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March Madness & Bracketology: Understanding the Game Behind the Game 

Have you heard people talk about March Madness and “brackets,” but don’t really know what it means? Join us in this study group on college basketball’ ...  View More

Location: Virtual - Any Location Location : 
  Virtual - Any Location.

Start date: 01/20/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Tue .

Weekly - Tue 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (1/20/2026-2/10/2026)

Available 12/15/2025 9:00 AM
 
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The Hidden Side of Everything: A Freakonomics Podcast Journey 

Join us for a thought-provoking and fun selection of podcast episodes and discussion from the widely known and acclaimed Freakonomics Radio series The ...  View More

Start date: 01/20/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Tue .

Weekly - Tue 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (1/20/2026-2/10/2026)

Available 12/15/2025 9:00 AM
 
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Anger, Fear, Domination: Dark Passions and the Power of Political Speech 

In 1991, with the fall of Soviet Communism and the apartheid regime in South Africa, it seemed that liberal democracy had triumphed almost everywhere; ...  View More

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  Virtual - Any Location.

Start date: 01/21/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 9:30 AM - 11:45 AM (1/21/2026-2/11/2026)

Available 12/15/2025 9:00 AM
 
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Foreign Affairs 

This study group is made up of fellow participants who love to read and desire to learn about the countries of the world through their interactions wi ...  View More

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  Virtual - Any Location.

Start date: 01/21/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (1/21/2026-2/11/2026)

Available 12/15/2025 9:00 AM
 
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Articles from the Sunday New York Times 

For well over 100 years The New York Times has been the newspaper of record. With its 132 Pulitzer Prizes since 1918 (the most by any news organizatio ...  View More

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  Virtual - Any Location.

Start date: 01/21/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Wed .

Weekly - Wed 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (1/21/2026-2/11/2026)

Available 12/15/2025 9:00 AM
 
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Continuing Care Retirement Communities 

Some of us are facing the question of how to prepare for our senior years. The old idea was that the family would take care of us, but now this is oft ...  View More

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  Virtual - Any Location.

Start date: 01/22/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Thu .

Weekly - Thu 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (1/22/2026-2/12/2026)

Available 12/15/2025 9:00 AM
 
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The Message from Ta-Nehisi Coates 

Ta-Nehisi Coates’ New York Times #1 bestselling book The Message (One World, 2024) is couched as a message to the students in his writing study group. ...  View More

Start date: 01/22/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Thu .

Weekly - Thu 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (1/22/2026-2/12/2026)

Available 12/15/2025 9:00 AM
 
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The Economist 

The Economist weekly magazine is widely acclaimed for its thoughtful and stimulating analyses of world news, politics, and business. It also has secti ...  View More

Start date: 01/22/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Thu .

Weekly - Thu 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (1/22/2026-2/12/2026)

Available 12/15/2025 9:00 AM
 
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The New Yorker (Monday morning) 

The New Yorker magazine has won multiple awards for its creative coverage of art, technology, politics, personalities, medicine, movies, fiction, fash ...  View More

Start date: 01/26/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Mon .

Weekly - Mon 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (1/26/2026-2/16/2026)

Available 12/15/2025 9:00 AM
 
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Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy 

Ten months into the second Trump presidency, political violence is in the air. What might surprise you is how far back American political violence goe ...  View More

Start date: 01/26/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Mon .

Weekly - Mon 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM (1/26/2026-2/16/2026)

Available 12/15/2025 9:00 AM
 
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The New Yorker (Monday afternoon) 

Inside its famous covers and beyond the cartoons, The New Yorker is dedicated to quality topical writings and ideas. Our winter study group will focus ...  View More

Start date: 01/26/26

Days of the Week: Weekly - Mon .

Weekly - Mon 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM (1/26/2026-2/16/2026)

Available 12/15/2025 9:00 AM
 
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