In addition to the Speaker Series and Mini-Course programming, NEO offers special events and tours throughout the year.
Upcoming Events
March 13, 2025. 8:00 p.m. CT. NEO Special Viewing at Dearborn Observatory. Join NEO friends for a tour and look through NU’s impressive telescope.
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.
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
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.