This page contains a brief full year listing of all scheduled presentations of the current season.  For detailed information on the presentations for the next two months click on Upcoming meetings on the Menu on the left.

All meetings are on Thursdays at 10:00 am, unless otherwise noted.

Current Season: September 2024 — June 2025
Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Topic	Contact
Sep. 5, 2024 (In-person & via Zoom)	Deborah Pearlstein	Princeton University, Politics	The Democracy Effects of a Polarized Legal Profession	Kathryn Trenner
Sep. 19, 2024 (In-person & via Zoom)	Gina Kolata	The New York Times, Medical reporter	Beethoven’s Hair	Kathryn Trenner
Oct. 22, 2024 On Tuesday! (Via Zoom-only)	Steve Kornacki	NBC and MSNBC	November 2024 Elections	Woody Beenstock
Nov 7, 2024 (In-person & via Zoom)	Robert Hutchings	Princeton University, Politics	U.S. Diplomacy: How to Preserve It, How to Improve It	Randy Krakauer
Nov. 21, 2024 (In-person & via Zoom)	Nolan McCarty	Princeton University, Politics	Election 2024 and Beyond	Randy Krakauer
Dec. 5, 2025 (In-person & via Zoom)	Allen C. Guelzo	Princeton University, James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions	Saving Our Democracy, Looking to Lincoln	Randy Krakauer
Dec. 19, 2024 (In-person & via Zoom)	Arvind Narayanan	Princeton Uiversity. Computer Science, Center for Information Technology Policy	AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference	Boris Katz
Jan. 9, 2025 (Via Zoom)	Dennis Ross	Washington Institute for Near East Policy	Middle East Diplomacy; Past, Present, and Future Potential	Randy Krakauer
Jan. 12, 2025 4:00pm–6:00pm	55PLUS VOLUNTEERS MEETING – ALL ARE WELCOME! To join this meeting on Zoom, please click HERE
Jan. 23, 2025 (Via Zoom)	Daniel Schulman	Author and journalist	The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America	Kathryn Trenner
Feb. 6, 2025 (Via Zoom)	Bruce Fein	The Lichfield Group, and Turkish Coalition of America	Has the Constitution been taken off life support?	Randy Krakauer
Feb. 20, 2025 (Via Zoom)	Agnieszka Markiewicz	Director Central Europe Office, American Jewish Committee	The Situation in Ukraine and Eastern Europe	Randy Krakauer
Mar. 6, 2025 (In-person & via Zoom)	Sam Daley-Harris	Activist, Author, Founder RESULTS & Civic Courage	Learning to Make a Difference Between Elections	Richard Meyer
Mar. 20, 2025 (In-person & via Zoom)	Elizabeth Matto	Rutgers University, Eagleton Institute of Politics	Reflecting Upon Democracy in a Moment of Transition: The Role of Higher Education in Fostering Citizenship	Jeffrey Davis
Apr. 03, 2025 (In-person & via Zoom)	Allan Westreich	DNA Doe Project	To Catch a Serial Killer: A Visual Introduction to Investigative Genetic Genealogy	Barbara Glasgow
Apr. 17, 2025 (In-person & via Zoom)	Marna Seltzer	Director, Princeton University Concerts/Department of Music Concert Office	Princeton University Concerts	Randy Krakauer
May 1, 2025 (In-person & via Zoom)	Adela Raz	Hudson Institute, and Director of Afghanistan Policy Lab at Princeton University	The Resilience of Afghan Women Amid Political Chaos	Jeff Davis
May 15, 2025 (In-person & via Zoom)	Noah Goldman	Princeton University Medical Center	Status of Dx and Rx of Cancer and the new Cancer Center	Randy Krakauer
Jun 5, 2025 (In-person & via Zoom)	Ross Baker	Rutgers University	The House and Senate: The Non-Identical Twins	Jeff Davis
June 12, 2025 10:00–12:00	55PLUS VOLUNTEERS MEETING – ALL ARE WELCOME! To join this meeting on Zoom, please click HERE
Jun 19, 2025 (In-person & via Zoom)	William Hu	Rutgers University	Long COVID	Randy Krakauer