In addition to the Speaker Series and Mini-Course programming, NEO offers special events and tours throughout the year.
Upcoming Events
April 7, 2025. 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. CT. Lecture and Reception with Northwestern alum and Pulitzer Prize nominee, Zachary Leader on his new book about NU English Professor Richard Ellmann. Norris Center, Evanston campus. In person, free event. Register.
June 3, 2025, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. NEO Spring Business Meeting and New Member Welcome Luncheon. Guild Lounge at Scott Hall, Evanston campus. In-person and via Zoom. With remarks from Provost Kathleen Hagerty.
Past Events
2024-2025
March. NEO Special Viewing at Dearborn Observatory.
November. NEO Guided Tour of Dissident Sisters: Bev Grant and Feminist Activism, 1968–72 exhibit. The Block Museum.
2023-2024
June. NEO Spring Business Meeting and New Member Welcome Luncheon. Guild Lounge at Scott Hall, Evanston campus. In-person and via Zoom. With remarks from Provost Kathleen Hagerty.
May. Evanston and the Automobile series. May 7: Webinar with Stephen Carr, Professor Emeritus and NEO President and Auto Historian, Bill Siegfriedt. May 8: Meet-up at Double Clutch Brewing Company with special behind-the-scenes tours.
2022-2023
“Job” tapestry by Marc Chagall at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
photo by: Jeff Garett
June. Spring Business Meeting and Lunch with brief remarks and Q&A by Northwestern’s President, Michael H. Schill. In-Person and via Zoom.
March. NEO Tour of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Downtown Chicago. Attendees enjoyed a special behind-the-scenes tour of the Lab.
December. Julio M. Ottino, Dean of McCormick School of Engineering, presented Art, Technology, and Science: Intersections, Bifurcations, and Opportunities. Dean Ottino shared his insights on this topic and from, The Nexus: Augmented Thinking for a Complex World; The New Convergence of Art, Technology, and Science, by Julio M. Ottino with Bruce Mau.