Upper School Intersession 2025

Student sign-up timeline:

Monday, November 18 @ 3:15 – 12th Grade
Tuesday, November 19 @ 3:15 – 11th Grade
Wednesday, November 20 @ 3:15 – 10th Grade
Thursday, November 21 @ 3:15 – 9th Grade
November 21-30 – Sign-ups/changes open to all. After December 1, schedules will be frozen.

8:55am PST

Artisanal Pizza Making with Luca, Rowan, and Kevin

Tuesday January 7, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

Craving pizza? Come learn how to make Neopolitan-style pizza from scratch with your favorite Alumni cooks. In just a few short hours, you'll learn how to turn basic ingredients into a delicious dish—and impress your friends and family! We'll learn about the dough-making process and quickly transition into hands-on rolling, stretching, saucing, topping, cooking, and finally ENJOYING.

Facilitators

Luca & Rowan & Kevin

Luca L., Rowan T., and Kevin H. are all Nueva Alumni from the Class of 2023. You may remember us from our taco stands, bacon stands, various cooking quest projects, and, yes, PIZZA MAKING. Come join us!

Tuesday January 7, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Cooking

8:55am PST

Explore the Essence of Mongolian Dance!

Tuesday January 7, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

You won’t find a more authentic class dedicated to the beautiful art of Mongolian dance anywhere else in the Bay Area. Mongolian dance is renowned for its intricate and diverse movements, with a repertoire that engages the shoulders, arms, and wrists to create an exquisite display of grace and strength.

In this session, you'll explore the basic body movements that form the foundation of Mongolian dance. Step by step, we’ll guide you toward completing a short dance combination set to music. To inspire your journey, our talented dance team will perform live, and we’ll also showcase highlights from last year’s studio performance through select video clips. Learn by doing! It’s the best way to appreciate Mongolian dance.

Facilitators

BaiGaLi BaiGaLi

BaiGaLi BaiGaLi

Your dance instructor, Baigali, is a member of the Urad tribe from Inner Mongolia, China, and has spent nearly two decades mastering and choreographing Mongolian dance. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Choreography and Dance Directing from the Mongolian University of Art and Culture... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Athletics and Movement

8:55am PST

Fading Connections: The Battle Against Neurodegeneration

Tuesday January 7, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

We will discuss the genetic and environmental contribution of neurodegenerative diseases.

Having taken 1 biology class is recommended but not required.

Facilitators

Kang Shen

I grew up in China, received my Ph. D from Duke University and became a Stanford faculty in 2003. I am currently the director of the Stanford WuTsai Neuroscience Institute. My laboratory studies the molecular mechanisms of developmental and degeneration of the nervous system.

Tuesday January 7, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Science

8:55am PST

How To Disagree: The Power of Productive Disagreement in an Increasingly Polarized World

Tuesday January 7, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

WRC

Join us for a workshop designed to equip you with the skills and strategies needed to navigate difficult conversations across lines of difference. This session highlights the importance of engaging in these conversations and provides a comprehensive overview of the techniques and mindsets that lead to productive disagreements. You will also leave with an individual game plan for tackling an important personal or professional disagreement.

Facilitators

Alex Grodd

Co-founder and CEO, The Disagreement

Alex Grodd is the founder and CEO of The Disagreement, a media company dedicated to celebrating and normalizing healthy disagreement in all walks of life. Previously, he taught 6th grade in the Atlanta Public Schools and founded BetterLesson, one of the leading K-12 teacher professional... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
WRC

Content Category Wellness and Life Skills
Audience Open to Alumni

8:55am PST

MicroRNAs and the Evolution of Cannibalism

Tuesday January 7, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

Poison frogs are a fantastic model organism that you can use to study a variety of biological wonders -- including (but not limited to) aposematism, toxicity, parental behavior, and juvenile aggression. In Dr. Lauren O'Connell's lab, we study these problems from multiple angles. Today, I will discuss how you can study juvenile aggression through a molecular lens: studying the aspects of poison frog (epi)genetics that deal with sensing and responding to the social environment. A basic understanding of biology is recommended (do you know the central dogma: DNA > RNA > Protein? If not, I'll give a refresher at the start of class, but it would be good to brush up on the material before attending; I'll provide a link)

Facilitators

Neil Khosla

Stanford University

I am a PhD student at Stanford University, where I use poison frogs to study ecology and neurobiology. Previously, I spent time as an undergraduate at UC Santa Cruz (studying ecology/evolutionary biology), a research assistant at Smithsonian Tropical (in Panama, studying plant-insect... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Human Biology and Medicine

8:55am PST

Scientific Illustration & Paper Microscopes

Tuesday January 7, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

In this hands-on workshop, you'll step into the role of both artist and scientist. After an introduction to the field of scientific illustration, you’ll get a crash course in botanical art — working with graphite pencils to sketch a chosen plant specimen. To capture its most intricate details, you'll use a Foldscope, a paper microscope (that you can take home after the session), to explore your plant at the microscopic level. This tool will allow you to observe elements like pollen and stomata, which you can add to your botanical composition.

Scientific illustration bridges art and science, helping to communicate and document nature's beauty and complexity. From its roots in early natural history to modern uses in conservation and education, this field brings visibility to the unseen and often unnoticed details of our world.

Foldscope is the paper microscope that began as an idea to make science more accessible. Since its invention at Stanford nearly 10 years ago, Foldscopes have reached over 2 million people and found applications in a variety of settings. Foldscope’s accessible design reminds us that scientific observation isn’t limited to professionals; it’s a universal skill rooted in curiosity and the desire to understand our world.

Participants will be able to keep their Foldscope after the session. No prerequisite skills or knowledge required to participate.

Facilitators

Rebecca Konte

Graphic Designer & Artist, Foldscope Instruments

Rebecca Konte is a graphic designer and illustrator, specializing in science communication and storytelling. She is currently the Artist in Residence for the Prakash Lab at Stanford University. There, she creates visual art to share discoveries made by the lab with the scientific... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Design Thinking/Technology/Engineering, Science, Fine and Industrial Arts/Crafts

8:55am PST

Smashing Spider Myths Through Science!

Tuesday January 7, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

Are daddy long legs the most venomous spider? Do we eat eight spiders per year in our sleep? Have you ever seen a blue spider? Orange? What about pink? Fear and disgust towards spiders is pervasive throughout the United States. However, spiders are important for the survival of our ecosystems as well as for controlling insect populations. This session will focus on addressing common misconceptions about spiders by looking at the results of science experiments over the last 50 years. We will also discuss how people perceive spiders in other countries. In addition, I will talk about my journey into being a spider scientist and how spiders have helped me reshape what being a scientist looks like. Lastly, we will discuss how spiders benefit the environment and end with some of the coolest spider facts that you can share with your peers. Yes there will be live spiders! Yes I will leave time for questions! Let’s chat about spiders!

Facilitators

Trinity Walls

University of California, Berkeley

Trinity Walls is a PhD candidate at the University of California Berkeley studying animal behavior, behavioral ecology, and arachnology. She grew up in North Carolina but has slowly made her way westward across the United States over the last 10 years. She earned her B.A. in Biology... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Science

10:15am PST

Artisanal Pizza Making with Luca, Rowan, and Kevin

Tuesday January 7, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

Craving pizza? Come learn how to make Neopolitan-style pizza from scratch with your favorite Alumni cooks. In just a few short hours, you'll learn how to turn basic ingredients into a delicious dish—and impress your friends and family! We'll learn about the dough-making process and quickly transition into hands-on rolling, stretching, saucing, topping, cooking, and finally ENJOYING.

Facilitators

Luca & Rowan & Kevin

Luca L., Rowan T., and Kevin H. are all Nueva Alumni from the Class of 2023. You may remember us from our taco stands, bacon stands, various cooking quest projects, and, yes, PIZZA MAKING. Come join us!

Tuesday January 7, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Cooking

10:15am PST

Conservation Ambassadors: Vanished

Tuesday January 7, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

Students will be able to distinguish between what it means for an animal to be threatened, endangered, or extinct. They will meet species that are currently endangered as well as animals that have successfully come back from the brink of extinction

Facilitators

Conservation Ambassadors

Conservation Ambassadors

34 years ago David established a non-profit rescue zoo in Paso Robles where he gives wildlife a permanent, loving home for displaced, abused, abandoned or permanently injured wild and exotic animals. Sharing these animal ambassadors helps us educate learners of all ages about conservation... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Environmental Citizenship

10:15am PST

Creative Hustle: Making Work that Matters

Tuesday January 7, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

WRC

"Nine to five is how to survive, I ain't trying to survive, I'm trying to live it to the limit and love it a lot.” - Jay Z

In the 23 years since Jay-Z first rapped this line, he has released 14 albums, founded a clothing company, served as president of a record label, taken charge of a media streaming service, and is raising three children. This is creative hustle at its peak - the unmarked process outside of institutions, beyond survival, and where our best innovation lives. There is creative hustle living inside us all -- many of us en route to our own peak without even knowing it. This experience explores how to build confidence and effective mindsets, develop industry-relevant skills, and increase access to valuable networks through the stories of a wide array of diverse hustlers, with enough space between the lines for you to see your own path.

Facilitators

Sam Seidel

Director of Products + Publications, and K12 Strategy, Stanford d.school

sam seidel is the Director of K12 Strategy + Research at the Stanford d.school and author of Hip Hop Genius: Remixing High School Education (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011). sam speaks internationally about education, race, culture, systems, and design.sam has taught in a variety of settings from first grade to community college. He has built and directed programs... Read More →

Olatunde Sobomehin

Stanford d.School, StreetCode Academy

Olatunde Sobomehin is the CEO and co-founder of StreetCode Academy, a Silicon Valley-based non-profit that offers free tech classes to communities of color. It serves over 3,000 students annually with over 50,000 hours of free instruction to date. As a student at Stanford, Olatunde... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
WRC

Content Category Equity and Social Justice, Business and Finance
Audience Open to Alumni

10:15am PST

Explore the Essence of Mongolian Dance!

Tuesday January 7, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

You won’t find a more authentic class dedicated to the beautiful art of Mongolian dance anywhere else in the Bay Area. Mongolian dance is renowned for its intricate and diverse movements, with a repertoire that engages the shoulders, arms, and wrists to create an exquisite display of grace and strength.

In this session, you'll explore the basic body movements that form the foundation of Mongolian dance. Step by step, we’ll guide you toward completing a short dance combination set to music. To inspire your journey, our talented dance team will perform live, and we’ll also showcase highlights from last year’s studio performance through select video clips. Learn by doing! It’s the best way to appreciate Mongolian dance.

Facilitators

BaiGaLi BaiGaLi

BaiGaLi BaiGaLi

Your dance instructor, Baigali, is a member of the Urad tribe from Inner Mongolia, China, and has spent nearly two decades mastering and choreographing Mongolian dance. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Choreography and Dance Directing from the Mongolian University of Art and Culture... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Athletics and Movement

10:15am PST

How are Baby (Startups) Born?

Tuesday January 7, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

Throw a rock in Silicon Valley and you’ll probably hit a few startups, and at least some of them will claim to be AI (including my own!). But where do startups sprout from? Is there a specific pattern they follow in their journey, or are they all unique flowers? How should you evaluate startups as you consider interning at them, joining them in a few years, or heck, starting your own?

This talk will focus on a specific stage in the life of startups – germination. We will talk about the different ways startups get seeded, grow green shoots (which might take many years!) and start showing signs of life. We will share some key observations from this stage that often correlate with startup success.

Facilitators

Amit Kumar

CEO, Dragonfruit AI

Amit is the founder/CEO of Dragonfruit AI, a Video AI startup that has welcomed 15 Nueva students as interns (so far!). He is a serial entrepreneur, with an interest and experience in a wide variety of sectors, from computer networking to social networking, and enterprise search to... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Business and Finance

10:15am PST

Smashing Spider Myths Through Science!

Tuesday January 7, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

Are daddy long legs the most venomous spider? Do we eat eight spiders per year in our sleep? Have you ever seen a blue spider? Orange? What about pink? Fear and disgust towards spiders is pervasive throughout the United States. However, spiders are important for the survival of our ecosystems as well as for controlling insect populations. This session will focus on addressing common misconceptions about spiders by looking at the results of science experiments over the last 50 years. We will also discuss how people perceive spiders in other countries. In addition, I will talk about my journey into being a spider scientist and how spiders have helped me reshape what being a scientist looks like. Lastly, we will discuss how spiders benefit the environment and end with some of the coolest spider facts that you can share with your peers. Yes there will be live spiders! Yes I will leave time for questions! Let’s chat about spiders!

Facilitators

Trinity Walls

University of California, Berkeley

Trinity Walls is a PhD candidate at the University of California Berkeley studying animal behavior, behavioral ecology, and arachnology. She grew up in North Carolina but has slowly made her way westward across the United States over the last 10 years. She earned her B.A. in Biology... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Science

10:15am PST

Weightlifting 101

Tuesday January 7, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

This class will work as an introduction to strength and conditioning, as well as weightlifting as a whole.

Topics will include general ideas and highly specific topics like how a muscle actually works. Other topics for example are, why people should lift weights, what benefits come out of it, why it is not exclusive to athletes, and why it can help athletes excel?

In addition we will work to help set goals within the weight room and how you can use these to track your progress in different ways.

