Want to learn more about trending topics but don’t know where to start? Join us for our Open Classroom series, which features open discussions on timely topics with experts in the field. All events are free, open to the public, and hosted in the Alvin Sherman Library’s Cotilla Gallery (2nd floor) at NSU’s Fort Lauderdale/Davie campus. Zoom attendance is also available. Register now while seats are available.
We’d like to bring your attention to the updated dates for our two upcoming sessions:
Culinary Minimalism and Maximalism: How Medieval and Modern Cultures Use Food to Construct Identity
- Monday, November 24, 2025
- Noon – 1:00 p.m.
- Speaker: Joseph Snyder, Ph.D.
- What role does food play in shaping identity? Learn about how food has been central to the construction of male identity and how it has changed, and remained the same, throughout time.
RESCHEDULED: Arts: An Alternative Medicine
- Wednesday, January 28, 2026
- Noon – 1:00 p.m.
- Speaker: Bill J. Adams, D.M.A.
- How can the arts be integrated into healthcare? Learn about how art can be used to enhance patient care and community health, reduce healthcare costs and burnout, and address emotional and physical conditions.
The Open Classroom is a collaboration between the Farquhar Honors Program and the Alvin Sherman Library.