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Frank Rhodes Lecture Series

The Frank Rhodes Lecture Series aims to challenge the current constructs of higher education and disrupt the educational and cultural landscape by bringing thought-provoking leaders who can help redefine the space by sharing their visionary ideas and outlook.

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Portrait of Micheal D. Smith


The University Design Institute and Arizona State University welcomed Dr. Michael D. Smith on September 13 for the latest lecture in the…




Dr. Michael D. Smith, J. Erik Jonsson Professor of Information Technology and Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College will join Arizona State…



Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, President Emeritus, UMBC posing for a photo in front of campus.


Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, President Emeritus, UMBC joined the University Design Institute and Arizona State University in Fall 2023 for our annual…



Poster of the Frank Rhodes Lecture Series - The Science of Learning: A Community-Based Learning Activity


Thille discusses transforming how learning research and instructional practice serve adult learners and society, citing examples from academia and beyond.…



A portrait of Daniel Markovits


In this lecture, Daniel Markovits explored how over the course of the past half-century, the United States invented a new, unprecedented, and extreme form…