Dr. Lynne E. Parker, Associate Vice Chancellor and Director of the AI Tennessee Initiative at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will discuss current topics of interest regarding artificial intelligence..
At our annual holiday luncheon, Dr. Kirsten Widner will discuss voting laws and policies that affect marginalized groups. The social gathering starts at 12:30 pm at the Doubletree Hotel, and the program will start at 1 pm. Deadline to RSVP is November 28. Cost is $30, lunch provided by the Doubletree.
Dr. Rosalind Hackett, PhD, Department of Religious Studies, UTK, will discuss issues that she has studied extensively -- links between religion, violence, and gender in Africa and elsewhere.
Dr. Melissa Allen-Dumas will discuss how expected global changes in extreme weather events may affect us locally in cities and what cities can do to adapt to climate change.
Reverend Stacy Rector, Executive Director of Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, will be the guest speaker for Lunch with the League on May 2.