Facilitators

Nicholas Hryekewicz

Nicholas is Nueva's Head Strength and Conditioning Coach. Originally from Sacramento, I moved to the East Bay for college where I attended Saint Mary's College of California earning my bachelor's and master's degrees in kinesiology with an emphasis in health and human performance... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Athletics and Movement

12:35pm PST

Build Your Own Radio! How Radio Engineering Shaped our Modern World

Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, 5G, Radar, MRI... what do they all have in common? Radio engineering!

In this 75-minute class, you'll learn how vintage radio techniques from 1906 laid the groundwork for modern chip design. Explore the science behind classic radio communication, unraveling concepts like radio encoding, Fourier transforms, and modulation techniques. Discover how people use meteor tails to send messages over radio, and try your hand at building your own AM receiver!

What's covered: maths behind radio signals, physics E&M, soldering skills, basics of analog circuit design

Ideally, students will have prior had experience soldering.

Facilitators

Curious Cardinals

Sage Wu

Curious Cardinals

Sage is a sophomore in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, an engineering intern at SpaceX, and Co-Lead of the Stanford Student Space Initiative's Satellites Team. She loves radio-frequency (RF) technology and how it allows humans to manipulate physics and space for a variety... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Design Thinking/Technology/Engineering, Science

12:35pm PST

Cosmetic Chemistry: Exploring the Chemical Makeup of Your Favorite Products

Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

Cosmetic Chemistry focuses on the intersection between chemistry and cosmetic marketing. We explore what chemical makeups work best for certain client profiles, and uncover all the inner workings that go into creating cosmetics. Although the course is focused on uncovering the chemical background of these products, we also bring attention to the biological properties of people that the chemistry must cater to. We explore products such as shampoo, conditioner, perfume, lip balm, and so much more. Any and all chemistry backgrounds are welcome!

Facilitators

Curious Cardinals

Nailah Donatto

Curious Cardinals

Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Science

12:35pm PST

Rocking Out with Heavy Metals - The Origins of the Heaviest Metals in Our Universe

Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

The gold in jewelry, the uranium in a nuclear power plant, the iodine with table salt, the caesium in atomic clocks: what do these all have in common? It turns out they were likely forged in the fires of a cosmic explosion known as a kilonova! This course will dive into astronomer's journey to understand the origins of the heaviest elements of the periodic table.

Facilitators

Daniel Brethauer

University of California, Berkeley

Daniel Brethauer is a 4th year graduate student at UC Berkeley in the Astronomy Department working with Raffaella Margutti and Dan Kasen. Daniel's research seeks to understand a rare astrophysical phenomena known as a kilonova, the result of the collision of a dead massive star with... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Science

12:35pm PST

Seeing and Hearing Double: Introduction to Sensation and Perception

Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

Have you ever wondered why we have two eyes? In this course, we'll cover some of the basics of sensation and perception including some of the benefits and drawbacks that humans experience in having double sensory organs. There will be lots of interactive demonstrations as well as a fun experiment/activity! This is the place for you if you're interested in science, biology, psychology, and how humans sense and perceive the world! No prior knowledge necessary.

Facilitators

Stephanie Reeves

University of California, Berkeley

Stephanie Reeves is a PhD student at UC Berkeley in the Vision Science program! She is interested in how humans move their eyes, how they see and make sense of the world, and how the brain helps facilitate vision. In her free time, she likes to cook, play with her dog, and play p... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Human Biology and Medicine

12:35pm PST

Tech Beyond Coding: Foundations in UI/UX Design

Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

In this class, we will seek to de-mystify what UI/UX design is, teach students how to get started in the field, and explain the merits & interests of pursuing UI/UX. We will have interactive time to work in Figma, as well as develop experience in the iterative design process. I will also talk about my background and experiences in UI/UX –– including a design internship abroad in Singapore, college coursework, online certificate program, and extracurriculars. This is a career option that would appeal to many students interested in the tech industry, creative jobs, and more, but often is not learned about until college or even later in the professional field.

Prerequisites: no experience necessary! Some interest in the world of tech or the tech industry would be beneficial but is certainly not needed.

Facilitators

Curious Cardinals

Michael Ma

Curious Cardinals

Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Design Thinking/Technology/Engineering

12:35pm PST

The Power of the Word: Public Speaking Then and Now

Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

WRC

"Don’t tell me words don’t matter. I have a dream – just words words. We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal – just words. We have nothing to fear but fear itself – just words, just speeches" (President Barack Obama).

Back in the day, in his first campaign for president, Barack Obama promised change; yet in formulating that promise he relied on rhetorical rules, which for more than 2000 years have remained unchanged. Across the ages another politician and orator, Marcus Tullius Cicero, can help us analyze and appreciate Obama’s and other contemporary politicians’ rhetorical accomplishments.

We will look at excerpts from speeches by Obama, Bill Clinton, Pericles, Cicero, and Tacitus with an eye to their enactments of specific rhetorical rules–formulated in ancient times, followed to this day. Words have always mattered.

Facilitators

Christopher Krebs

Professor of Classics, Comparative Literature, German Language and Literature, Stanford University

Christopher Krebs studied Classics and philosophy in Berlin, Kiel, and Oxford and taught at Harvard before joining Stanford's Classics Department, where he regularly teaches a Freshman Seminar on Ancient Rhetoric and its Contemporary Relevance and an Humanities Core class on Great... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
WRC

Content Category Literature/Communications/Performance, History
Audience Open to Alumni

12:35pm PST

Weightlifting Techniques, Practices, and Advanced Movements

Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

This class will focus on all the "dark arts" of weightlifting. Different modalities to help you progress through plateaus, and take yourself to levels never achieved before.

This class will also work to teach more advanced movements, like olympic lifts, to help expand the knowledge of anyone interested.

We will cover different periodization protocols, which set/rep schemes will help achieve certain goals, how to execute more complicated lifts, introducing accommodating resistance. Ultimately this should help you map out a training regimen to reach your goals, as well as give you more tools to help to get you where you want to be.

Facilitators

Nicholas Hryekewicz

Nicholas is Nueva's Head Strength and Conditioning Coach. Originally from Sacramento, I moved to the East Bay for college where I attended Saint Mary's College of California earning my bachelor's and master's degrees in kinesiology with an emphasis in health and human performance... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Athletics and Movement

1:55pm PST

Beyond Contacts: Network to Make Real Connections

Tuesday January 7, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

WRC

When people think of “networking,” they imagine attending social events to meet the right people to advance their careers while exchanging business cards. The reality is that building relationships leads to making meaningful connections that happen in both personal and professional settings.

Instead of thinking about networking as making a business connection, think about it as creating a friendship. Demonstrate interest in others to build relationships in the same way you would make a friend through The FACE Framework: Familiarity, Authenticity, Curiosity, and Elasticity. You are the FACE of your organization!

This session will include storytelling to demonstrate each element of FACE. There will also be an activity called “Speed Friending” that encourages audience members to find what they have in common as they learn about each other for who they are.

Facilitators

Jen Fitzgerald

Professional Speaker

Jen Fitzgerald is a former admissions counselor turned professional speaker who applies the insights gained from advising thousands of students during the college admissions process to networking and career exploration. Her roles with schools like Virginia Commonwealth University... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
WRC

Content Category Wellness and Life Skills, Literature/Communications/Performance
Audience Open to Alumni

1:55pm PST

Build Your Own Radio! How Radio Engineering Shaped our Modern World

Tuesday January 7, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, 5G, Radar, MRI... what do they all have in common? Radio engineering!

In this 75-minute class, you'll learn how vintage radio techniques from 1906 laid the groundwork for modern chip design. Explore the science behind classic radio communication, unraveling concepts like radio encoding, Fourier transforms, and modulation techniques. Discover how people use meteor tails to send messages over radio, and try your hand at building your own AM receiver!

What's covered: maths behind radio signals, physics E&M, soldering skills, basics of analog circuit design

Ideally, students will have prior had experience soldering.

Facilitators

Curious Cardinals

Sage Wu

Curious Cardinals

Sage is a sophomore in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, an engineering intern at SpaceX, and Co-Lead of the Stanford Student Space Initiative's Satellites Team. She loves radio-frequency (RF) technology and how it allows humans to manipulate physics and space for a variety... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Design Thinking/Technology/Engineering, Science

1:55pm PST

Coalition Building: How Politics Can Shape and Change Public Perception

Tuesday January 7, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

I will talk about why there is often a shift which states are "swing states" over time, as well as how politicians choose certain topics & themes to focus on in their campaigns based on what is politically viable. Example questions include: How did Barack Obama carry several states that are now considered strongly Republican? Aside from purely just changes in public opinion, why do political parties shift their political stances over time? This session will be taught in a non-partisan fashion and is intended to teach students about the salience of political issues and how campaigning works from a calculated standpoint.

Facilitators

Curious Cardinals

Michael Ma

Curious Cardinals

Tuesday January 7, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Philosophy/Social Science/Law/Politics, Equity and Social Justice, Global Citizenship

1:55pm PST

Cosmetic Chemistry: Exploring the Chemical Makeup of Your Favorite Products

Tuesday January 7, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

Cosmetic Chemistry focuses on the intersection between chemistry and cosmetic marketing. We explore what chemical makeups work best for certain client profiles, and uncover all the inner workings that go into creating cosmetics. Although the course is focused on uncovering the chemical background of these products, we also bring attention to the biological properties of people that the chemistry must cater to. We explore products such as shampoo, conditioner, perfume, lip balm, and so much more. Any and all chemistry backgrounds are welcome!

Facilitators

Curious Cardinals

Nailah Donatto

Curious Cardinals

Tuesday January 7, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Science

1:55pm PST

Denim Insider: From Fabric to Fashion to the Sales Floor

Tuesday January 7, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

Get ready to dive into the real story of denim! In Denim Insider: From Fabric to Fashion to the Sales Floor, you’ll explore how your favorite jeans make their way from raw fabric to the racks of every go-to store. From design sketches to manufacturing, and choosing the right silhouettes to the marketing secrets behind making you want to buy, this session reveals the hidden steps in denim’s journey to becoming a style staple.
Led by a former fashion merchant and buyer who’s been in the thick of it, you’ll learn how brands create what’s in style and discover the tricks of the trade that make denim a billion-dollar industry. By the end, you’ll see your jeans in a whole new way!

Facilitators

Celine Teoh

As a former denim merchant at Gap, Celine knows what it takes to make denim iconic. She owned a $80 million fashion denim business across over 1,000 stores, shaping styles and trends for one of the world’s most recognized brands. With experience spanning not just merchandising but... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Business and Finance

1:55pm PST

Rocking Out with Heavy Metals - The Origins of the Heaviest Metals in Our Universe

Tuesday January 7, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

The gold in jewelry, the uranium in a nuclear power plant, the iodine with table salt, the caesium in atomic clocks: what do these all have in common? It turns out they were likely forged in the fires of a cosmic explosion known as a kilonova! This course will dive into astronomer's journey to understand the origins of the heaviest elements of the periodic table.

Facilitators

Daniel Brethauer

University of California, Berkeley

Daniel Brethauer is a 4th year graduate student at UC Berkeley in the Astronomy Department working with Raffaella Margutti and Dan Kasen. Daniel's research seeks to understand a rare astrophysical phenomena known as a kilonova, the result of the collision of a dead massive star with... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Science

1:55pm PST

Seeing and Hearing Double: Introduction to Sensation and Perception

Tuesday January 7, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

Have you ever wondered why we have two eyes? In this course, we'll cover some of the basics of sensation and perception including some of the benefits and drawbacks that humans experience in having double sensory organs. There will be lots of interactive demonstrations as well as a fun experiment/activity! This is the place for you if you're interested in science, biology, psychology, and how humans sense and perceive the world! No prior knowledge necessary.

Facilitators

Stephanie Reeves

University of California, Berkeley

Stephanie Reeves is a PhD student at UC Berkeley in the Vision Science program! She is interested in how humans move their eyes, how they see and make sense of the world, and how the brain helps facilitate vision. In her free time, she likes to cook, play with her dog, and play p... Read More →

Tuesday January 7, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Human Biology and Medicine

8:55am PST

Artisanal Pizza Making with Luca, Rowan, and Kevin

Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

Craving pizza? Come learn how to make Neopolitan-style pizza from scratch with your favorite Alumni cooks. In just a few short hours, you'll learn how to turn basic ingredients into a delicious dish—and impress your friends and family! We'll learn about the dough-making process and quickly transition into hands-on rolling, stretching, saucing, topping, cooking, and finally ENJOYING.

Facilitators

Luca & Rowan & Kevin

Luca L., Rowan T., and Kevin H. are all Nueva Alumni from the Class of 2023. You may remember us from our taco stands, bacon stands, various cooking quest projects, and, yes, PIZZA MAKING. Come join us!

Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Cooking

8:55am PST

Calling All Heartstopper Fans!

Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

Are you a Heartstopper fan (graphic novel and/or Netflix show)? This is the intersession for you. In our session, we are going to dissect representation (of sexual orientation, gender identity, race, ethnicity, ability, etc.), friendships and romantic relationships, family dynamics and influences, cultural and societal expectations, differences and similarities between the graphic novel vs. Netflix show, and any other themes you want to bring to this session. Come prepared to share and discuss!

