E.N. Thompson Forum Podcast
1) How to Fall Down into the Grass: Nature Journaling Workshop
Poet, professor and author of World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, & Other Astonishments, Barnes and Noble’s Book of the Year in 2020.
2) A Conversation with Amy Tan
Governor’s Lecture in the Humanities, Humanities Nebraska Acclaimed author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife and others, including 2024’s illustrated nature journal The Backyard Bird Chr...Show More
3) Back Home: Returning Human Rights to Housing
Leilani Farha is the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing and Global Director of The Shift. Farha has helped develop global human rights standards on the right to housing, including th...Show More
4) Displacement and Reimagining the American Dream
This interactive event will feature local students and young professionals sharing their lived experiences as immigrants and refugees. Each panelist will tell their story, presenting a multi-dimension...Show More
5) The Urban Landscape and The Future of Cities
Martha Schwartz is a landscape architect, urbanist, and climate activist. Her work and teaching focuses on the urban public realm landscape and its importance in making cities “climate ready”. For mor...Show More
6) The Craziest Thing We Can Do is Nothing
Tyler Riewer is Creative Director at charity: water, a $100M nonprofit organization that uses data and storytelling to connect donors to their impact and dream up new ways to think about sustainabilit...Show More
7) Putting the Public Back in Public Health: A Global Perspective
Dr. Ali S. Khan is Dean and Tenured Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health, and a Retired Assistant Surgeon General. He served at the Centers f...Show More
8) A Clear and Steady Eye: Storytelling and Our Shared History
Candice Millard’s talk will touch on her four New York Times bestselling books. In her most recent book, “River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile” foc...Show More
9) Reckoning and Reconciliation on the Great Plains: Healing Historical Harm Caused by Conquest and Colonialism
Echo-Hawk is President of the Pawnee Nation Business Council. He is an author, attorney, and and well-renowned legal scholar. A Pawnee Indian with a BA, Political Science, Oklahoma St. Univ. (1970) an...Show More
10) Forum Youth Panel
At this Cooper Conversation, young activists from UNL and Lincoln come together to discuss their activism, what motivates them, and how to move forward. Panelists will address the intersection of thei...Show More