Friday Morning Seminars
Friday Morning Seminars are a time for all of CURL – graduate students, undergraduates, staff, faculty, and community members – to discuss their thoughts and experiences with community-based initiatives and/or relevant research.
Seminars this semester will continue to be on Fridays from 10:00am-12:30pm and hosted on Zoom. Please see schedule below for further details, including the registration links for each seminar. Seminars will continue to be recorded for .
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Spring 2026
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| February 27 |
Supporting Families Utilizing the Loyola Supervised Visitation Center |
, Visitation Services Director, Loyola University Supervised Visitation Center and , Child Relief Expediter, Circuit Court of Cook County Domestic Violence Division |
| March 13 |
At the Transition of Homelessness and a Self-Directed Future | Amanda Ward, Assistant Research Professor, CURL and Center for Criminal Justice, LUC and Cultural and Educational Policy Studies PhD Candidate, Former CURL Fellow, LUC |
| March 27 |
Firearm Injury Prevention Research: Learnings from Community-Academic Partnerships |
, Community Engagement Project Manager, Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, University of Michigan |
| April 24 |
Lessons from the Reproductive Justice Fellowship: Islamic & Values Led Programming |
, Community Narratives & Programs Manager, HEART and , Director of Health Equity and Education, HEART |