Facilitators

Hannah Yanow

Hannah Yanow, Ed.D. (she/they) specializes in queering spaces and cultivating inclusivity during conversations and through written communications. Hannah is currently an Inclusion and Belonging Consultant with the Stanford VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab, a facilitator for... Read More →

Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Literature/Communications/Performance

8:55am PST

Did Baseball Save Us? The Negro Leagues, Japanese Incarceration, and Sports and Social Justice in America

Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

You may have heard about Jackie Robinson and his breaking of the color barrier in baseball, but have you heard the history of the Negro Leagues and how baseball was segregated in the first place? Can you name some women baseball players who were also Negro League stars (yes, they could play baseball in the Negro Leagues even if not for Major League Baseball)? Did you know that baseball was one of the incarceration camp sports for Japanese Americans during World War II?

If these questions sound interesting and you'd like to learn more, please come join an interactive discussion about the history of baseball in America that you may not have heard before, focusing on the Negro Leagues and baseball in the wartime incarceration camps. We'll be using books that involve primary sources to build our knowledge of this part of our country's history, and think about how this impacts sports as we watch and understand them today. After we do our deep dive into baseball, we'll discuss more broadly how resistance and joy show up as social movements in other sports as well, and how those tools can be used in the future.

Facilitators

Misasha Suzuki Graham

Co-Founder, Dear White Women

Misasha Suzuki Graham has spent her life attempting to bridge gaps, both professionally and personally, and foster understanding among groups of people. A graduate of Harvard College and Columbia Law School, Misasha spent over fifteen years as an accomplished attorney, specializing... Read More →

Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Equity and Social Justice

8:55am PST

Inside the North Korean Cyber Crime Machine

Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

WRC

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK - aka North Korea) government has made extensive investments into offensive cyber security capabilities. What separates the DPRK from other top tier countries in the cyber space is their full embrace of financially motivated crime in addition to more classic state activities like espionage and covert operations / disruption. In this session we’ll spend time talking through the various branches of DPRK cyber activities including crypto/bitcoin attacks, attacks targeting security researchers, the billion dollar raid targeting the Bangladeshi National Bank, and recent efforts to plant DPRK operatives under stolen identities in western countries as regular remote IT workers.

Facilitators

Brad Arkin

Chief Trust Officer, Salesforce

Brad is Chief Trust Officer at Salesforce, the #1 AI CRM. He oversees the company’s security strategy, building trust with stakeholders, and protecting customer data in an AI-first world. Previously, he was Chief Security and Trust Officer at Cisco, and served as the Chief Security... Read More →

Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
WRC

Content Category Design Thinking/Technology/Engineering, Global Citizenship
Audience Open to Alumni

8:55am PST

Introduction to the Design of Economic Mechanisms

Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

Suppose you need to match one million students to one thousand colleges. Students have preferences over colleges, and colleges have preferences over their applicants. Is there a "good" way to reconcile all these preferences on both sides -- and what does "good" even mean in this context? We are going to discuss the basics of matching theory, a research area at the intersection of Economics and Computer Science that develops tools for answering such questions. We will also discuss applications of this theory: matching young doctors to hospitals, students to schools, and cadets to army branches.

Matching theory is one of the key parts of the broader discipline of the design of economic mechanisms, and if time permits, we will briefly touch on some other topics in this discipline.

Facilitators

Michael Ostrovsky

Stanford University

Michael Ostrovsky is a Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. His research is in the areas of game theory, marketplace design, auctions, and finance. In his research, he has studied the economics of carpooling and self-driving cars, the properties of internet... Read More →

Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Business and Finance, Design Thinking/Technology/Engineering, Math and Games

8:55am PST

Learn Archery!

Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

Have you ever wanted to know how to shoot using a bow and arrow? Learn archery for the very first time! All gear will be provided. You do not need any prior experience shooting to participate in this session.

Facilitators

Jordan Pituley

Instructor, Palomo Archery

Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Athletics and Movement

8:55am PST

Like to Love: Find Fulfillment in Your Career

Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

Adults are often drawn to careers with a distinguished title, comfortable salary, and variety of benefits in an established company. On the contrary, when kids are asked what they want to be when they grow up, they simply think about what they LIKE to do!

Whether following a career path or pivoting mid-career, choose a career based on what you LIKE to do – a career that’s a good fit for you! Discover careers that apply everything you LIKE to do into one job, leading to finding fulfillment in a career that you sometimes didn’t expect to pursue.

This session will include storytelling to illustrate key takeaways. There will also be activities that help the audience brainstorm their career path, skillsets, and projects that give them fulfillment, reminding them of what they LIKE to do.

Facilitators

Jen Fitzgerald

Professional Speaker

Jen Fitzgerald is a former admissions counselor turned professional speaker who applies the insights gained from advising thousands of students during the college admissions process to networking and career exploration. Her roles with schools like Virginia Commonwealth University... Read More →

Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Wellness and Life Skills, Literature/Communications/Performance

8:55am PST

Precision and Performance: The Art of Convex Optimization

Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

Explore the world of convex optimization with a specific focus on linear programs. This session will delve into the core principles of convex optimization, emphasizing the role of linear programming as a powerful tool for solving structured problems across various fields. Through practical examples and theoretical insights, attendees will learn how linear programs are formulated, solved, and applied to optimize processes in areas such as operations research, economics, and data science. Whether you’re new to optimization or looking to deepen your expertise, this seminar offers valuable knowledge to help you leverage linear programming for impactful solutions.

Facilitators

Curious Cardinals

Eduardo Lopez

Curious Cardinals

Wednesday January 8, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Design Thinking/Technology/Engineering, Science

10:15am PST

Artisanal Pizza Making with Luca, Rowan, and Kevin

Wednesday January 8, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

Craving pizza? Come learn how to make Neopolitan-style pizza from scratch with your favorite Alumni cooks. In just a few short hours, you'll learn how to turn basic ingredients into a delicious dish—and impress your friends and family! We'll learn about the dough-making process and quickly transition into hands-on rolling, stretching, saucing, topping, cooking, and finally ENJOYING.

Facilitators

Luca & Rowan & Kevin

Luca L., Rowan T., and Kevin H. are all Nueva Alumni from the Class of 2023. You may remember us from our taco stands, bacon stands, various cooking quest projects, and, yes, PIZZA MAKING. Come join us!

Wednesday January 8, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Cooking

10:15am PST

Conservation Ambassadors: Wild America

Wednesday January 8, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

Some of the most amazing animals in the world are found right here in our own backyard. Meet animals found throughout in the USA from sea to shining sea. Learn about their significance to Native Americans and the impact they still have on all of us.

Facilitators

Conservation Ambassadors

Conservation Ambassadors

34 years ago David established a non-profit rescue zoo in Paso Robles where he gives wildlife a permanent, loving home for displaced, abused, abandoned or permanently injured wild and exotic animals. Sharing these animal ambassadors helps us educate learners of all ages about conservation... Read More →

Wednesday January 8, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Environmental Citizenship

10:15am PST

Learn Archery!

Wednesday January 8, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

Have you ever wanted to know how to shoot using a bow and arrow? Learn archery for the very first time! All gear will be provided. You do not need any prior experience shooting to participate in this session.

Facilitators

Jordan Pituley

Instructor, Palomo Archery

Wednesday January 8, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Athletics and Movement

10:15am PST

Precision and Performance: The Art of Convex Optimization

Wednesday January 8, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

Explore the world of convex optimization with a specific focus on linear programs. This session will delve into the core principles of convex optimization, emphasizing the role of linear programming as a powerful tool for solving structured problems across various fields. Through practical examples and theoretical insights, attendees will learn how linear programs are formulated, solved, and applied to optimize processes in areas such as operations research, economics, and data science. Whether you’re new to optimization or looking to deepen your expertise, this seminar offers valuable knowledge to help you leverage linear programming for impactful solutions.

Facilitators

Curious Cardinals

Eduardo Lopez

Curious Cardinals

Wednesday January 8, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Design Thinking/Technology/Engineering, Science

10:15am PST

Quantum Science and Technology

Wednesday January 8, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

WRC

We will discuss how lasers, rather than blow stuff up, can cool atoms down to temperatures near absolute zero. At these temperatures, atoms can form macroscope waves that are the matter analog of lasers. Experiments can use these matter waves as emulators for studying quantum materials such as high-temperature superconductors. Moreover, laser-cooled atoms can serve as the key ingredient in quantum devices like sensors and computers. We'll present examples of what the new revolution in quantum science and engineering might bring.

Facilitators

Ben Lev

Physics Professor at Stanford

Benjamin Lev is a Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford University. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Princeton in 1999 and his Ph.D. from Caltech in 2005, both in physics. Benjamin has received a Packard Foundation Fellowship and the Presidential Early Career... Read More →

Wednesday January 8, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
WRC

Content Category Science
Audience Open to Alumni

10:15am PST

Science & Biology of Rabbits

Wednesday January 8, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

Hands-on sessions covering the skeletal structure, digestive system, respiratory system, and other physiological aspects of rabbits. We will also discuss the natural habitats of rabbits, their role in ecosystems, and the importance of biodiversity.

Facilitators

Bunny Gurus

Our bunnies undergo hundreds of hours of dedicated training to excel in providing emotional therapeutic support. They are thoughtfully chosen representing a variety of breeds, ensuring a diverse and customized experience for those seeking fun, love, peace, happiness and emotional... Read More →

Wednesday January 8, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Environmental Citizenship

10:15am PST

Suturing

Wednesday January 8, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

This lab will teach you the basics of surgery and how to suture a wound. Get the opportunity to learn valuable medical skills related to surgical professions. This class will also guide you through the steps nurses, doctors, and surgeons follow to clean, disinfect and anesthetize wounds prior to surgery and suturing.

Facilitators

Kimble Torres

Pathways to Medicine

Kimble Torres is a veteran biologist specializing in the human body and athletics. During his tenure in the biotech industry, Kimble worked for Nektar Therapeutics, Genentech, and Tycho Healthcare investigating product feasibility and managing lab operations. In 2014, his passion... Read More →

Wednesday January 8, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Human Biology and Medicine

10:15am PST

Weightlifting 101

Wednesday January 8, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

This class will work as an introduction to strength and conditioning, as well as weightlifting as a whole.

Topics will include general ideas and highly specific topics like how a muscle actually works. Other topics for example are, why people should lift weights, what benefits come out of it, why it is not exclusive to athletes, and why it can help athletes excel?

In addition we will work to help set goals within the weight room and how you can use these to track your progress in different ways.

Facilitators

Nicholas Hryekewicz

Nicholas is Nueva's Head Strength and Conditioning Coach. Originally from Sacramento, I moved to the East Bay for college where I attended Saint Mary's College of California earning my bachelor's and master's degrees in kinesiology with an emphasis in health and human performance... Read More →

Wednesday January 8, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Athletics and Movement

12:35pm PST

Advanced Math And Game Theory In The Old Testament

Wednesday January 8, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

During this session, we will learn how a mathematical problem from game theory, whose solution was found by ancient Israelites over 2000 years ago but never recorded, was found anew by modern day mathematicians. Brace yourself for a wild ride.

P.S. I'll share the solution, promise!

Facilitators

Eyal Firstenberg

Wednesday January 8, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Math and Games

12:35pm PST

How Humans Sense the World Around Them: Neuroscience Basics

Wednesday January 8, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

How does the brain influence the way that we perceive the world? My research seeks to understand this question! Come by for a crash course on some basic neuroscience and fun experiments to get a taste of what it means to be a human with a brain and sensing organs.

No previous skills required! If you're interested in psychology, biology or human feeling/sensing/experience, this is definitely the place for you. I might ask for some participants in some experiments, if you’re willing!

Facilitators

Alisa Braun

University of California, Berkeley

Hi! I'm Alisa Braun. I work at NASA Ames research center. I'm excited about all things neuroscience and how that influences our everyday lives.

Wednesday January 8, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Human Biology and Medicine

12:35pm PST

Science & Biology of Rabbits

Wednesday January 8, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

Hands-on sessions covering the skeletal structure, digestive system, respiratory system, and other physiological aspects of rabbits. We will also discuss the natural habitats of rabbits, their role in ecosystems, and the importance of biodiversity.

Facilitators

Bunny Gurus

Our bunnies undergo hundreds of hours of dedicated training to excel in providing emotional therapeutic support. They are thoughtfully chosen representing a variety of breeds, ensuring a diverse and customized experience for those seeking fun, love, peace, happiness and emotional... Read More →

Wednesday January 8, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Environmental Citizenship

12:35pm PST

Suturing

Wednesday January 8, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

This lab will teach you the basics of surgery and how to suture a wound. Get the opportunity to learn valuable medical skills related to surgical professions. This class will also guide you through the steps nurses, doctors, and surgeons follow to clean, disinfect and anesthetize wounds prior to surgery and suturing.

Facilitators

Kimble Torres

Pathways to Medicine

Kimble Torres is a veteran biologist specializing in the human body and athletics. During his tenure in the biotech industry, Kimble worked for Nektar Therapeutics, Genentech, and Tycho Healthcare investigating product feasibility and managing lab operations. In 2014, his passion... Read More →

Wednesday January 8, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Human Biology and Medicine

12:35pm PST

Tech Beyond Coding: Foundations in UI/UX Design

Wednesday January 8, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

In this class, we will seek to de-mystify what UI/UX design is, teach students how to get started in the field, and explain the merits & interests of pursuing UI/UX. We will have interactive time to work in Figma, as well as develop experience in the iterative design process. I will also talk about my background and experiences in UI/UX –– including a design internship abroad in Singapore, college coursework, online certificate program, and extracurriculars. This is a career option that would appeal to many students interested in the tech industry, creative jobs, and more, but often is not learned about until college or even later in the professional field.

