Colloquia
Each year IPR organizes a series of talks featuring IPR and Northwestern faculty, as well as faculty from other universities, presenting their research on some of the day’s most socially relevant topics. The events, typically free and open to the public, showcase the progress those experts have made in various branches of IPR’s research areas, including the Institute’s signature, interdisciplinary Fay Lomax Cook Monday colloquia.
Colloquia Series
IPR Fay Lomax Cook Monday Colloquia
IPR’s signature, interdisciplinary colloquium series, which takes place on Mondays from noon to 1:00 p.m. Speakers are typically IPR fellows or associates discussing their latest policy-relevant research. Faculty Organizer: Laurel Harbridge-Yong
C2S Colloquia
This occasional series, under IPR’s Cells to Society (C2S): The Center on Social Disparities and Health, brings together social, life, and biomedical scientists who examine how broad social, racial/ethnic, and economic disparities "get under the skin" and affect human development and physical health. Faculty Organizer: Thomas McDade
Upcoming Colloquia
IPR Colloq.: E. Thom (IPR/Pol. Sci.) - TBD
IPR Panel: The 2026 Midterm Elections
Panelists:
Tabitha Bonilla, Associate Professor of Human Development and Social Policy and IPR Fellow.
Michael Kang, Class of 1940 Professor of Law and IPR Associate.
Moderator:
Laurel Harbridge-Yong, Professor of Political Science and IPR Associate Director and Fellow
IPR Colloq.: T. Sabol (IPR/SESP) - TBD
IPR Colloq.: K. Harris (UNC Chapel Hill) - TBD
By Kathleen Mullan Harris, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Adjunct Professor of Public Policy at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and IPR Visiting Scholar, November 2026