6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Durand Art Institute
More Than Meets AI
Join us for the opening reception of our first art exhibition of 2026.
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Tarble Room, Brown Hall
How to Develop a GPS for Life
We invite you to join us for an evening with Bhante Sujatha, a Buddhist monk and the abbot of Blue Lotus Temple, as he joins the Lake Forest community for an evening of information and meditation.
4:15 - 5:15 p.m.
Lillard 044
Why We Hate and Love Nicotine
2025-26 Neuroscience Program Seminar Series
8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sports & Recreation Center and Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, Lake Forest College
Winter Sports Celebration and Slaats Skybox Dedication
Spend the weekend cheering on the Foresters!
5:00 - 6:15 p.m.
Tarble Room, Brown Hall
The Neuroscience and Ethics of Beauty and Human Appearance
Please join us for the 31st Ernest H. Volwiler Distinguished Scientist Lectureship with Anjan Chatterjee, MD
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Tarble Room, Brown Hall
HUMAN Seminar with Professor Josh Corey
Please join us for Professor Corey's HUMAN fellowship presentation entitled "Lake Forest College Press: AI Editions "
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Brown Hall, Tarble Room
2026 Curtis Family Lecture Series
Join us for the 2026 Curtis Family Lecture Series featuring Rebekah Coffman, Curator of Religion and Community History at the Chicago History Museum.
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Krebs Center for the Humanities
HUMAN Book Club
HUMAN Book Club is a forum for exploring the ethical implications of artificial intelligence.
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Tarble Room, Brown Hall
Beyond “Move Fast and Break Things”: How Human Values Can Rebuild Our Digital Future
A conversation with Dr. Brandeis Marshall, founder and CEO of DataedX Group, LLC
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Lake Forest College
2026 Forester Day
Forester Day is the College's annual day of giving and a celebration of everyone who is part of our community.
4:15 - 5:15 p.m.
Lillard Lecture Room 044, Lillard Science Center
Traumatic Brain Injury: From the Laboratory to Domestic Violence Agencies
Join us for a lecture with Dorothy Kozlowski, PhD, Chair and Vincent de Paul Professor, Neuroscience Department, DePaul University
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Krebs Center for the Humanities
HUMAN Book Club
HUMAN Book Club is a forum for exploring the ethical implications of artificial intelligence.
8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Brown Hall, Tarble Room
2026 AB Dick Lecture
Join us for the 2026 AB Dick Lecture with honored guest Barbara Gaines, an innovative arts leader and founder of the Shakespearean Theater Company in Chicago.
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Glen Rowan House
HUMAN Seminar with Professor Melissa Rovner
Please join us in Glen Rowan library for Prof. Rovner's HUMAN fellowship presentation entitled, "Semiotics of Space: AI Readings of Lake Forest's Built Environment"
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Tarble Room, Brown Hall
A Lake of Fire: Apocalyptic Futures and an Anthropology of Grace
A lecture with Dr. Tulasi Srinivas, Professor of Anthropology, Religion and Transnational Studies at The Marlboro Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College.
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Tarble Room, Brown Hall
HUMAN Seminar with Professor Susy Bielak
Please join us for Professor Bielak's HUMAN fellowship presentation entitled, "Speculative Nationality Rooms is Studio Art"
8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Lake Forest College
Inauguration of President Mike Sosulski
Join us for a day of tradition, reflection, and celebration as we formally install President Sosulski and honor the values that shape our vibrant academic community.
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Krebs Center for the Humanities
HUMAN Book Club
HUMAN Book Club is a forum for exploring the ethical implications of artificial intelligence.
5:15 - 6:15 p.m.
McCormick Auditorium, Lillard Science Center
Neprilysins: Critical Proteases in Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury
Join us for a lecture with Robert Marr, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Assistant Dean for Research, Rosalind Franklin University. The overlying area of Dr. Marr’s interests lay in the study of neurodegenerative diseases. More specifically his focus is on Alzheimer’s disease and the use of gene transfer vectors as a tool to investigate specific gene function(s) in the brain as it relates to Alzheimer’s.