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While approximately two thirds of U.S. households include pets, much remains unknown about how our interactions with other animals shape human health and well-being. The talk will focus on research conducted by the University of Denver’s Institute for Human-Animal Connection aimed at understanding how our relationships with other animals affect people at individual and community-wide levels across a wide range of populations, including youth, veterans, and people and pets living in marginalized communities.

In March 2014, Eric Larsen and Ryan Waters set out to traverse nearly 500 miles across the melting Arctic Ocean, unsupported, from Northern Ellesmere Island to the geographic North Pole. Despite being one of the coldest and most hostile environments on the planet, the Arctic Ocean has seen a steady and significant reduction of sea ice over the past seven years due to climate change. Because of this, Larsen’s, and Waters’ trip—dubbed the “Last North Expedition” has to date been the last full (from land) human-powered trek to the North Pole since that time.

Join us on a lively and fun journey through Colorado’s physical and cultural Geography.

Play is hardwired into your brain. It’s not frivolous, it’s a biological necessity across our lifetime that fuels creativity, resilience, empathy, authenticity, and well-being. These are the traits that empower us to thrive in a complex, lonely, polarized, rapidly changing world. In this keynote, you’ll learn about what play is, what happens in the brain when we play, and how to leverage the power of play in your life.

Despite tremendous advances in technology and in treatments of many cancers, the outcomes for far too many cancers and individuals remain unacceptable. Newly developed single cell omics techniques, AI tools and advances in computer science are leading to novel and critical insights into cancer cell biology that have the potential for revolutionizing cancer care. This webinar will focus on both the challenges and the opportunities associated with this potential revolution in technology and how it may advance cancer care and outcomes in coming years.

Imagine being wrongfully imprisoned for nearly four years and you turn to art to help you describe, remember, and cope with being in prison for “looking like the enemy.” Explore the artists and their works, arts and craft, photography, sculptors, and delve into the vocational skills made available in the ten camps. Learn more about the artists who survived the camp and later became famous in their respective fields after the war. GAMON – endure with dignity.

War in Europe, the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa, a global economy and institutional structure gone sideways, an America gone tribal and a rising China: right now, there is a lot to be confused and worried about. But hasn’t that always been the case? This presentation will explore the question of what, if anything, is fundamentally different about today’s world. Are we just in a period of particular turmoil, or have we in fact reached a tipping period in world history, when the Enlightenment values and institutions that have informed recent history are fading, and a new world looms? If that is the case, can we say anything about the challenges and opportunities such a seismic change in the world order might create?

This thorough discussion of Alzheimer's/Dementia topics includes definitions, facts, the latest promising research and treatment news, warning signs, risk factors, diagnosis guidelines, and communication, interaction, and behavior care tips. We end with the ten things we can all do at any age to reduce our risk for dementia. Participants report feeling better about the subject after attending!

America's National Parks are more than beautiful places, they are secular sacred sites where meaning gets made. This session explores NPS visits as intentional pilgrimages across three landscapes: nature, heritage, and civic life. Using a practical four-step framework, you'll leave with tools to transform any park visit, in person or virtual, into a journey of genuine personal significance.