Newcomb Institute Events

March 21, 2025
Dr. Michelle Manno (she/they) is the Interim Chief Diversity Officer at Northwestern University. In this role, Dr. Manno oversees The Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion (OIDI) including The Women’s Center and Native American Indigenous…
March 21, 2025
A one-day symposium featuring research on Puerto Rican studies in relation to colonialism. The event will feature four research presentations by guest speakers with student moderators and one poetry reading.   PROGRAM 1:00 p.m. - Welcome |…
March 25, 2025
Career Lessons You Can’t Learn in Class: Candid and practical discussions about careers, success stories, challenges, and lessons learned.   This event will bring together students and alums from all professions to discuss best practices…
April 04, 2025
Join us for the annual Scholars Symposium! Each year, the senior students within the Newcomb Scholars Program present their research at the annual Scholars Symposium. The symposium represents the culmination of a four-year journey of learning and…
April 10, 2025
Conceiving Equity will feature poster presentations by Newcomb Institute’s Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health interns, followed by the annual Roe v. Wade lecture with Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer, authors of The Fall of Roe: The Rise…
April 11, 2025
Cosponsored by Mary Amelia Center for Women’s Health Equity Research. Dr. Veronica Gillispie-Bell, “Black Maternal Health – We can do better, we must do better,” cosponsored for Black Maternal Health Week by the Social, Behavioral, and Population…
April 18, 2025
More details coming.
April 23, 2025
  Join us for the Culver Lecture at Newcomb Institute on April 23rd at 5:30pm in the Diboll Gallery. We’re excited to welcome Newcomb alumna Laura Bates, an expert in marketing and branding, who will share valuable insights from her career.…
April 25, 2025
- Anita Raj is the Executive Director of the Newcomb Institute and the Nancy Reeves Dreux Endowed Chair in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University. She is a research scientist trained in developmental psychology…