SFGate

Something New: Lectures, lessons, classes and more

Greenwich Decorative Arts Society, Very Rich and Handsome: American Neo-Classical Decorative Arts, a lecture by Elizabeth Feld, director of American furniture and decorative arts and managing director ...
SFGate

Something New: Lectures & Lessons, etc.

Van Gogh and Nature, lecture by Carol Berry, author and scholar, presented by the Greenwich Decorative Arts Society, Mon., June 5, 1:15 p.m., Bruce Museum, Greenwich; refreshments follow.Reservations ...
Hope College

Today's “Last Lecture” to Share Lessons Learned from a Lifetime in Academia

Dr. Donald Luidens, professor of sociology at Hope College, will present “As I Was Saying. . . .” on Monday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. in the Maas Center auditorium through the “Last Lecture Series” ...
Mississippi State University

MSU Williams Lecture to focus on lessons Lincoln learned from African American troops in combat

STARKVILLE, Miss.—In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln and the U.S. War Department implemented a new military policy for African American troops in combat. This policy, how the country learned from it, ...
University of Texas at San Antonio

Lessons in Leadership

Ed Whitacre, former chairman and CEO of General Motors and chairman emeritus of AT&T Inc., presented the keynote address of the inaugural UTSA College of Engineering Game Changer lecture. Whitacre’s ...
Chicago Tribune

Dying professor’s last lecture offers timeless lesson: ‘Time is all you have’

Time seems infinite when you’re a kid, elusive when you’re an adult, and precious when you’re near death. “Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think,” wrote ...