Prerequisites: no experience necessary! Some interest in the world of tech or the tech industry would be beneficial but is certainly not needed.

Facilitators

Curious Cardinals

Michael Ma

Curious Cardinals

Wednesday January 8, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Design Thinking/Technology/Engineering

12:35pm PST

The Jugular Art: A Visual Romp through the History and Contemporary Craft of Political Cartooning

Wednesday January 8, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

WRC

Political cartoons have been part of public debates around the world for more than 250 years. Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist David Horsey will take students on a visual journey through the history of political cartoons and then talk about his own career; how he creates cartoons, the presidents he has lampooned, the readers he has angered, the wild scenes he has observed -- all illustrated with copious examples of his award-winning cartoons.

Facilitators

David Horsey

The Seattle Times

David Horsey is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for The Seattle Times.

Wednesday January 8, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
WRC

Content Category Philosophy/Social Science/Law/Politics, Literature/Communications/Performance
Audience Open to Alumni

12:35pm PST

Weightlifting Techniques, Practices, and Advanced Movements

Wednesday January 8, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

This class will focus on all the "dark arts" of weightlifting. Different modalities to help you progress through plateaus, and take yourself to levels never achieved before.

This class will also work to teach more advanced movements, like olympic lifts, to help expand the knowledge of anyone interested.

We will cover different periodization protocols, which set/rep schemes will help achieve certain goals, how to execute more complicated lifts, introducing accommodating resistance. Ultimately this should help you map out a training regimen to reach your goals, as well as give you more tools to help to get you where you want to be.

Facilitators

Nicholas Hryekewicz

Nicholas is Nueva's Head Strength and Conditioning Coach. Originally from Sacramento, I moved to the East Bay for college where I attended Saint Mary's College of California earning my bachelor's and master's degrees in kinesiology with an emphasis in health and human performance... Read More →

Wednesday January 8, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Athletics and Movement

1:55pm PST

Advanced Math And Game Theory In The Old Testament

Wednesday January 8, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

During this session, we will learn how a mathematical problem from game theory, whose solution was found by ancient Israelites over 2000 years ago but never recorded, was found anew by modern day mathematicians. Brace yourself for a wild ride.

P.S. I'll share the solution, promise!

Facilitators

Eyal Firstenberg

Wednesday January 8, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Math and Games

1:55pm PST

Coalition Building: How Politics Can Shape and Change Public Perception

Wednesday January 8, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

I will talk about why there is often a shift which states are "swing states" over time, as well as how politicians choose certain topics & themes to focus on in their campaigns based on what is politically viable. Example questions include: How did Barack Obama carry several states that are now considered strongly Republican? Aside from purely just changes in public opinion, why do political parties shift their political stances over time? This session will be taught in a non-partisan fashion and is intended to teach students about the salience of political issues and how campaigning works from a calculated standpoint.

Facilitators

Curious Cardinals

Michael Ma

Curious Cardinals

Wednesday January 8, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Philosophy/Social Science/Law/Politics, Equity and Social Justice, Global Citizenship

1:55pm PST

College Art Portfolio Prep

Wednesday January 8, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

This session is perfect for students of any grade who are looking to build an art portfolio, especially for applications to college or art school. If you want to study fine art/studio art as your major and become an artist, having a solid portfolio is an essential. However, regardless of whether art is what you want to study in college, an art portfolio can be a great supplement to applications. I’ll be talking about how to approach building a portfolio and the process of it. I’ll also cover practical skills like documentation of art work and writing about your art.

Facilitators

Ada Liv

Ada Liv is an artist from the Bay Area currently working in Los Angeles. With a love for organic materials, she creates paintings, sculptural installations, and textile work inspired by natural forms and biology. Prior to graduating from USC in 2024 with a BA in Art, she studied at... Read More →

Wednesday January 8, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Fine and Industrial Arts/Crafts, Wellness and Life Skills

1:55pm PST

Elements and the Universe

Wednesday January 8, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

WRC

Our Universe is 15 billion years old. In its early phases, it consisted of mainly hydrogen and helium, with only a small admixture of lithium. Yet today, when we look at our hand, we find it consists mainly of carbon and oxygen, a bit of hydrogen and nitrogen, plus some calcium present mainly in our bones. Those elements are crucial to the formation of life, but how and where did they form? In this lecture, presented on an introductory level, Dr. Madejski will talk about the history of elements and how they got dispersed into interstellar space via stellar explosions.

Facilitators

Greg Madejski

Stanford University

My English-speaking friends know me as Greg. I was born in Poland, but my college and graduate education was in the U.S., respectively at MIT and Harvard. After spending 14 years at NASA/Goddard, I arrived in Stanford in 2000. My research interests are mainly in extragalactic high-energy... Read More →

Wednesday January 8, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
WRC

Content Category Science
Audience Open to Alumni

1:55pm PST

Freshman Year of College for Dummies

Wednesday January 8, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

This is an interactive boot camp for everyone who has questions about going to college! It's a crash course on everything you need to know to have a successful freshman year at college. I'll cover everything from making new friends to doing your laundry to choosing which courses to take/how to actually study for a midterm/final. It will be lighthearted and fun, so get ready to relieve your stress about college and get active!!! We'll also have food and drinks.

Open to all grades, but generally for Juniors and Seniors.

Facilitators

Mia Tavares

I'm a Nueva Alumni (class of 2023!) and a sophomore at Harvard College studying Chemistry. I write for the Harvard Undergraduate Law Review and the Harvard Independent. I also hold positions on the Harvard College Honor Council and Lowell House Housing Committee.

Wednesday January 8, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Wellness and Life Skills

1:55pm PST

How Humans Sense the World Around Them: Neuroscience Basics

Wednesday January 8, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

How does the brain influence the way that we perceive the world? My research seeks to understand this question! Come by for a crash course on some basic neuroscience and fun experiments to get a taste of what it means to be a human with a brain and sensing organs.

No previous skills required! If you're interested in psychology, biology or human feeling/sensing/experience, this is definitely the place for you. I might ask for some participants in some experiments, if you’re willing!

Facilitators

Alisa Braun

University of California, Berkeley

Hi! I'm Alisa Braun. I work at NASA Ames research center. I'm excited about all things neuroscience and how that influences our everyday lives.

Wednesday January 8, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Human Biology and Medicine

1:55pm PST

Privacy, Free Speech, and the Internet: An ACLU Lawyer's Perspective

Wednesday January 8, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

In this interactive session, participants will discuss some of the legal and policy issues underlying free speech and privacy rights, and the potential conflicts between the two with the rise of new technologies like the Internet. Real-life cases brought by the ACLU will be used to illustrate how public interest litigation cases are developed to create and change laws, and the potential clashes that can occur between competing civil rights and policy goals.

Facilitators

Aden Fine

General Counsel

Aden is a veteran General Counsel who has been working on cutting-edge technology and privacy issues for over twenty-five years. He is currently the General Counsel of Wheel, a leading telehealth company. He previously led Datavant, a health data technology company, through a... Read More →

Wednesday January 8, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Equity and Social Justice, Philosophy/Social Science/Law/Politics

8:55am PST

Algorithmic Fairness, Safety, and Interpretability in Machine Learning

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

WRC

Thanks to significant advances in machine learning and data science, decision makers are embracing and employing advanced algorithms and statistical models to help with or fully automate difficult tasks across our society. With examples ranging from advertising and finance to healthcare and criminal justice, machine learning tools have become ubiquitous. While often providing significant improvements in speed and performance, these tools come with increased complexity that can make the decision making process opaque and difficult to evaluate. How did your model make that prediction? Why? Are the decisions that it makes fair? How can we quantify fairness? In this activity, we will discuss real-world examples of automated algorithmic decision making along with the practical and ethical problems they can face. We will explore the ideas of bias, fairness, safety, and interpretability.

Facilitators

Ben Seiler

Stanford University

Ben Seiler is a postdoctoral research fellow in the department of Epidemiology and Population Health at the Stanford School of Medicine. He specializes in developing and deploying interpretable statistical learning methods. As part of the Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab, Ben currently... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
WRC

Content Category Design Thinking/Technology/Engineering, Equity and Social Justice, Math and Games
Audience Open to Alumni

8:55am PST

Ancient Legends, Modern Myths

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

A lot of our current beliefs about the past are not based in science. For instance, a lot of people think that aliens built the pyramids, or that people practiced human sacrifice at Stonehenge. Both of these are popular myths because they make a much more exciting story than the truth! How can archaeologists help people understand more about the ancient world so that we can figure out what’s true?

Facilitators

Stacy Hackner

Dr Stacy Hackner is an interdisciplinary researcher who has worked with human remains in the British Museum, the Museum of London, and the UCL Pathology Museum, among others. Her work broadly covers feminist and decolonial archaeology, the role of women in society, and lower leg biomechanics... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category History

8:55am PST

Diagnostic Odysseys: The Diagnosis and Discovery of Rare Genetic Conditions

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

Join a discussion of the genomic technologies and collaboration platforms facilitating the discovery of 100s of new diseases each and what it's like to be among the first patients to be recognized to have a new disease.

Facilitators

Jon Bernstein

Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine

Jon Bernstein is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. His work is focused on the care of children with rare and ultra-rare conditions. He co-leads two research programs focused on discovering new genetic diseases - the Stanford site of the NIH Undiagnosed... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Human Biology and Medicine

8:55am PST

How Friendships Can Support Developing Organizational Skills, Planning Abilities, and Community

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

Friendships have so many benefits, and being aware of being a true, loyal, and good friend to people is its own reward. Practicing things that can make friendships stronger and allow people to mutually support each other in fun and natural ways could be something that is useful to be aware of. For instance, if you were great at something and your friend(s) wanted to learn that skill, wouldn't it be a compliment to be able to help them learn it, along with you being open to learning things that they may be skilled in? What if that superpower was related to easy and useful organizational skills?

Organizational skills might sound a bit boring but organically developing them can help people in all sorts of ways: making times for getting together and showing dependability and following through on the plans; people have confidence and personal control of their "time diet" for academic needs, social priorities, family needs, recreational/sports commitments and various other extra-curricular activities; calming down the sometimes anxious thoughts about "too much to do!" that many of us can have from time to time; and generally spending a little bit of effort ahead of time in order to have a more relaxed and enjoyable life over the long run. Being aware that you and they both probably have organizational skills that can be displayed and influence each other positively is a terrific expression the kind of mutually supportive relationship that deepens your connections!

Facilitators

Mark Goodenough

Moving Forward Towards Independence

Hello, I'm Mark Goodenough, Nueva '79, and I had my first known exposure to neuro-diversity in the Upper Elementary at The Mansion and have made this topic my life's work. Nueva was by far the most impactful educational and personal experience of my life, far eclipsing later exploits... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Wellness and Life Skills

8:55am PST

I'm Like'n Lichens!

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

There is an entire world of biodiversity that is hidden in all types of environments, including at The Nueva School! This is the world of lichens, which are frequently overlooked due to their small size. Lichens are unique composite organisms that appear and function as one organism, but are actually made up of multiple species of fungi, algae, and bacteria. Lichens play important roles in their ecosystems, including support for wildlife. Scientists study lichens for many reasons, including that they are bioindicators of air pollution and have antibacterial/antifungal properties.

We will take a hands-on approach to learning about lichens. The goals of this intersession are to:
- Learn what a lichen is
- Recognize lichens in the wild
- Identify some locally occurring lichens

This intersession will take place outside and in the lab. We will closely observe lichens in their natural environments on The Nueva School property. We will also work in a lab in order to catalyze chemical reactions using lichens, which is an important component of lichen identification. We will learn basic use of dichotomous keys for lichens so that when students leave the intersession, they have foundational tools and knowledge to continue identifying lichens they encounter.

Facilitators

Danielle Alexandra Ward

Danielle is a PhD student in Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. As someone who has always been interested in spending as much time as possible outside, she was drawn to take field based classes in college. She majored in English and ecology at a small liberal... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Science

8:55am PST

Let's Dance (West Coast Swing)!

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

California's official state dance, West Coast Swing, is a fun social dance that emphasizes improvisation (check out examples of competitive WCS here, here, and here). Originally a form of Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing has evolved into a modern partner dance which can be danced to almost any kind of music and is also degendered (anyone can lead or follow). It's increasingly popular thanks to social media: Learn how to "speak" WCS, and you'll have a community of Westie friends on college campuses and in cities all around the world.
No dance experience necessary. Wear pants and comfortable sneakers/flat shoes.

Facilitators

Lydia Lee & James Kao

Lydia Lee and James Kao have been dancing West Coast Swing for many years on the social dance floor. We also compete occasionally and dance both lead and follow. We're excited to share our love of WCS with you!

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Athletics and Movement, Literature/Communications/Performance, Wellness and Life Skills, Music

8:55am PST

Non-Profit and For-Profit Approaches to Social Entrepreneurship

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

Jeremiah and Jacquie Robison will lead students through their experiences as 9th grader, Sofia Robison's parents. Sofia received a diagnosis of cerebral palsy when she was just over one year old.

