Henry D. (Jake) Jacoby is the William F. Pounds Professor of Management, Emeritus in the MIT Sloan School of Management and a co-founder of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. The Joint Program is focused on the integration of the natural and social sciences in application to the threat […]
December 12, 2013: “Handel’s Messiah, a Community Sing-Along”
November 4, 2013 By
December 12, 2013 @ 7:30 p.m., Wayland High School. Join the Walden Forum, the WHS Sinfonia Orchestra, with Susan Memoli conducting, along with professional & audience choruses directed by the renowned Sharon Brown, from the Berklee College of Music, for our holiday community sing-along. Our sing-along has been developed on a principle of openness. Everyone is welcome in the […]
November 12, 2013: Iran – Rouhani Is a Force of Change
October 6, 2013 By
November 12, 2013 @ 7:30 p.m, First Parish, 50 Cochituate Road, Wayland. Speaker: Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, PhD, the “Lion Woman of Iran”, also former Iranian Parliamentarian, journalist, educator, and author. Join us for a discussion about Iran’s new leader and the implications for the nuclear issue between Iran and the U.S. “We have seen courageous women stand up […]
Meredith Dank
August 27, 2013 By
Meredith Dank, City University of New York Graduate Center, PhD, Criminology. Her work focuses on international and domestic human trafficking, teen dating violence, and vulnerable populations. She is the co-principal investigator on several international and domestic human trafficking projects, including a study on estimating the unlawful commercial sex economy in the U.S. and another on […]
Oct. 10, 2013: “Technology and Teen Dating Violence”
August 9, 2013 By
October 10, 2013 @ 7:30 p.m, Wayland High School. Join guest speaker, Meredith Dank, Ph.D., Professor, Senior Research Associate at the Justice Policy / Urban Institute NYC and Author, as she leads our discussion on “The Rate of Cyber Dating Abuse among Teens and How It Relates to Other Forms of Teen Dating Violence”. Dank notes: Just […]
Sept. 10, 2013: “Entrepreneurship Is the Most Powerful Force for Economic and Social Value Creation”
May 18, 2013 By
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 @ 7:30 p.m. Location: Wayland High School. Join guest speaker Len Schlesinger– College President, Professor, Educator, CEO, Author and Entrepreneurship Advocate. Len Schlesinger’s talk: “Why Action Trumps Everything: Entrepreneurship is the Most Powerful Force for Economic and Social Value Creation.” We’re seeing more businesses moving from a model focused exclusively on economic outcomes to […]
Ronni Cohen-Boyar
April 24, 2013 By
After studying sociology at the University of Michigan, Cohen-Boyar spent the majority of her professional career in various positions within the banking and financial sectors, with a special focus on affordable housing. In 2007, Cohen-Boyar’s world took a drastic turn from her life as a 16-year Vice President at Bank of America. Laid off from […]
Dr. Eric Winer
April 20, 2013 By
Dr. Eric Winer is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief, Division of Women’s Cancers and the Thompson Senior Investigator in Breast Cancer Research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He is also Co-Chair of the Breast Committee of the Alliance for Clinical Trials. Dr. Winer has devoted his professional career to the treatment […]
From Robin Young, WBUR’s Here and Now
April 19, 2013 By
“Thank you, Tom and Walden Forum. Thank you, First Parish Church. Great night.” Robin Young pictured with Tom Liszewski, Director of Walden Forum
Robin Young
April 14, 2013 By
Robin Young brings more than 25 years of broadcast experience to her role as host of Here & Now. She is a Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker who has also reported for NBC, CBS, and ABC television and for several years was substitute host and correspondent for “The Today Show.” Robin has received several Emmy Awards […]
