Virtual Town Hall on Free Expression

Virtual Town Hall on Free Expression at UChicago

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

5:30 – 7:00 p.m. (CST)

Tune into the virtual panel discussion, featuring faculty and administrators. This is the first in a series of events the Chicago Forum is hosting to discuss free expression at UChicago and beyond.

President Alivisatos will provide opening remarks and turn to faculty and administrators to engage in discussion on free expression at UChicago and the constant struggle to get it right. Panelists will also discuss what it means to advance free expression in the current fraught moment on college campuses. Audience members will also have the opportunity to ask the panelists questions.

Open to UChicago students, faculty, OAAs, postdocs, and staff.

Featuring:

President Alivisatos, University of Chicago President

Tom Ginsburg, Faculty Director of the Chicago Forum

Panelists:

Jason Merchant (moderator), Vice Provost for Academic Appointments and Graduate Education

Daniel Abebe, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Governance

Gabriel Richardson Lear, Chair of the John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought and Professor of Philosophy

Michele Rasmussen, Dean of Students in the University

Ken Warren, Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor, Department of English and Literature

Lead support for the Chicago Forum's Zell Speaker and Event Series comes from the Zell Family Foundation.