Jacquie saw the inequity/gaps that exist with disability inclusion, and launched the multi-national nonprofit, WAWOS (We're All Working On Something). Their mission is to disrupt the narrative around physical disability in kids + teens, promote access to adventure for all abilities, and advocate inclusion. Her engagement will empower students to consider the social change they want to see, and lead them through steps to either partner with existing orgs or build mission statements, draft bylaws, apply for nonprofit status etc to build community for strong impact

Jeremiah, as a serial entrepreneur and technologist, was frustrated by the lack of tools to address mobility impairments (why have we not moved beyond walkers and wheelchairs?), and launched VC-backed CIONIC, to build bionic clothing. They have built an FDA-cleared Neural Sleeve (lower limb) that combines motor learning with functional electrical stimulation to activate the necessary muscles precisely coordinated in the gait cycle. Jeremiah will guide students through approaches to apply technology/innovation to solve a problem.

Facilitators

Jacquie Robison & Jeremiah Robison

Founder/Executive Director, WAWOS

JEREMIAH ROBISON is a serial entrepreneur and technologist building the future of human augmentation. He spent his career at the intersection of consumer health and machine learning/engineering. He began his journey at Apple building neural networks for handwriting recognition and... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Design Thinking/Technology/Engineering, Equity and Social Justice

8:55am PST

The Art & Science of Pinball

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

Join us for a look at the art, science, and technology behind pinball. In this session we’ll look at the evolution of pinball, from the early mechanical games to today’s technological marvels. Learn how artists, designers, and engineers collaborate to create a game, and what pinball can tell us about history and culture.

We’ll spend half of this session examining a pinball machine and its components, discussing why pinball was illegal in many states, and how changes in technology and culture can be observed in the design of a pinball machine. In the other half of the session, we’ll be playing pinball machines from different eras to see how the game has changed over time. We’ll also cover some basic pinball strategies you can use to improve your skills!

Facilitators

Pacific Pinball Museum

Located in Alameda, California, Pacific Pinball Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring an interest in science, art, and history through pinball. Visitors to our museum can experience the fascinating stories behind this classic pastime, learn about the... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Design Thinking/Technology/Engineering, Science, History

8:55am PST

The Art of Cooking Breakfast: Crepes, Pancakes, and Omelettes

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

Let’s cook breakfast together! In this class, students will create sweet and savory crepes, pancakes, made-to-order omelettes, and hot cocoa. No prior cooking experience required. Eat your culinary creations!

Facilitators

Michelle Greenebaum

Together In The Kitchen

Michelle Greenebaum of Together In The Kitchen (and mom of an 8th grader at Nueva!) teaches the Art and Science of Cooking and Baking to kids, teenagers, and adults in the Bay Area. This is her 4th year teaching Intersession at Nueva. Her classes are hands-on, fun, and support all... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Cooking

10:15am PST

Bioarchaeology: Exploring Human Remains in History

Thursday January 9, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

Why are humans remains important in archaeology? How can we use the bodies of ancient people to tell us more about their lives - and how can looking at living people today help us understand the way we used to live before technologies like computers and plastic?

Facilitators

Stacy Hackner

Dr Stacy Hackner is an interdisciplinary researcher who has worked with human remains in the British Museum, the Museum of London, and the UCL Pathology Museum, among others. Her work broadly covers feminist and decolonial archaeology, the role of women in society, and lower leg biomechanics... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category History, Science

10:15am PST

Cat & Mouse: Exploiting & Protecting Online Systems

Thursday January 9, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

Let's go on a journey into the motivations and methods employed by individuals and organizations who exploit online systems. Through real-world examples and group discussion, you will gain insights into how hackers think and operate. Using these insights, we then will explore the current tools and technologies that engineers build to protect online systems. Where we end up on this journey is up to you. We can either go deep into a particular type of attack and design the systems to combat it or do a broader survey of the current state of the art.

Having a knowledge of how http requests work and experience with scripting language is a plus but not necessary for this session.

Facilitators

Pedram Keyani

Head of Platform Integrity, OpenAI

Pedram Keyani is responsible for the Integrity team at OpenAI. Previously he was a software engineer at Google and director at Facebook focusing on Site Integrity and Uber focusing on Growth.

Thursday January 9, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Design Thinking/Technology/Engineering

10:15am PST

Climate Migration & Health in the United States

Thursday January 9, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

WRC

The climate crisis does not affect all people equally. In this session, we will cover how climate emergencies and extremes magnify pre-existing vulnerabilities, increasing migration and expanding health disparities. We will define three types of climate migrants who are arriving in the United States and evaluate the health risks that they face before, during, and after their migrations.

Facilitators

Claire Seda

Migrant Clinicians Network

Claire Hutkins Seda is Director of Communications at Migrant Clinicians Network, a national nonprofit that is building practical solutions at the intersection of migration, vulnerability, and health. Claire is a writer and editor primarily focused on environmental degradation and... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
WRC

Content Category Environmental Citizenship, Equity and Social Justice, Global Citizenship, Philosophy/Social Science/Law/Politics
Audience Open to Alumni

10:15am PST

Conservation Ambassadors: Amazing Animal Adaptations

Thursday January 9, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

From camouflage to prehensile tails, adaptations are essential for animals and humans to survive. The physical and behavioral characteristics of these amazing animal ambassadors are highlighted in this engaging program.

Facilitators

Conservation Ambassadors

Conservation Ambassadors

34 years ago David established a non-profit rescue zoo in Paso Robles where he gives wildlife a permanent, loving home for displaced, abused, abandoned or permanently injured wild and exotic animals. Sharing these animal ambassadors helps us educate learners of all ages about conservation... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Environmental Citizenship

10:15am PST

I'm Like'n Lichens!

Thursday January 9, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

There is an entire world of biodiversity that is hidden in all types of environments, including at The Nueva School! This is the world of lichens, which are frequently overlooked due to their small size. Lichens are unique composite organisms that appear and function as one organism, but are actually made up of multiple species of fungi, algae, and bacteria. Lichens play important roles in their ecosystems, including support for wildlife. Scientists study lichens for many reasons, including that they are bioindicators of air pollution and have antibacterial/antifungal properties.

We will take a hands-on approach to learning about lichens. The goals of this intersession are to:
- Learn what a lichen is
- Recognize lichens in the wild
- Identify some locally occurring lichens

This intersession will take place outside and in the lab. We will closely observe lichens in their natural environments on The Nueva School property. We will also work in a lab in order to catalyze chemical reactions using lichens, which is an important component of lichen identification. We will learn basic use of dichotomous keys for lichens so that when students leave the intersession, they have foundational tools and knowledge to continue identifying lichens they encounter.

Facilitators

Danielle Alexandra Ward

Danielle is a PhD student in Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. As someone who has always been interested in spending as much time as possible outside, she was drawn to take field based classes in college. She majored in English and ecology at a small liberal... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Science

10:15am PST

IVs, Injections, and Blood Draw

Thursday January 9, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

This workshop is truly a one-of-a-kind medical experience that will teach each participant the basics of inserting and starting an IV, administering injections, collecting venous blood samples, and much more!

Whether you are interested in nursing and dermatology or anesthesia and surgery as possible career paths, this lab will allow you to practice and perfect the skills these professions use every day!

You will learn firsthand how healthcare professionals deliver life-saving medicine in hospitals and clinics using IVs and injections.

Facilitators

Kimble Torres

Pathways to Medicine

Kimble Torres is a veteran biologist specializing in the human body and athletics. During his tenure in the biotech industry, Kimble worked for Nektar Therapeutics, Genentech, and Tycho Healthcare investigating product feasibility and managing lab operations. In 2014, his passion... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Human Biology and Medicine

10:15am PST

The Art & Science of Pinball

Thursday January 9, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

Join us for a look at the art, science, and technology behind pinball. In this session we’ll look at the evolution of pinball, from the early mechanical games to today’s technological marvels. Learn how artists, designers, and engineers collaborate to create a game, and what pinball can tell us about history and culture.

We’ll spend half of this session examining a pinball machine and its components, discussing why pinball was illegal in many states, and how changes in technology and culture can be observed in the design of a pinball machine. In the other half of the session, we’ll be playing pinball machines from different eras to see how the game has changed over time. We’ll also cover some basic pinball strategies you can use to improve your skills!

Facilitators

Pacific Pinball Museum

Located in Alameda, California, Pacific Pinball Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring an interest in science, art, and history through pinball. Visitors to our museum can experience the fascinating stories behind this classic pastime, learn about the... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Design Thinking/Technology/Engineering, Science, History

10:15am PST

The Art of Cooking Breakfast: Crepes, Pancakes, and Omelettes

Thursday January 9, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

Let’s cook breakfast together! In this class, students will create sweet and savory crepes, pancakes, made-to-order omelettes, and hot cocoa. No prior cooking experience required. Eat your culinary creations!

Facilitators

Michelle Greenebaum

Together In The Kitchen

Michelle Greenebaum of Together In The Kitchen (and mom of an 8th grader at Nueva!) teaches the Art and Science of Cooking and Baking to kids, teenagers, and adults in the Bay Area. This is her 4th year teaching Intersession at Nueva. Her classes are hands-on, fun, and support all... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Cooking

12:35pm PST

Black Holes: Discovering the Invisible

Thursday January 9, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

Black holes are some of the most extreme objects in the universe. They push the boundaries of our knowledge and hold many unsolved mysteries. Come learn about black holes from "small" to enormous, how we detect them, and explore the frontiers of astrophysics!

Facilitators

Natasha Abrams

Graduate Student, University of California, Berkeley

Natasha Abrams is a 4th year astrophysics PhD student at UC Berkeley, searching for black holes via gravitational microlensing. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Astrophysics and Physics from Harvard University in 2021. At Berkeley, she works on photometric microlensing with large... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Science

12:35pm PST

Drawing Apart: A Cartoonist Illustrates How America's Political Divide Became a Chasm

Thursday January 9, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

WRC

American society has become so politically divided that some people talk seriously about the possibility of a second civil war. How did a once united country get to this crisis point? As a journalist and cartoonist, David Horsey has observed the evolution of politics in the United States since the election of Ronald Reagan. With his political cartoons as satiric guideposts, he will lay out the descending path Americans have taken into the political chasm -- essential knowledge for anyone who wants to understand contemporary political life in the United States.

Facilitators

David Horsey

The Seattle Times

David Horsey is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for The Seattle Times.

Thursday January 9, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
WRC

Content Category Philosophy/Social Science/Law/Politics, History
Audience Open to Alumni

12:35pm PST

IVs, Injections, and Blood Draw

Thursday January 9, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

This workshop is truly a one-of-a-kind medical experience that will teach each participant the basics of inserting and starting an IV, administering injections, collecting venous blood samples, and much more!

Whether you are interested in nursing and dermatology or anesthesia and surgery as possible career paths, this lab will allow you to practice and perfect the skills these professions use every day!

You will learn firsthand how healthcare professionals deliver life-saving medicine in hospitals and clinics using IVs and injections.

Facilitators

Kimble Torres

Pathways to Medicine

Kimble Torres is a veteran biologist specializing in the human body and athletics. During his tenure in the biotech industry, Kimble worked for Nektar Therapeutics, Genentech, and Tycho Healthcare investigating product feasibility and managing lab operations. In 2014, his passion... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Human Biology and Medicine

12:35pm PST

Learn to Play Go

Thursday January 9, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

This class will cover the basic fundamentals of the game of Go and hopefully start you on a path towards learning a strategy game that's captivated millions of minds around the world for thousands of years. Students who already know how to play are welcome to join and will be paired up with other experienced players.

Go (also known as Weiqi, Baduk and Igo) is an ancient Chinese strategy board game that has been around for at least 2000 years. It's often considered the oldest strategy game on the planet that's still being played in its original form (although Chess has also existed for thousands of years, the rules have changed over time).

Once upon a time, it was considered one of the four essential arts of a Chinese scholar and although it's not very well known in the Western world, it is still widely played in China, Japan and Korea today, with major tournaments often being broadcast on the news and online.

Go players often joke that you can learn the game in a few minutes but it may take you the rest of your life to master. Come to this class if you like deep strategy games and puzzles! I'd love to help you start on your Go journey!

Students who attend this session are invited to the open Go play sessions.

Facilitators

Casey Dahlin

Casey has been playing Go for over fifteen years and is the vice president of the San Francisco Go Club.

Thursday January 9, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Math and Games

12:35pm PST

Push & Pull: Structural Factors that Influence the Health Needs of Migrants to the US

Thursday January 9, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

Structural inequities and racism create significan health impacts on migrants in the United States, including asylum seekers, short-term authorized workers like farmworkers, and unauthorized residents. In this session, we will evaluate some of the social structures that have produced and maintain modern social inequities as well as health disparities. Students will learn to assess the structural processes that are at play for migrant populations, how these processes affect their health, and efforts in the US to reduce these health barriers.

Facilitators

Claire Seda

Migrant Clinicians Network

Claire Hutkins Seda is Director of Communications at Migrant Clinicians Network, a national nonprofit that is building practical solutions at the intersection of migration, vulnerability, and health. Claire is a writer and editor primarily focused on environmental degradation and... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Equity and Social Justice, Environmental Citizenship, Global Citizenship, History

12:35pm PST

The Art & Science of Pinball

Thursday January 9, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

Join us for a look at the art, science, and technology behind pinball. In this session we’ll look at the evolution of pinball, from the early mechanical games to today’s technological marvels. Learn how artists, designers, and engineers collaborate to create a game, and what pinball can tell us about history and culture.

