Next level visionaries
Gerald Chan
Co-Founder & Chairman, Morningside Group
Lecture Title: From John Dewey to Zohran Mamdani — The Future of Higher Education in America
February 2026
Co-Founder & Chairman, Morningside Group
Lecture Title: From John Dewey to Zohran Mamdani — The Future of Higher Education in America
February 2026
Richard K. Lyons
Chancellor, University of California Berkeley
Lecture Title: The Generative University: Launching a New Era of Excellence
November 2025
Chancellor, University of California Berkeley
Lecture Title: The Generative University: Launching a New Era of Excellence
November 2025
Michael Smith
J. Erik Jonsson Professor of Information Technology and Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College
Lecture Title: The Abundant University: Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World
September 2024
J. Erik Jonsson Professor of Information Technology and Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College
Lecture Title: The Abundant University: Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World
September 2024
Alondra Nelson
Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Lecture Title: Governing the Future: AI, Policy Innovation, and Democracy
April 2024
Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Lecture Title: Governing the Future: AI, Policy Innovation, and Democracy
April 2024
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean & Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor, UC Berkeley, School of Law
Lecture Title: Free Speech on Campus
November 2023
Dean & Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor, UC Berkeley, School of Law
Lecture Title: Free Speech on Campus
November 2023
Freeman A. Hrabowski
President Emeritus, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
Lecture Title: Leadership, Empowerment, and Resilience in Higher Education: Reflections on the Past Fifty Years
October 2023
President Emeritus, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
Lecture Title: Leadership, Empowerment, and Resilience in Higher Education: Reflections on the Past Fifty Years
October 2023
Candace Thille
Director for Workforce, Stanford Accelerator for Learning
Lecture Title: The Science of Learning: A Community-Based Learning Activity
April 2023
Director for Workforce, Stanford Accelerator for Learning
Lecture Title: The Science of Learning: A Community-Based Learning Activity
April 2023
Daniel Markovits
Guido Calabresi Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Lecture Title: The Human Resource Curse
January 2022
Guido Calabresi Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Lecture Title: The Human Resource Curse
January 2022
Sarah Stein Greenberg
Executive Director & Adjunct Professor, Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University (a.k.a. "the d.school")
Lecture Title: The Journey from Not Knowing to Knowing
May 2021
Executive Director & Adjunct Professor, Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University (a.k.a. "the d.school")
Lecture Title: The Journey from Not Knowing to Knowing
May 2021
Ajita Talwalker Menon
President and CEO for Calbright College
Lecture Title: Designing for Equity: Building Innovative Systems for Lifelong Learning
December 2020
President and CEO for Calbright College
Lecture Title: Designing for Equity: Building Innovative Systems for Lifelong Learning
December 2020
Cathy N. Davidson
Founding Director of the Futures Initiative
Lecture Title: Revolutionizing the University
September 2018
Founding Director of the Futures Initiative
Lecture Title: Revolutionizing the University
September 2018
Rebecca Winthrop
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Universal Education, Brookings
Lecture Title: Can we Leapfrog?
May 2018
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Universal Education, Brookings
Lecture Title: Can we Leapfrog?
May 2018
Howard Gardner
Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Lecture Title: Beyond Wit and Grit
May 2016
Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Lecture Title: Beyond Wit and Grit
May 2016
Ben Nelson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Minerva Project
Lecture Title: Rethinking Higher Education
June 2015
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Minerva Project
Lecture Title: Rethinking Higher Education
June 2015
Arne Duncan
Former U.S. Secretary of Education
Lecture Title: Higher Education Town Hall
September 2013
Former U.S. Secretary of Education
Lecture Title: Higher Education Town Hall
September 2013
Susan M. Davis
President and Chief Executive Officer, BRAC USA
Lecture Title: Enabling Ecosystems of Entrepreneurship to End Poverty
March 2013
President and Chief Executive Officer, BRAC USA
Lecture Title: Enabling Ecosystems of Entrepreneurship to End Poverty
March 2013
Arden L. Bement Jr.
Former Director, Purdue University Global Policy Research Institute
Lecture Title: The Future of Research at American Public Universities
October 2012
Former Director, Purdue University Global Policy Research Institute
Lecture Title: The Future of Research at American Public Universities
October 2012
Wendy Kopp
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Teach for America
Lecture Title: Teach for America
November 2011
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Teach for America
Lecture Title: Teach for America
November 2011
Claudia Dreifus
Contributing Writer, New York Times
Lecture Title: Contributing Writer to the New York Times
May 2011
Contributing Writer, New York Times
Lecture Title: Contributing Writer to the New York Times
May 2011
Laurie Leshin
President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Lecture Title: Strategy Development
October 2010
President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Lecture Title: Strategy Development
October 2010
John Seely Brown
Co-Chairman, Deloitte Center for the Edge
Lecture Title: The Power of Pull
May 2010
Co-Chairman, Deloitte Center for the Edge
Lecture Title: The Power of Pull
May 2010
Jonathan R. Cole
Provost and Dean Emeritus, Columbia University
Lecture Title: How Can Universities Face the Challenges Before Us?
February 2010
Provost and Dean Emeritus, Columbia University
Lecture Title: How Can Universities Face the Challenges Before Us?
February 2010