College discussion events are designed to stimulate faculty interactions across departments and highlight the College’s distinctive research capabilities and educational strengths.

Events typically consist of adult beverages, food and a program where intellectual conversation is the centerpiece. The fall Teaching Discovery Dinner event includes a full dinner. 

Cross-Cutting Conversations

To explore research intersections, both within the college and with other units on campus, faculty, their graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, research scientists and key staff and supporters are invited to this series of special, interdisciplinary discussions, exploring frontiers in research and meeting colleagues from other units.

We look forward to seeing you Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019 for a discussion about Science Communications' Future with experts from the Moody College of Communication and journalists who cover science Kenneth Chang from the New York Times, Joe Hanson of PBS Digital Studios, and Loren Grush of The Verge. You must RSVP.

Our spring 2019 series featured partnerships with the Dell Medical School. Thank you to all who attended our inaugural conversation on Frontiers in Brain Research and our second conversation on Computational Health.

TEACHING DISCOVERY DINNER 

Each fall, this event brings faculty together in a relaxed environment for intellectual discourse about improving excellence in the classroom. This event is held in conjunction with the Teaching Discovery Day each year. 

CNS 'BIG READ' DISCUSSIONS

During the fall 2019 semester, Dean Paul Goldbart hosted an event with award-winning faculty Uri Treisman of the Department of Mathematics and the Charles A. Dana Center and David Laude of the Department of Chemistry, along with best-selling writer Paul Tough, author of The Years that Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us. Suggestions for future book club readings and discussions? Contact Melissa Taylor, assistant dean for strategy and planning.