What happens when you bring together two (or more!) outstanding professors, from completely different disciplines, and one BIG IDEA? Add a room full of bright Berkeley undergraduates and let the spirited discussions begin! See for yourself in this video.

Spring 2020 Big Ideas Courses

Art and Activism
T. Carlis Roberts (Music) Cecilia Lucas (Global Poverty and Practice)

Collaborative Innovation
Sara Beckman (Haas School of Business) Lisa Wymore (Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies) Greg Niemeyer (Art Practice)

Prison
Jonathan Simon (Law) Keith Feldman (Ethnic Studies) Tina Sacks (Social Welfare) Nikki Jones (African American Studies)

Sense and Sensibility and Science
Saul Perlmutter (Physics) John Campbell (Philosophy) Alison Gopnik (Psychology)

Thinking Through Art and Design@Berkeley: Public Art and Belonging
Leigh Raiford (African American Studies) Lauren Kroiz (History of Art)

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