Thursday, January 29, 2026, 3:30–5:30 p.m.

Location: Eisenberg Rotunda, Schlegel Hall, Simon Business School

Herbie Hancock’s innovative use of digital synthesizers, drum machines, and sampling technologies in 1984. Drawing on live performances and television appearances, the presentation explores how these technologies challenged traditional definitions of jazz and helped shape our contemporary digital musical world.

Presented by: Darren Mueller, PhD, Associate Professor of Musicology, Eastman School of Music

Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 3:30–5:30 p.m.

Location: Eisenberg Rotunda, Schlegel Hall, Simon Business School

This Phelps Colloquium session brings together interdisciplinary perspectives on aging, resilience, and well-being, highlighting how research can be translated into practical strategies that support healthy aging. Silvia Sörensen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Counseling and Human Development in the Warner School of Education and Human Development, will present Meeting Opportunities and Challenges of Aging through Individual Planning. Her talk examines the benefits and challenges of an aging society and introduces an intervention designed to support future planning among older adults, drawing on examples from the United States and Taiwan. Kathi Heffner, Ph.D., Professor of Nursing, Medicine, and Psychiatry; Associate Chief of Research in the Division of Geriatrics and Aging; and Director of the Elaine C. Hubbard Center for Nursing Research on Aging, will present Reshaping Aging: Stress, Resilience, and Health Across Dementia Risk and Caregiving. Her presentation highlights multidisciplinary, translational research that positions resilience as a key pathway for promoting optimal aging among individuals at risk for dementia and among family caregivers. The talk will be preceded by a small reception and followed by an opportunity for informal discussion.