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Thursdays, September 10 – December 3, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

To keep everyone safe, this semester’s Donovan Forum Series will be held on ZOOM. Please be sure to register online in order to get the link two days prior to the lecture. Membership not required. Watch for weekly updates from OLLI Office for ZOOM link.

 

September 10

All the News That Will Not Stop: Journalism in 2020

Linda Blackford, Columnist, 

Herald-Leader

 

September 17

Regulation in the time of COVID-19

Secretary Becky Goodman, 

Secretary of Energy

 

September 24

Shall not be Denied or Abridged – The Centennial of Women Suffrage

Carolyn S. Bratt, Professor Emerita, 

UK College of Law

 

October 1

Lexington’s Town Branch Park 

Allison Lankford, Executive Director, Town Branch Commons Project

 

October 8

LGBT History in the Bluegrass 

Edwin Hackney

 

October 15

Gender Differences in Childhood: Science versus Stereotypes & Why We Should Care

Christia Spears Brown, Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, UK

 

October 22

IKARIA, Greece: Keys to Well-Being

Amy Kostelic, Ph.D., Department of Family Science, UK

 

October 29

Meet your Muslim Neighbor 

Nadia Rasheed, MD

 

November 5

The 19th Amendment & 

the Trail to Ratification

The Women Suffrage Centennial Chorus 

 

November 12

Guarding the Safety and Security

of Kentuckians

Secretary Mary Noble

Secretary of the Kentucky Justice & Public Safety Cabinet 

 

November 19

Sleep & the Health of Women

Mairead Moloney, Ph.D., 

Department of Sociology, UK

 

November 26

No Forum: Happy Thanksgiving! 

 

December 3

Traces - Slavery at Ashland 

Eric Brooks, Curator, Ashland, 

Henry Clay Estate