The E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues will begin its 37th season next week, exploring the challenges of loneliness and the importance of social connection.

A collaboration between the Cooper Foundation, the Lied Center for Performing Arts and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the E.N. Thompson Forum will kick off its speaker series with Vivek Murthy, former U.S. surgeon general, on Oct. 14 at the Lied Center.

The 2025-26 season, co-sponsored by the Lincoln Community Foundation and the UNL College of Business, is titled "Belonging: Finding Connection in a Lonely World."

A Cooper Conversation will mark the first event of the season on Sept. 18 in the Nebraska Union's Swanson Auditorium at 5:30 p.m.

As part of Welcoming Week, a week dedicated to celebrating Lincoln's cultural diversit

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