Our Programs
Women’s Board Holiday Event
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
An Evening of Music with Professor and Composer Augusta Read Thomas
Union League Club of Chicago
65 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Join us for an evening of music, cocktails, and appetizers with one of the most active composers in the world, Augusta Read Thomas. Performing one of her original compositions will be violinist MingHuan Xu and pianist Winston Choi, who are Duo Diorama. This promises to be a sparkling event.
Professor Thomas’s music, which is regularly performed worldwide and has been commissioned by leading ensembles and organizations around the world, is referred to as “nuanced, majestic, elegant, capricious, lyrical, and colorful.” The American Academy of Arts and Letters described Thomas as “one of the most recognizable and widely loved figures in American Music.”
An influential teacher and musical composer, Augusta Read Thomas is a University of Chicago University Professor of Composition, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Music, and her compositions were featured on a Grammy winning CD by Chanticleer. She is only the 16th person to be designated University Professor at UChicago. Professor Thomas founded and directs the Center for Contemporary Composition and the Grossman Ensemble. Her compositions are released on over 94 commercial recordings. Selected recent commissions include those from New York Philharmonic, BBC Proms, Boston Symphony, Philharmonie de Paris, Sejong Soloists, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, and Tanglewood. work has been performed more than almost any other living composer. In 2016, she was named “Chicagoan of the Year” by the Chicago Tribune.
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Women’s Board February Luncheon
Thursday, February 13, 2025
University Club of Chicago
Michigan Room, Second Floor
76 East Monroe Street, Chicago, IL
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Speaker to be confirmed.
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Women’s Board March Luncheon
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
University Club of Chicago
Michigan Room, 2nd Floor
76 East Monroe Street, Chicago, IL
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Speaker to be confirmed.
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Women’s Board April Luncheon
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Rethinking Work: Seismic Changes for the Good
University Club of Chicago
Michigan Room, 2nd Floor
76 East Monroe Street, Chicago, IL
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Work is central to the human experience and is in the midst of its greatest transformation ever. Due to a confluence of forces from AI, to the demographic changes of aging and declining populations, to the rise of the gig economy and the impact of Covid-19 on people’s mindsets as to who they work for and where they work, the future of work is undergoing seismic shifts.
Rishad Tobaccowala, the author of Rethinking Work, will share key learnings and research that went into his book and share perspectives on how organizations will be redesigned, a new type of employee who is neither full time or freelance will arise, how leadership and management will change and why everyone will need to be retrained. The good news is that the future of work will be more meaningful, purposeful and rewarding in every way!
Registration coming soon
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Women’s Board May Luncheon
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
How Healthy are Women’s Hearts?
University Club of Chicago
Michigan Room, 2nd Floor
76 East Monroe Street, Chicago, IL
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States, affecting one in three women across all age groups,
and most cardiovascular disease can still be prevented with education and healthy lifestyle changes. But women also experience unique life events that can impact their risk, including pregnancy and menopause. Furthermore, research shows that stress may impact health, making it important for women to understand the mind-body connection and how to focus on improving both their physical health and mental well-being.
Please join us for a panel discussion with doctors Tamar Polonsky, Hena Patel and Jeanne DeCara, leading researchers and practitioners at UChicago Medicine, as they provide well-rounded insights on women’s heart health across the lifespan.
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