2025-26 Event List

In the 2025 - 2026 academic year, the Center for Humanities and the Arts (CHA) continues to offer and collaborate on a series of events that foster meaningful dialogue and engagement around timely and thought-provoking topics. 

The CHA remains committed to facilitating conversations that challenge, inspire, and unite the 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó community. We invite you to join us for these events, as we connect, learn, and grow together.

CHA Events List 2025-26

Spring 2026 Book Club

The CHA will host a series of meetings (in person and on zoom) to discuss Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River by David Owen. Water issues seem simple—ban golf, stop selling hay to China—but Owen’s story reveals a complex, man-made ecosystem shaped by engineering, law, and cooperation. This book explores how life thrives in the desert and what happens when the system breaks down.

Difficult Dialogue: The First Amendment

Tuesday, January 20, 11:15-12:30pm -CBIS Room, Norlin Library

A conversation on threats to and protections of First Amendment freedoms.