Program
Fall 2025
September 10 - December 10, 2025
If a time and date are underscored below, click to read the minutes.
Fall 2025
September 10 - December 10, 2025
If a time and date are underscored below, click to read the minutes.
Sept 10 Location: Nassau Club Social: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Program: 10:15-11:30 a.m. Introducer: Richard Trenner Minutes: Sarah Ringer |
A Poetry Reading with Joyce Carol Oates Lecturer with the Rank of Professor; Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor, Emeritus, in the Humanities; Professor of Creative Writing, Emeritus, Princeton University |
Sept 17 Location: Nassau Club Social: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Program: 10:15-11:30 a.m. Introducer: Lynne Durkee Minutes: Julie Elward-Berry |
The Second Quantum Revolution Andrew Houck Dean of the Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science and Anthony H.P. Lee '79 Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering He was the inaugural co-director of the Princeton Quantum Initiative. |
Sept 24 Location: Nassau Club Social: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Program: 10:15-11:30 a.m. Introducer: Marsha Levin-Rojer Minutes: Madelaine Shellaby |
ArtYard’s Creative Commons Jill Kearney Founder and Executive Director of ArtYard, a contemporary art center based in Frenchtown, NJ |
Oct 1 Location: Nassau Club Social: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Program: 10:15-11:30 a.m. Introducer: George Bustin Minutes: Anne Seltzer |
Perceptions of Princeton University Among Policy and Political Audiences Gadi Dechter Princeton University’s Vice President for Communications and Government Affairs |
Oct 8 Location: Maeder Hall, Andlinger Social: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Program: 10:15-11:30 a.m. Introducer: George Bustin Minutes: Owen Leach |
In COVID’s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us Steve Macedo Professor of Politics and the University Center for Human Values |
Oct 15 Location: Nassau Club Social: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Program: 10:15-11:30 a.m. Introducer: Henry Farber Minutes: Marlaine Lockheed |
The Art and Science of Motorcycle Design Michael Littman Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and a 25-year Director of Undergraduate Studies in the MAE Department |
Oct 22 Location: 701 Carnegie Center Social: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Program: 10:15-11:30 a.m. Introducer: Dick Scribner Minutes: Benjamin Colbert |
The Why, What, and How of Affordable Housing Edward Truscelli Executive Director, Princeton Community Housing and Merilyn Rovira Managing Director of Impact Strategies and a Board Member of the Princeton Community Housing Development Corporation Board of Trustees |
Oct 29 Location: Jewish Center of Princeton Social: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Program: 10:15-11:30 a.m. Introducer: George Bustin Minutes: Ralph Widner |
Looking Back to the Big Bang Jo Dunkley British Astrophysicist, Member of the Royal Society, and Professor Physics at Princeton University |
Nov 5 Location: Jewish Center of Princeton Social: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Program: 10:15-11:30 a.m. Introducer: Len Berlik Minutes: Jim Hockenberry |
From Haze to Hope: Tackling Air Pollution and Protecting Lung Health in a Changing Climate Dr. Mary Rice Director of the Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment at the Harvard School of Public Respiratory Health |
Nov 12 Location: Jewish Center of Princeton Social: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Program: 10:15-11:30 a.m. Introducer: Stephen Schreiber Minutes: Priscilla Roosevelt |
Aspects of Arrogance Thomas Kelly Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University |
Nov 19 Location: Jewish Center of Princeton Social: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Program: 10:15-11:30 a.m. Introducer: Richard Trenner Minutes: Katherine Trenner |
Fitzgerald and Gatsby’s Editors and Publishers Charles Scribner III Art Historian, Editor, Lecturer, and a Member of the Family of Publishers Who Worked Closely with F. Scott Fitzgerald Throughout His Career |
Nov 26 |
No Meeting, Thanksgiving Week |
Dec 3 Location: Jewish Center of Princeton Social: 9:30-10:15 a.m. Program: 10:15-11:30 a.m. Introducer: Shirley Satterfield Minutes: Henry Von Kohorn |
Who Owns the Future? From Artificial Intelligence to Abundant Imagination Ruha Benjamin Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, 2024 MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Award” Winner |
Dec 10 Location: Jewish Center of Princeton Social Time: 9:30 a.m Program: 10:15 Introducer: George Bustin Minutes: Julie Elward-Berry |
The Rise and Fall of Constitutional Governments Kim Scheppele Professor of Sociology and International Affairs in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University |