E.N. Thompson Forum

Social entrepreneur and coauthor of The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again.

Communication strategist, creator of The Listening Table, and VP of Warmline.org, teaching communication skills to foster authentic human connection.

The E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues is a cooperative project of the Cooper Foundation, Lied Center for Performing Arts, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It was established in 1988 with the purpose of bringing a diversity of viewpoints on international and public policy issues to the university and people of Nebraska to promote understanding and encourage debate.

19th & 21st Surgeon General of the United States and author of Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World. Moderated by H. Dele Davies, MD, Interim Chancellor, UNMC

Poet, professor and author of World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, & Other Astonishments, Barnes and Noble’s Book of the Year in 2020.