Events

Past Events

  • FAU Town Hall for Faculty

    Date: December 1, 2025 9:00 a.m.
    Location: Zoom

    All Cornell University faculty are invited to a Zoom Town Hall hosted by the Provost’s Committee on the Future of the American University to learn more about their work to explore how the university can evolve to best serve future generations while pursuing its core mission of education, scholarship, public impact, and community engagement.

  • FAU Town Hall for Staff

    Date: November 24, 2025 10:00 a.m.
    Location: Zoom

    All Cornell University staff are invited to a Zoom Town Hall hosted by the Provost’s Committee on the Future of the American University to learn more about their work to explore how the university can evolve to best serve future generations while pursuing its core mission of education, scholarship, public impact, and community engagement.

  • John Tomasi: The University at a Crossroads – And How We Can Build Cultures of Open Inquiry

    Date: November 18, 2025 5:30 p.m.
    Location: Lewis Auditorium G76, Goldwin Smith Hall and via Zoom

    John Tomasi, the inaugural president of Heterodox Academy (HxA), a nonpartisan nonprofit advocating for open inquiry in higher education, will discuss how disagreement, done well, is not a threat but a form of collaboration, and how universities can cultivate a uniquely creative and disciplined environment that enriches the entire society around it.

  • Does A.I. Do More Harm Than Good in Higher Education?

    Date: November 4, 2025 6:00 p.m.
    Location: 146 Stocking Hall

    Does AI do more harm than good in education? As part of the Future of the American University initiative, students, faculty, staff, and the broader community are invited to discuss different perspectives on the future of education in a time of ubiquitous access to Artificial Intelligence.