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 YouTube.
View Past Seminars
Spring 2026
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| February 27 Register Here |
Supporting Families Utilizing the Loyola Supervised Visitation Center |
Rachel Whitney, Visitation Services Director, Loyola University Supervised Visitation Center and Sarah Thompson, Child Relief Expediter, Circuit Court of Cook County Domestic Violence Division |
| March 13 Register Here |
At the Transition of Homelessness and a Self-Directed Future | Amanda Ward, Assistant Research Professor, CURL and Center for Criminal Justice, LUC and Matt Leo, Cultural and Educational Policy Studies PhD Candidate, Former CURL Fellow, LUC |
| March 27 Register Here |
Firearm Injury Prevention Research: Learnings from Community-Academic Partnerships |
Teresa Neumann, Community Engagement Project Manager, Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, University of Michigan |
| April 24 Register Here |
Lessons from the Reproductive Justice Fellowship: Islamic & Values Led Programming |
Kiran Waqar, Community Narratives & Programs Manager, HEART and Sabreen Mohammed, Director of Health Equity and Education, HEART |
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 YouTube.
View Past Seminars
Spring 2026
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| February 27 Register Here |
Supporting Families Utilizing the Loyola Supervised Visitation Center |
Rachel Whitney, Visitation Services Director, Loyola University Supervised Visitation Center and Sarah Thompson, Child Relief Expediter, Circuit Court of Cook County Domestic Violence Division |
| March 13 Register Here |
At the Transition of Homelessness and a Self-Directed Future | Amanda Ward, Assistant Research Professor, CURL and Center for Criminal Justice, LUC and Matt Leo, Cultural and Educational Policy Studies PhD Candidate, Former CURL Fellow, LUC |
| March 27 Register Here |
Firearm Injury Prevention Research: Learnings from Community-Academic Partnerships |
Teresa Neumann, Community Engagement Project Manager, Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, University of Michigan |
| April 24 Register Here |
Lessons from the Reproductive Justice Fellowship: Islamic & Values Led Programming |
Kiran Waqar, Community Narratives & Programs Manager, HEART and Sabreen Mohammed, Director of Health Equity and Education, HEART |