, Professor (Feinberg), Director, Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine; and Director, Institute for Public Health and Medicine – Center for Health Information Partnerships.
October 2024 Lunch Lecture. GenAI: The Next Technology ‘Threatening’ to End Journalism, Knight Professor in Digital Media Strategy Jeremy Gilbert, Medill.
April 2024 Music Event and Lunch. Presented by Stephen Alltop, Senior Lecturer, Bienen School of Music.
March 2024 Lunch Lecture. The Dark Side of the Eiffel Tower presented by S. Hollis Clayson, Professor Emerita of Art History; Bergan Evans Professor Emerita in the Humanities.
December 2023 Lunch Lecture. Reimagining Africa: A Global & Collaborative Challenge presented by Richard Joseph, Emeritus John Evans Professor of International History and Politics.
October 2023 Brunch Lecture. Revisiting School District Design: Engineering Meets Education Policy in Evanston, presented by Karen Smilowitz, James N. and Margie M. Krebs Professor in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, McCormick School of Engineering and Professor of Operations, Kellogg School of Management.
View NEO Archives for additional past events and lectures.