Frontier Forum
Featured Speakers
The Frontier Forum lecture series brings in speakers from around the world who are at the forefront of addressing issues of public interest and advancing research in their fields. Since 2010, the series has hosted several notable intellectuals such as Jane Goodall, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Roxane Gay and Matthew Desmond. Our keynote speakers this year are theologian and legal scholar Cathleen Kaveny, and double Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, Colson Whitehead.
The College of Arts and Sciences invites students, faculty, and the community for an open discussion with the world’s most intelligent minds.
Cathleen Kaveny
November 15, 2023 | 7:00 p.m.
“Can We Be Civil? Prophetic Indictment and Call-out Culture in American Public Life”
Colson Whitehead
February 7, 2024 | 7:00 p.m.
“An Evening with Colson Whitehead: Author of Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Novel ‘Nickel Boys’”