Calendar of Events

The 2024-25 Jepson Leadership Forum invites scholars and experts to discuss how division and polarization affect American democracy. We will explore how and why divisions have manifested historically and currently in the United States, focusing on their impact on justice, education, politics, culture, technology, and class. 

Join the SPCS Student Government Association for its regularly scheduled meeting. The session will be online via Zoom, and all current students are invited to attend to learn more about SGA, SPCS and getting involved. To join, be sure to log into your UR Zoom account using your netID and password. Zoom meeting link

Jack Halberstam is professor of gender studies and English, David Feinson Professor of Humanities, and director of the Institute for Research on Gender, Women, and Sexuality at Columbia University. He is the author of Skin Shows: Gothic Horror and the Technology of Monsters, Female Masculinities, In a Queer Time & Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives, Gaga...

The Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship awards undergraduate tuition funding, travel funding, and more to juniors dedicated to careers in public service. Applicants must also have demonstrated financial need and be U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or DACA recipients.

Adult $60/40/20 | Non-UR Student/Youth $10 | UR Credited Student - Free

Join Dr. Mimi Khúc as she shares her work on unwellness and the university from her new book, dear elia: Letters from the Asian American Abyss, in conversation with Professor Nathan Snaza. Applying her framework of a “pedagogy of unwellness,” Dr. Khúc explores the contours of student and faculty unwellness and locates it within the racialized ableism of meritocracy...

Dr. Mike Davison and Ed Tillett have produced a documentary about the indigenous music of Santiago de Cuba. "The Sound of Santiago" is about the music of Santiago de Cuba and the effect it has had on Cuba and the world.

Are you planning to study abroad in summer or fall 2025 or spring 2026? The Gilman Scholarship awards over 2,900 scholarships annually for study abroad. U.S. citizens receiving a Federal Pell Grant as part of their financial aid are eligible.Attend this info session & workshop to find out more about the Gilman Scholarship program, eligibility, application process, and selection criteria - and...

Lecture by Caitlin Earley, assistant professor of art history at University of Washington, Dumbarton Oaks. Dr. Earley is an art historian studying the art of the ancient Americas, with a focus on ancient Maya sculpture. She has conducted over a decade of fieldwork in Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize, and she has worked with museum collections throughout North America. 

Adult $60/40/20 | Non-UR Student/Youth $10 | UR Credited Student - Free