We’ll spend half of this session examining a pinball machine and its components, discussing why pinball was illegal in many states, and how changes in technology and culture can be observed in the design of a pinball machine. In the other half of the session, we’ll be playing pinball machines from different eras to see how the game has changed over time. We’ll also cover some basic pinball strategies you can use to improve your skills!

Facilitators

Pacific Pinball Museum

Located in Alameda, California, Pacific Pinball Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring an interest in science, art, and history through pinball. Visitors to our museum can experience the fascinating stories behind this classic pastime, learn about the... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Design Thinking/Technology/Engineering, Science, History

12:35pm PST

The Science of Baking: The Great Chocolate Chip Cookie Experiment

Thursday January 9, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

Join us in the food lab for “The Great Chocolate Chip Cookie Experiment''. First, we’ll examine the role of flour, leavening agents, sugar, eggs, fats, time, and temperature and how they work together to create delicious baked goods. After baking the control recipe, students will break into teams where they will change ingredients, proportions, and ratios in the recipe to see how it affects the cookie’s flavor, texture, spread and color. Be prepared for a lot of taste testing – and homemade hot cocoa to accompany the cookies!

Facilitators

Michelle Greenebaum

Together In The Kitchen

Michelle Greenebaum of Together In The Kitchen (and mom of an 8th grader at Nueva!) teaches the Art and Science of Cooking and Baking to kids, teenagers, and adults in the Bay Area. This is her 4th year teaching Intersession at Nueva. Her classes are hands-on, fun, and support all... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Cooking

12:35pm PST

Unleashing the Surreal: An Exploration of Surrealism in Art

Thursday January 9, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

Step into the world of Surrealism, where dreams and imagination run wild, and reality takes a backseat. In this workshop, students will dive into the history and philosophy of the Surrealist art movement, uncovering how artists like Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, and Max Ernst used dreamlike imagery, unexpected juxtapositions, and elements of the subconscious to create captivating, thought-provoking works. After a brief discussion on the movement’s roots and iconic techniques, students will have the chance to experiment with surrealist methods to create their own piece, blending the bizarre, the beautiful, and the unexpected.

Facilitators

Nina Osborne

Nina Osborne is a multimedia artist, printmaker, and art educator with a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MA in Teaching from Johns Hopkins University. As a mother of three boys aged 7, 9, and 10, she values nurturing creativity in young minds. Nina combines her... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Fine and Industrial Arts/Crafts

1:55pm PST

Advocating for Reproductive Autonomy & Justice to Advance Global Gender Equality

Thursday January 9, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

WRC

The Global Justice Center is a feminist human rights organization started by the late reproductive rights advocate Janet Benshoof. GJC’s mandate is to leverage international law to advance gender equality. Toward that end, GJC focuses on two main areas: advancing reproductive autonomy as an international human right and ensuring justice for mass atrocities involving sexual and gender-based crimes. Learn how Global Justice Center conducts this crucial work, including through innovative legal analysis, advocacy with governments, and press work. Signature campaigns--including to achieve a global convention on crimes against humanity, pierce pervasive impunity for widespread sexual and gender based crimes in Myanmar, and for access to safe abortion is a fundamental right--will be discussed.

Facilitators

Elise Keppler

Global Justice Center

Elise Keppler is executive director of the Global Justice Center. Prior to joining GJC, Elise worked in the International Justice Program of Human Rights Watch from 2003 to 2024, and worked half-time in Human Rights Watch’s General Counsel’s Office from 2020 to 2023. Elise also... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
WRC

Content Category Equity and Social Justice, Global Citizenship, Philosophy/Social Science/Law/Politics
Audience Open to Alumni

1:55pm PST

Black Holes: Discovering the Invisible

Thursday January 9, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

Black holes are some of the most extreme objects in the universe. They push the boundaries of our knowledge and hold many unsolved mysteries. Come learn about black holes from "small" to enormous, how we detect them, and explore the frontiers of astrophysics!

Facilitators

Natasha Abrams

Graduate Student, University of California, Berkeley

Natasha Abrams is a 4th year astrophysics PhD student at UC Berkeley, searching for black holes via gravitational microlensing. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Astrophysics and Physics from Harvard University in 2021. At Berkeley, she works on photometric microlensing with large... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Science

1:55pm PST

Go Play

Thursday January 9, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

Now that you know some of the basics of Go playing, this is your chance to practice and play with an instructor available to advise you.

This session is open to students who attend the introduction "Learn to Play" class or anyone who knows the basics of how to play.

Facilitators

Casey Dahlin

Casey has been playing Go for over fifteen years and is the vice president of the San Francisco Go Club.

Thursday January 9, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Math and Games

1:55pm PST

Introduction to Low Latency Trading

Thursday January 9, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

This session is an introduction to low latency trading. It covers varies of technologies we can leverage to trade financial products at single digit microsecond level.

No prerequisite financial market knowledge required.

Facilitators

Ying Huang

I am an engineer in Two Sigma, a quantitative hedge fund that use a variety of technological methods for its trading strategies. My specialty is low latency trading. Prior to Two Sigma, I worked at Goldman Sachs, an investment bank and financial services company. I ran the Asia system... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Design Thinking/Technology/Engineering, Business and Finance

1:55pm PST

Introduction to Philanthropy

Thursday January 9, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

In this session, students will be able to explore the basics of thoughtful charitable giving and the impact of philanthropy on social issues. Through interactive discussion and a case study, participants will learn how to identify key social challenges, evaluate nonprofit organizations through due diligence, and consider how individual giving can make a meaningful difference. By the end of this session, students will gain an understanding of strategic philanthropy and practical insights into making a positive impact in their communities.

Facilitators

April Chou

Jasper Ridge Partners

April Chou is a Managing Director at Jasper Ridge Partners, where she leads the firm's philanthropy and impact work with families. She also serves on as a trustee of the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation. April's professional career has included leading education philanthropy at... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Global Citizenship, Equity and Social Justice

1:55pm PST

Let's make AI Art!

Thursday January 9, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

Come share your favorite tools, prompts or artwork and learn how to make amazing art with the AI.

Facilitators

Ethan Beard

Thursday January 9, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Fine and Industrial Arts/Crafts

1:55pm PST

Restorative Yoga

Thursday January 9, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

Restorative Yoga is designed to relax, restore and rejuvenate the body with mindful movements, precise alignment and establishing mind, body and breath connection. The class starts with gentle movements and then will move on to holding yoga asanas using props. The intention is to activate the parasympathetic nervous system with a series of asanas to bring calm and relaxation to the body and mind using breath.

Facilitators

Ruchi Murlidhar

Iyengar Yoga with Ruchi

Ruchi Murlidhar (she/her) is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (Level 2) and a certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT). She is graduate of the Advanced Studies/Teacher Training program of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. Ruchi began learning yoga in elementary school in India... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Athletics and Movement

1:55pm PST

The Art & Science of Pinball

Thursday January 9, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

Join us for a look at the art, science, and technology behind pinball. In this session we’ll look at the evolution of pinball, from the early mechanical games to today’s technological marvels. Learn how artists, designers, and engineers collaborate to create a game, and what pinball can tell us about history and culture.

We’ll spend half of this session examining a pinball machine and its components, discussing why pinball was illegal in many states, and how changes in technology and culture can be observed in the design of a pinball machine. In the other half of the session, we’ll be playing pinball machines from different eras to see how the game has changed over time. We’ll also cover some basic pinball strategies you can use to improve your skills!

Facilitators

Pacific Pinball Museum

Located in Alameda, California, Pacific Pinball Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring an interest in science, art, and history through pinball. Visitors to our museum can experience the fascinating stories behind this classic pastime, learn about the... Read More →

Thursday January 9, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Design Thinking/Technology/Engineering, Science, History

8:55am PST

Chip Design: How Does Your Program Run On Silicon?

Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

When you write a Java program or use PyTorch to train a ML model, do you wonder how a tiny piece of silicon runs it? Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak once said he pictured transistors toggling when writing code. This session describes how billions of transistors on a chip are designed so you too can picture your code toggling transistors.

Only interest in computer science and engineering is required.

Facilitators

Yi-Fan Hsu

Director, Research Scientist, KLA

Yi-Fan is a director and research scientist at KLA. After receiving his BS and MS in ECE from UIUC, Yi-Fan moved to the Silicon Valley to design chips. Since then he has worked for big, medium, and startup companies designing chips ranging from CPU, GPU, network processors, and digital... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Design Thinking/Technology/Engineering

8:55am PST

Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy: Medical Science and Clinical Care

Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

What is gender affirming care? What are hormones and how do they work? How do doctors customize medical care for transgender and nonbinary patients to achieve their individual gender transition goals and optimize safe health outcomes?

This session will introduce hormonal pathways of the endocrine system, hormone medications commonly prescribed for gender affirming care and their effects on the human body. We will discuss how gender affirming hormone therapy induces physical and emotional changes that help transgender and gender diverse people feel more aligned with their identities. We will review current guidelines and best practices regarding informed consent, medical monitoring, and the importance of multidisciplinary health care.

No prerequisite skills or knowledge are required. We will review definitions and terminology at the beginning of the session to ensure we are using consistent, inclusive and respectful language.

Facilitators

Erica Metz

Dr. Erica Metz is a primary care physician with 15 years' experience caring for and prescribing hormone therapy for transgender and gender diverse adults. In 2013, she co-founded Gender Pathways at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco, a multidisciplinary clinic providing mental health... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Human Biology and Medicine

8:55am PST

History of Scientific Racism & Eugenics

Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

The way we view science and the past has been strongly informed by scientific research that did not have good intentions, and did not view humans across the globe as equals. In the past 15 years, archaeologists and museum researchers have been trying to identify how ideas of inequality and superiority have affected our understanding of the past, using archaeology as a tool of empire and European supremacy. This session covers how European researchers used their colonial view of their own high intelligence to build up a scientific practice that reinforced their role as “objective”, and how that view permeates science today, including AI and data science. The session aims to deconstruct some of the myths of science as fully objective, identify ways to break down these concepts, and figure out how science can move forward with inclusive research. We will discuss archaeological theories and developments that led to our current understanding of non-objectivity and decolonising praxis.

Key questions: What role did scientists’ belief in their objectivity influence the kinds of research they practiced? How can we practice science today without falling into the same traps?

Part of a series: “Ethical issues in archaeology." Students are invited to attend one or more sessions in this series by Stacy.

In this session, we will be discussing facets of science that can be uncomfortable in the interest of learning and understanding.

Facilitators

Stacy Hackner

Dr Stacy Hackner is an interdisciplinary researcher who has worked with human remains in the British Museum, the Museum of London, and the UCL Pathology Museum, among others. Her work broadly covers feminist and decolonial archaeology, the role of women in society, and lower leg biomechanics... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Equity and Social Justice, History, Science

8:55am PST

Panel: Social Activism Leadership

Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

WRC

Learn from activists across disciplines, from political leadership to social justice, as they reflect on their decades of experience and their perspectives on the future of social equity. If you’re interested in learning about grassroots organizing, community activism, or a career in public service, this panel is for you! Our speakers will include the executive director of Women’s Building SF, founder of FundHer Valerie McGinty, a local director of Public Allies (former collaborators with Michelle Obama), and other E&I leaders!

Moderators

Lara McDowell

Nueva Feminism and Gender Equity Club Leader, The Nueva School

Since our founding in 2014, the Nueva Feminism and Gender Equity Club has been working to dismantle sexism and gender bias in our community and beyond. We're so excited to welcome you to our speaker series at Intersession, and we hope you'll join us for our other initiatives throughout... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
WRC

Content Category Equity and Social Justice, Global Citizenship, Philosophy/Social Science/Law/Politics
Audience Open to Alumni

8:55am PST

Picture Perfect Politics: Assessing Political Competence Through Headshots

Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

Can you pick the next president via looks alone? This course will explore whether voters can accurately predict politician competence and performance in office based on facial appearance alone. Research indicates that quick judgments about candidate appearance often predict election outcomes. Voters' response to facial appeal fits into broader concerns that citizens do not base their decisions on things that matter —policy and talent—but what appeals to their basic instincts.

You will investigate this facial phenomenon by examining recent studies and engaging in an in-class facial appearance study. We will ultimately review our own study and examine what it means for the future of democracy and what it tells us about our own concepts of fairness, prejudice, and leadership.

Some basic knowledge of the U.S. electoral process is helpful but not required.

Facilitators

Ned Fluet

Former Mayor, Vice-Mayor, Town of Woodside

Ned Fluet is a humanities and writing teacher. Prior to teaching, Ned was a trial attorney for 15 years during which time he practiced at major law firms, served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney and as a Deputy Attorney General for the California Department of Justice. As the... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Philosophy/Social Science/Law/Politics, Equity and Social Justice

8:55am PST

Singers: Songwriting / Lyrics Edition

Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

What makes a song lyric great? Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve already written tons of songs, learn about structure, hook, rhyming, meter, prosody, song arc, and more to help you create memorable songs.

Facilitators

Rocío Guitard

Master Instructor, Rocío Guitard Vocal Studio

Rocío Guitard has been a professional singer for over 30 years, with three solo albums to her name and multiple guest appearances on other artists’ records, plus extensive performing experience in Europe and the US. Her work as a voice pedagogy expert has led her to present at... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Music

8:55am PST

Smile & Sculpt: Dental Discovery Workshop

Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

In this session, the first 15-20 minutes will focus on explaining the journey from high school to college, including how I discovered my passion for healthcare, the classes that sparked my interest, and the ways I explored those interests further. I’ll then discuss the college application process and the path of a pre-dental student, covering topics like relevant coursework, shadowing experiences, and preparing for and taking the DAT.

