Learning Before Lunch
A speaker series offering thought-provoking programs and a chance to meet new friends
Are you an active adult interested in lifelong learning... a retiree eager to expand your social network... a student of life looking to expand your horizons?
Learning Before Lunch is a monthly series of talks designed to spark meaningful conversations about the local community of New Orleans. Come together with friends and neighbors to hear entertaining and well-informed speakers discuss their passions: captivating explorations of the people and places that make New Orleans one of the world's most interesting cities.
Join us on the second Thursday of each month. Meetings are presented Live and via Zoom for an entertaining hour with our featured speaker.
Speakers begin at 10:00 Central Time; end at 11:00
July 9
Digital Trust: Scams, AI, Scams, and Safety
The goal of the program is to build a practical conceptual understanding of trust and security models on the internet and to apply it to some of the most common security threats. We also discuss the most important ways in which evolving AI tools change the online threat landscape.
Speaker: Dr. Vassil Roussev is an Endowed Professor in Cybersecurity, the Director of the LSUNO Cyber Center, and has over 20 years of research experience in cybersecurity and Chair of Computer Science at LSU New Orleans
August 13
To be Announced
September 10
How Music Affects our Emotions, Memories, and Motor Functions: an overview of the far-reaching health benefits and modern healthcare applications of music therapy
Speaker: Keith Porteous Meade, a candidate for a Master’s degree in Music Therapy at Loyola University and Owner/Director of Swan River Yoga
Second
Thursday of
each month
UNO Alumni and Visitors Center
Doors open at 9:30
Lecture ends at 11:00
Come early to have coffee, pastry, and chat with other attendees.
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We hope to see you soon!