Description:

Author and New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof will address how educational and intellectual experiences shape and contribute to meaningful global engagement. He will draw on recent columns about the importance of language learning and humanistic thinking as well as give concrete examples of real-life global change makers and their paths to carry out their work. (Featured also in his new book “A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity, co-authored with Sheryl WuDunn.)

A two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times, Nicholas Kristof is an extraordinary thinker, human rights advocate, and chronicler of humanity. He also co-authored the best-selling book “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide” with Sheryl WuDunn.

Lecture: 7:30-8:30
Book Signing: 8:30

Sponsoring Organizations: Council on Language Instruction, Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies, Global Language Initiative, Medill School of Journalism, Office of International Program Development, Study Abroad Office