I’ll also outline a traditional timeline for high school students interested in pursuing a healthcare career. Afterward, we’ll engage in a manual dexterity project, a skill valuable not only for future dentists but also for surgeons, nurses, physical therapists, physician assistants, and more. No prerequisites are required for this session.

Facilitators

Curious Cardinals

Iman Khater

Curious Cardinals

Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Human Biology and Medicine

8:55am PST

The Art of Cooking Breakfast: Crepes, Pancakes, and Omelettes

Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

Let’s cook breakfast together! In this class, students will create sweet and savory crepes, pancakes, made-to-order omelettes, and hot cocoa. No prior cooking experience required. Eat your culinary creations!

Facilitators

Michelle Greenebaum

Together In The Kitchen

Michelle Greenebaum of Together In The Kitchen (and mom of an 8th grader at Nueva!) teaches the Art and Science of Cooking and Baking to kids, teenagers, and adults in the Bay Area. This is her 4th year teaching Intersession at Nueva. Her classes are hands-on, fun, and support all... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Cooking

8:55am PST

The Economics and Ethics of Shein

Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

Shein seemingly came out of nowhere during COVID, becoming the #1 most downloaded shopping app in 61 countries (including the U.S.) and growing from less than $1B to over $20B in sales in the U.S. in only a few years.

- How did Shein achieve such a meteoric rise?
- How can Shein get you such fashionable looks for so cheap? How do they make money?
- Can they sustain this success even with regulatory and ethical pressure?

Through the lens of Shein, learn about how different types of fashion retailers design and source products and get them from overseas to your closet - and how they make money! We will also discuss regulatory and ethical issues in fashion, including labor and environmental practices.

If you own anything from Shein bring it to class so we can use some real-life examples!

Facilitators

Delaney Steele

Delaney Steele is an Executive Vice President at Ross Stores, which sells apparel, footwear and homegoods in about 2,000 stores. Delaney oversees various functions at Ross including Product Development and Sourcing, with sourcing offices in India and China. She is also an adjust... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Business and Finance

8:55am PST

When The BIG One Hits

Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST

TBA

What happens when a large enough earthquake hits? Very likely you and your family may have to care for yourselves for a few days. This session gets you started thinking and considering your individual and family preparedness.

Facilitators

Ed Vail

Ed's an engineer who is running out of disaster preparedness tasks and family patience in his own household. He likes the feeling of calm that comes from being prepared for any situation. It's possible that one of the reasons he is into disaster preparation is he has lingering doubts... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 8:55am - 10:10am PST
TBA

Content Category Wellness and Life Skills

10:15am PST

911!

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

It’s best if the first time you use a fire extinguisher is not also the first time you are fighting a fire. More likely than not, you will be involved in a 911 situation sometime in your life. You don’t need to be a hero, but practicing now can make you seem like one. We’ll practice using fire extinguishers and acting out 911 scenarios.

Facilitators

Ed Vail

Ed's an engineer who is running out of disaster preparedness tasks and family patience in his own household. He likes the feeling of calm that comes from being prepared for any situation. It's possible that one of the reasons he is into disaster preparation is he has lingering doubts... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Wellness and Life Skills

10:15am PST

Bioarchaeology of Sex & Gender

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

We now know that sex and gender are an interrelated spectrum. These are reflected in the way archaeologists view skeletons, and helps to problematise our view of sex and gender concepts and roles in ancient societies. This session will teach methods used to perform scientific sex assessments and the ways we use that and other archaeological indicators to suggest gender. From there, we will discuss and problematise the ways that sex and gender have been discussed in archaeology, and how that has impacted the public understanding of ancient societies.

Key questions: Were women always confined to domestic spaces? Were men always hunters? Is there archaeological evidence for trans, non-binary, and other gender identities across the ancient world? How have researchers misidentified sex and gender of archaeological individuals, and how does this change our understanding of their identities and societies?

Part of a series: “Ethical issues in archaeology." Students are invited to attend one or more sessions in this series by Stacy.
In this session, we will be viewing images of ancient human remains.

Facilitators

Stacy Hackner

Dr Stacy Hackner is an interdisciplinary researcher who has worked with human remains in the British Museum, the Museum of London, and the UCL Pathology Museum, among others. Her work broadly covers feminist and decolonial archaeology, the role of women in society, and lower leg biomechanics... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Equity and Social Justice, History, Human Biology and Medicine, Science

10:15am PST

Conservation Ambassadors: Under the Canopy

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

From camouflage to prehensile tails, adaptations are essential for animals and humans to survive. The physical and behavioral characteristics of these amazing animal ambassadors are highlighted in this engaging program.

Facilitators

Conservation Ambassadors

Conservation Ambassadors

34 years ago David established a non-profit rescue zoo in Paso Robles where he gives wildlife a permanent, loving home for displaced, abused, abandoned or permanently injured wild and exotic animals. Sharing these animal ambassadors helps us educate learners of all ages about conservation... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Environmental Citizenship

10:15am PST

Forensics

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

Join us for a hands-on exploration of forensic science. In this lab, you will learn the ins and outs of crime scene investigation, collecting and analyzing physical evidence, examining wound patterns, and psychological profiling. This class will give you the opportunity to practice and perfect the most important techniques coroners, pathologists, forensic technicians and forensic psychologists use in the lab and field to solve crimes.

Facilitators

Kimble Torres

Pathways to Medicine

Kimble Torres is a veteran biologist specializing in the human body and athletics. During his tenure in the biotech industry, Kimble worked for Nektar Therapeutics, Genentech, and Tycho Healthcare investigating product feasibility and managing lab operations. In 2014, his passion... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Human Biology and Medicine

10:15am PST

Panel: Faith & Social Justice – Values-Based Service

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

Take action and learn about the intersection of faith and public service, led by several local faith-centered leaders working in the social justice space. After an interactive panel—discussing anything from how their faith influenced their activism to their career trajectory in the religious leadership space—join us for a menstrual kit drive for local unhoused women. Any and all are welcome: this environment will be centered around humanistic theology and how that grounds public service! Speakers will include members of the Peninsula Multifaith Coalition and leaders of Shalom Bayit.

Moderators

Lara McDowell

Nueva Feminism and Gender Equity Club Leader, The Nueva School

Since our founding in 2014, the Nueva Feminism and Gender Equity Club has been working to dismantle sexism and gender bias in our community and beyond. We're so excited to welcome you to our speaker series at Intersession, and we hope you'll join us for our other initiatives throughout... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

1 Block

10:15am PST

Panel: Nueva Alumni

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

Join Nueva upper school alumni as they discuss life at Nueva. Topics to be covered include: advice on getting the most of your Nueva experience; classes or co-curriculars alumni wish they had taken/participated in; reflections on navigating senior year, transitioning to college and building a new network; and more. This is an interactive session—questions and audience participation encouraged!

Moderators

Diana Chamorro

Director of Alumni & Community Engagement, Nueva School

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Wellness and Life Skills
Audience Open to Alumni

10:15am PST

Panel: Women In Tech

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

Women represent only 25% of the workforce of major technology companies. Women were also disproportionately affected by pandemic-driven spikes in global unemployment and reductions in labor force participation. What does this mean for young women trying to enter the tech industry? What struggles do women face and how can leaders in the field make change to these inequities? This is a special opportunity to hear from three women who have spent their careers in tech. Topics to be covered include tips for getting started in the tech industry, obstacles that women may face, career advice; and more. Don't miss out on hearing from these industry leaders. Questions and audience participation encouraged!

Panelists:

Monica Ea Chander – Senior Director of Product Marketing at Meta
Deepa Diwakar – Director of Engineering at Meta
Erica Lockheimer – Founder, Investor, Podcaster. Formerly: VP of Engineering of LinkedIn

Moderators

Giovanni Iachello

Meta

I've had a passion for tinkering and technology my entire life. I started using my parent's IBM PC in 7th grade. In high school, I wrote a 3d graphics engine. The last couple of years I worked on the Meta Quest VR headset and most lately, I've been working on AI.Before moving to the... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Design Thinking/Technology/Engineering, Equity and Social Justice
Audience Open to Alumni

10:15am PST

Restorative Yoga

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

Restorative Yoga is designed to relax, restore and rejuvenate the body with mindful movements, precise alignment and establishing mind, body and breath connection. The class starts with gentle movements and then will move on to holding yoga asanas using props. The intention is to activate the parasympathetic nervous system with a series of asanas to bring calm and relaxation to the body and mind using breath.

Facilitators

Ruchi Murlidhar

Iyengar Yoga with Ruchi

Ruchi Murlidhar (she/her) is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (Level 2) and a certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT). She is graduate of the Advanced Studies/Teacher Training program of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. Ruchi began learning yoga in elementary school in India... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Athletics and Movement

10:15am PST

Singers: Elevate Your Stage Presence

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

Not sure what to do with yourself while singing a song in front of an audience? Learn tips and techniques from a professional vocalist to help you “own” your performance from top to bottom.

Come prepared to sing to a backing track on your phone and be willing to experiment in a fun, caring, and safe environment.

Facilitators

Rocío Guitard

Master Instructor, Rocío Guitard Vocal Studio

Rocío Guitard has been a professional singer for over 30 years, with three solo albums to her name and multiple guest appearances on other artists’ records, plus extensive performing experience in Europe and the US. Her work as a voice pedagogy expert has led her to present at... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Music

10:15am PST

The Art of Cooking Breakfast: Crepes, Pancakes, and Omelettes

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST

TBA

Let’s cook breakfast together! In this class, students will create sweet and savory crepes, pancakes, made-to-order omelettes, and hot cocoa. No prior cooking experience required. Eat your culinary creations!

Facilitators

Michelle Greenebaum

Together In The Kitchen

Michelle Greenebaum of Together In The Kitchen (and mom of an 8th grader at Nueva!) teaches the Art and Science of Cooking and Baking to kids, teenagers, and adults in the Bay Area. This is her 4th year teaching Intersession at Nueva. Her classes are hands-on, fun, and support all... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am PST
TBA

Content Category Cooking

12:35pm PST

Animal Behavior for Conservationists

Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

Understanding animal behavior is a fascinating challenge. Wild animals migrate vast distances, maintain complex social relationships, and solve novel problems in their environment. These behaviors aren't just scientifically interesting - they might have important consequences for environmental conservation. If we want to save endangered species and preserve the world's biodiversity, we need to understand things like: how do primates change their behavior in response to deforestation? How does noise pollution affect the social relationships of whales? How are bird migrations adjusting to climate change, and how can we mitigate the effects?

This presentation starts by looking at the science of animal behavior and its relevance to conservation. We then discuss one scientist's work on primate behavior in a threatened region of Amazon rainforest, and its implications for rainforest regeneration.

Facilitators

Gustav Steinhardt

Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley

Dr. R. Gustav Steinhardt is a Lecturer UC-Berkeley and an Associate Research Scientist with Field Projects International. He has worked at a biological field station in the Peruvian Amazon since 2017, studying how wild primates behave and how we can use that information to assist... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Environmental Citizenship, Science

12:35pm PST

Bridge Play

Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

Now that you know some of the basics of bridge playing, have some fun at the bridge tables. Here's your chance to practice the basics of bidding and play while you have an instructor available to help you.

This session is open to students who attended the introduction "Learn to Play" class or anyone who knows the basics of how to play.

Facilitators

Jennifer Kuhn

Jennifer Kuhn is an ACBL bridge teacher and tournament director. She won the 2022 Red Ribbon National Pairs and can teach the game from the very beginning.

Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Math and Games

12:35pm PST

Conservation Ambassadors: Under the Canopy (Fac/Staff)

Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

From camouflage to prehensile tails, adaptations are essential for animals and humans to survive. The physical and behavioral characteristics of these amazing animal ambassadors are highlighted in this engaging program.

Facilitators

Conservation Ambassadors

Conservation Ambassadors

34 years ago David established a non-profit rescue zoo in Paso Robles where he gives wildlife a permanent, loving home for displaced, abused, abandoned or permanently injured wild and exotic animals. Sharing these animal ambassadors helps us educate learners of all ages about conservation... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Environmental Citizenship

12:35pm PST

Conversation and Q&A with Bestselling Author Jasmine Guillory

Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

WRC

Hear from New York Times-bestselling author Jasmine Guillory as she reads an excerpt from her latest book. After, she'll open up space for a Q&A.

Facilitators

Jasmine Guillory

Author

Dubbed “the undisputed queen of the modern-day romance” (Vogue), Jasmine Guillory is the beloved New York Times-bestselling author of several romance novels, including The Wedding Date, The Proposal, While We Were Dating, and more. A former writer for The Toast and a regular... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
WRC

Content Category Literature/Communications/Performance
Audience Open to Alumni

12:35pm PST

Forensics

Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

Join us for a hands-on exploration of forensic science. In this lab, you will learn the ins and outs of crime scene investigation, collecting and analyzing physical evidence, examining wound patterns, and psychological profiling. This class will give you the opportunity to practice and perfect the most important techniques coroners, pathologists, forensic technicians and forensic psychologists use in the lab and field to solve crimes.

