Nov 5th 2026

• Time: 8:30 am
• Location: Alumni House

Join the University of California, Berkeley and the Philomathia Foundation for 2026 Philomathia Day, exploring Bioelectricity at the Interface: Molecules, Membranes, and Models. Featuring engaging scientific presentations, the event will explore emerging ideas in bioelectricity across multiple scales—from molecules and membranes to computational models—and will honor 2026 Philomathia Prize recipient Associate Professor Karthik Shekhar, John F. Heil, Jr. Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and a member of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute.

Nov 12th 2026

• Time: 5:00 pm
• Location: Institute of East Asian Studies, Conference Room, 2111 Bancroft Way, 5th Floor, Berkeley, CA 94720

This talk will introduce Hannah Shepherd's new book, the Narrowing Sea, via vignettes of the imperial region that developed across the Tsushima Straits between Pusan and Fukuoka in the seven decades from 1876 to 1953.

Nov 15th 2026

• Time: 10:30 am
• Location: National (Sikh) Gurdwara of Washington DC, 801 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016

Nov 21st 2026

• Time: 12:00 pm
• Location: Dutch Goose, Menlo Park, 3567 Alameda de las Pulgas. Menlo Park, CA 94025

Nov 28th 2026

• Time: 10:00 am
• Location: Margot Connell Recreational Center, Edmonds Hall, 200 St. Thomas More Road, Boston, MA 02135