Honors Lunch Forum: Fall 2026
Kaitlyn Hawker
Editor-in-Chief
Fall semester is here, and so are the semester’s Honors Lunches! We’ve got some interesting new topics, new faculty discussion leaders, and a new location. This year, our Lunches will take place in the Fireside Room in the Library (#102) from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. I look forward to our discussions this semester!
Thursday, 17 September
What should be our guiding ethics regarding capitalism?
Dean Laura Galloway (Business) + Dr. Nathan King (Philosophy)
Tuesday, 29 September
What can and should we do about these fires (and climate challenges more broadly)?
Dr. Grant Casady (Biology) + Dr. Matt Rains (Political Science) + Brooke Bealer ’01, Regional Directory at Washington Department of Ecology
Thursday, 15 October
In a world of rapidly developing technology where more and more can be automated, what can and should remain human, and how do we (humankind) achieve that?
Aaron Vaccaro ’14, President at Singularity + Wendy Pottgen ’94, Lecturer at Indiana University & Senior HR Consultant at Lumen HR Partners
Tuesday, 3 November
(combined with Dean Salkin’s seminar on the Declaration at 250)
The Democratic Possibilities of the Declaration
Dr. Bert Emerson (English) & Student Fellows of the Democracy Lab
Thursday, 19 November
What should be the role of art and performance in our lives, whatever our future aims?
Dr. Brent Edstrom (Music) + Dr. Meredith Shimizu (Art & Design)
Wednesday, 2 December
HN-300H Capstone Mini-Presentations