Facilitators

Kimble Torres

Pathways to Medicine

Kimble Torres is a veteran biologist specializing in the human body and athletics. During his tenure in the biotech industry, Kimble worked for Nektar Therapeutics, Genentech, and Tycho Healthcare investigating product feasibility and managing lab operations. In 2014, his passion... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Human Biology and Medicine

12:35pm PST

Future Healers: Building Your Journey to Med School

Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

Calling premeds (or prospective premeds)! Join this interactive workshop on navigating the premed journey, and explore critical topics such as course selection, extracurricular planning, study strategies, and application tips for college and beyond. Led by an experienced mentor who has just finished applying to and gaining admission to medical school, this course empowers future medical professionals to confidently navigate each stage of their premed path with a clear roadmap, preparing them to stand out as competitive, compassionate candidates.

Facilitators

Curious Cardinals

Lexy Tran

Curious Cardinals

Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Human Biology and Medicine

12:35pm PST

History of Scientific Racism & Eugenics

Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

The way we view science and the past has been strongly informed by scientific research that did not have good intentions, and did not view humans across the globe as equals. In the past 15 years, archaeologists and museum researchers have been trying to identify how ideas of inequality and superiority have affected our understanding of the past, using archaeology as a tool of empire and European supremacy. This session covers how European researchers used their colonial view of their own high intelligence to build up a scientific practice that reinforced their role as “objective”, and how that view permeates science today, including AI and data science. The session aims to deconstruct some of the myths of science as fully objective, identify ways to break down these concepts, and figure out how science can move forward with inclusive research. We will discuss archaeological theories and developments that led to our current understanding of non-objectivity and decolonising praxis.

Key questions: What role did scientists’ belief in their objectivity influence the kinds of research they practiced? How can we practice science today without falling into the same traps?

Part of a series: “Ethical issues in archaeology." Students are invited to attend one or more sessions in this series by Stacy.

In this session, we will be discussing facets of science that can be uncomfortable in the interest of learning and understanding.

Facilitators

Stacy Hackner

Dr Stacy Hackner is an interdisciplinary researcher who has worked with human remains in the British Museum, the Museum of London, and the UCL Pathology Museum, among others. Her work broadly covers feminist and decolonial archaeology, the role of women in society, and lower leg biomechanics... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Equity and Social Justice, History, Science

12:35pm PST

Poems, Song, and Prose: A Global Exploration of Literary Expression

Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

In this course, students will learn about poems, songs, and literary texts from across Spain and Latin America. No prerequisites are necessary as the course will be 1/2 lecture and 1/2 discussion based

Facilitators

Curious Cardinals

Ronak Shetty

Curious Cardinals

Ronak Shetty is a student at Stanford University with a background in Iberian and Latin American studies, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian language and culture, South Asian studies, education, technology, business strategy, marketing, politics, psychology, and public service. Ronak's... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Literature/Communications/Performance, Language

12:35pm PST

Pots and Parthenons in the Polis: Exploring the Ancient Athenian Agora

Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

Do you know your kylixes from your kraters? Have any idea what the boule is? Want to know where we get the word ceramic? In this session, Nueva alum Callisto and her dad, an Oxford-trained archaeologist, will take you on a whirlwind tour of the ancient Athenian agora, or town square: we'll cover all the different civic and market buildings, and through it learn about what day-to-day life was like for the people of the largest city-state in the ancient Greek world. This talk was previously presented at the Nueva Humanities Fair, where it enjoyed the seal of approval from none other than legendary Nueva humanities teacher, Cynthia Kosut! Come on down and discover just how exciting archaeology can be!

Facilitators

Callisto Lodwick

Dr Marcus Lodwick received his PhD from the University of Oxford, where he wrote on the architecture of ancient temples and stoa in the Cyclades. He taught extensively in Greece and Rome, worked for the National Trust, and is the author of The Gallery Companion (Thames and Hudson... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category History

12:35pm PST

Uh oh, the Car is Broken

Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST

TBA

We'll practice changing a tire, putting on snow chains, jumping a car and what to do if stuck in snow or sand. It's great to do this for the first time in the sunny parking lot of Nueva rather than, say, on the side of I-80 at night in snowstorm on your parent's transitional object. We'll learn how to avoid problems by checking the fluids and tire pressure and which lights mean you have to stop right away and which ones can be ignored for a little bit. No prerequisites.

Facilitators

Ed Vail

Ed's an engineer who is running out of disaster preparedness tasks and family patience in his own household. He likes the feeling of calm that comes from being prepared for any situation. It's possible that one of the reasons he is into disaster preparation is he has lingering doubts... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 12:35pm - 1:50pm PST
TBA

Content Category Wellness and Life Skills

1:55pm PST

Animal Behavior for Conservationists

Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

Understanding animal behavior is a fascinating challenge. Wild animals migrate vast distances, maintain complex social relationships, and solve novel problems in their environment. These behaviors aren't just scientifically interesting - they might have important consequences for environmental conservation. If we want to save endangered species and preserve the world's biodiversity, we need to understand things like: how do primates change their behavior in response to deforestation? How does noise pollution affect the social relationships of whales? How are bird migrations adjusting to climate change, and how can we mitigate the effects?

This presentation starts by looking at the science of animal behavior and its relevance to conservation. We then discuss one scientist's work on primate behavior in a threatened region of Amazon rainforest, and its implications for rainforest regeneration.

Facilitators

Gustav Steinhardt

Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley

Dr. R. Gustav Steinhardt is a Lecturer UC-Berkeley and an Associate Research Scientist with Field Projects International. He has worked at a biological field station in the Peruvian Amazon since 2017, studying how wild primates behave and how we can use that information to assist... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Environmental Citizenship, Science

1:55pm PST

Bioarchaeology of Sex & Gender

Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

We now know that sex and gender are an interrelated spectrum. These are reflected in the way archaeologists view skeletons, and helps to problematise our view of sex and gender concepts and roles in ancient societies. This session will teach methods used to perform scientific sex assessments and the ways we use that and other archaeological indicators to suggest gender. From there, we will discuss and problematise the ways that sex and gender have been discussed in archaeology, and how that has impacted the public understanding of ancient societies.

Key questions: Were women always confined to domestic spaces? Were men always hunters? Is there archaeological evidence for trans, non-binary, and other gender identities across the ancient world? How have researchers misidentified sex and gender of archaeological individuals, and how does this change our understanding of their identities and societies?

Part of a series: “Ethical issues in archaeology." Students are invited to attend one or more sessions in this series by Stacy.

In this session, we will be viewing images of ancient human remains.

Facilitators

Stacy Hackner

Dr Stacy Hackner is an interdisciplinary researcher who has worked with human remains in the British Museum, the Museum of London, and the UCL Pathology Museum, among others. Her work broadly covers feminist and decolonial archaeology, the role of women in society, and lower leg biomechanics... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Equity and Social Justice, History, Human Biology and Medicine, Science

1:55pm PST

Conservation Ambassadors: Under the Canopy (Alumni Only)

Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

From camouflage to prehensile tails, adaptations are essential for animals and humans to survive. The physical and behavioral characteristics of these amazing animal ambassadors are highlighted in this engaging program.

Facilitators

Conservation Ambassadors

Conservation Ambassadors

34 years ago David established a non-profit rescue zoo in Paso Robles where he gives wildlife a permanent, loving home for displaced, abused, abandoned or permanently injured wild and exotic animals. Sharing these animal ambassadors helps us educate learners of all ages about conservation... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Environmental Citizenship
Audience Open to Alumni

1:55pm PST

Get To Know The Peace Corps

Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

Through this session, you will:
- Hear why the Peace Corps is often described as “the toughest job you’ll ever love,” along with the challenges and unique experiences associated with this role.
- Discover the power of community empowerment and entrepreneurship through the firsthand experiences of a former Peace Corps Volunteer.
- Learn about microfinance programs and initiatives that support small businesses in Panama.
- Explore the significance of Panamanian indigenous crafts in preserving cultural heritage. Beautiful crafts created by artisans from the Ngobe-Bugle, Kuna Yala, and Embera communities will be showcased, and Anne will discuss how these crafts reflect the country’s rich culture and creativity.
- Understand the impact of learning a foreign language on building connections, fostering trust and becoming a unique candidate for work.

This session is for anyone interested in global citizenship, cultural exchange, unique crafts and community-based entrepreneurship. Let’s explore how we can empower communities and celebrate diversity together!

Facilitators

Anne Fazioli-Khiari

Anne Fazioli-Khiari served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Panama from 1999 to 2002. While in Panama, she worked as a Small Business Development Volunteer for two years and extended her service to become a Regional Volunteer Coordinator. Her experience in Panama altered the trajectory... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Global Citizenship, Equity and Social Justice

1:55pm PST

Innovation, Science, and FDA: How Do New Medicines Get To Patients?

Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

WRC

It takes an average of $1.3 billion and more than 10 years to bring a new medicine to the point of applying for FDA approval. After pursuing this long and often tortuous path, the prospects are risky, and the FDA faces a binary choice: Grant marketing authorization, or reject the application?

What does the drug development process entail, and why is it so long, expensive, and complex? What is FDA's role in protecting American consumers and the public? How are the concepts of "benefit" and "risk" used to provide a framework for these decisions?

In this interactive session, you will learn the basics of the drug development process, including the role of the FDA in deciding whether to allow access to new drugs. Students will work in groups to evaluate whether a new drug should be "approved", and, if so, under what conditions.

Facilitators

Thomas Chalberg

Founder & Managing Director, Polymerase Capital

Thomas W. Chalberg, PhD is an investor, scientist, and biotechnology entrepreneur. He is currently Managing Director of Polymerase Capital, where his investments have included Genascence Corporation and Exhaura. Prior to this, Dr. Chalberg was the Founder & CEO of SightGlass Vision... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
WRC

Content Category Human Biology and Medicine, Business and Finance, Philosophy/Social Science/Law/Politics
Audience Open to Alumni

1:55pm PST

Let’s Go Flying - How to Fly from San Carlos to Truckee!

Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

You’ve probably been on an airplane, but have you thought of what it takes to fly one? In this Intersession, we’ll follow along on a flight from the San Carlos Airport to Truckee, and learn about all aspects of how to get a small (6-seater) airplane safely between two airports.

Coming out of the session, you should be able to answer questions such as “How do you plan for a flight between two airports?”, “How does an airplane actually work and how do you control it?”, “What are communications with Air Traffic Control like?”, “What do airplane avionics and navigation systems like?”. And hopefully you’ll be interested in the answer to “How do I learn to actually fly an airplane?”!

Facilitators

Andres Kohn

I have been a Private Pilot since 1995, and have flown to over 60 airports in California alone. I fly for fun, but also for numerous volunteer organizations including Angel Flight West, Flying Samaritans, Pilots & Paws and Amelia Air. You’ll normally find me behind the wheel... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Design Thinking/Technology/Engineering, Wellness and Life Skills, Science

1:55pm PST

More Than a Habit: The Science of BFRBs

Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) can impact up to 5% of the population, but they can often be dismissed as bad habits. However, BFRBs are actual disorders and much harder to treat due to changes in brain anatomy and external stressors. These disorders, in which a person uncontrollably fidgets with his or her body, can be both physically and emotionally damaging. In this activity, the physiology, development, and consequences of BFRBs are discussed as well as ways to cope and support yourself and loved ones.

Facilitators

Curious Cardinals

Hannah Pescaru

Curious Cardinals

Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Human Biology and Medicine, Science, Wellness and Life Skills

1:55pm PST

Poems, Song, and Prose: A Global Exploration of Literary Expression

Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

In this course, students will learn about poems, songs, and literary texts from across Spain and Latin America. No prerequisites are necessary as the course will be 1/2 lecture and 1/2 discussion based

Facilitators

Curious Cardinals

Ronak Shetty

Curious Cardinals

Ronak Shetty is a student at Stanford University with a background in Iberian and Latin American studies, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian language and culture, South Asian studies, education, technology, business strategy, marketing, politics, psychology, and public service. Ronak's... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Literature/Communications/Performance, Language

1:55pm PST

Uh oh, the Car is Broken

Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

We'll practice changing a tire, putting on snow chains, jumping a car and what to do if stuck in snow or sand. It's great to do this for the first time in the sunny parking lot of Nueva rather than, say, on the side of I-80 at night in snowstorm on your parent's transitional object. We'll learn how to avoid problems by checking the fluids and tire pressure and which lights mean you have to stop right away and which ones can be ignored for a little bit. No prerequisites.

Facilitators

Ed Vail

Ed's an engineer who is running out of disaster preparedness tasks and family patience in his own household. He likes the feeling of calm that comes from being prepared for any situation. It's possible that one of the reasons he is into disaster preparation is he has lingering doubts... Read More →

Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category Wellness and Life Skills

1:55pm PST

Understanding The World Through Maps

Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST

TBA

This session will modestly attempt to explain some of the forces that shape today's world through the study of maps. We will likely focus on 20th century and recent conflicts and look into their geography for answers to why these conflicts took place.

Facilitators

Walid Khiari

I am an Africa-born, Paris-educated, Japan- and US-trained global investment banker/finance executive with a passion for international relations and geopolitics. And while "follow the money" is often a valid way to understand the world, I also like to "read the maps"...

Friday January 10, 2025 1:55pm - 3:10pm PST
TBA

Content Category History, Philosophy/Social Science/Law/Politics, Global Citizenship