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The Link Between Happiness and Creativity
VirtualMargaret Renkl Moderator: Silas House Our ancestors didn’t think of creativity as a side gig. A quilt was meant to keep a family warm. It was meant to give a new practical use to the unworn bits of worn-out clothes. But our family quilts were never simply warm and never simply practical. They were beautiful, […]
Prof. Edward Ayers
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., BereaSouthern Journey: The Migrations of the American South, 1790-2020 University of Richmond historian and former president, Dr. Ayers, will discuss how the South has been a place of constant movement, from the arrival of the first white settlers and the influx of scores of people of color through massive slave trading, to the Great Migrations […]
Dr. Frances Jensen
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., BereaThe Unique Strengths and Vulnerabilities of the Teenage and Young Adult Brain Dr. Jensen, M.D., University of Pennsylvania Professor and author of The Teenage Brain uses recent research findings to highlight the period of adolescence and young adulthood as a unique brain stage. As a neurologist, neuroscientist and recent parent of teenagers, Dr. Jensen will discuss […]