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The Underground Railroad in Northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana
Local historian and community activist Tom Shepherd and Governors State Professor Emeritus and community development consultant Larry McClellan will present on the Underground Railroad in the region.
War in Ukraine: Political and Military Ramifications
Join PNW experts for a faculty panel and community discussion about the war in Ukraine and its political and military ramifications.
Let’s Talk About…the Climate
Join The Behavioral Sciences Department for a meaningful conversation about climate change In person or on Zoom.
Dispelling the Binary of Abortion
PNW alumna Kayla Greenwell surveys new restrictions on women's reproductive rights including Texas' restrictive new law. Her focus is logical fallacies in public debate and the current situation in Indiana.
The Necessity of Collective Action for Resistance
Lorrell Kilpatrick, a sociologist teaching at Indiana University Northwest and longtime regional activist and disabilities-rights advocate, argues that collective action is imperative in achieving social equity and justice.
The Roundtable Perspective: Chicago and American Modernism
Michelle E. Moore, Ph.D., joins host Thomas J. Roach, Ph.D. to discuss the history of American Modernism through the rise of literary greats in the city of Chicago in the early part of the 20th century.
World Poetry Day: Works of Liberation, Resistance and Healing
The Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies program is celebrating World Poetry Day with authors' readings of liberatory poems that resist oppression, imagine social justice and offer healing from trauma caused by injustice.
Philosophy Matters: Dancing Plague – Crowd Dance and the Loss of Executive Control
Guest speaker Christian Kronsted, a competitive dancer with a Ph.D. in philosophy and cognitive science, offers an explanation of the "dancing plague" phenomenon.
Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Seminar
In light of the prominence of child abuse and the recent tragic loss of four-year-old Judah Morgan, the PNW community has come together to organize a child abuse awareness seminar open to faculty, staff, students, and community members.
Crisis in Ukraine: Facts and Fallacies
Join a Center for Global Studies forum, featuring a panel discussion on the Russian invasion of Ukraine with Lawrence Wilkerson, Aaron Maté and PNW professor Lee Artz.