NODA Author Lunch and Learn

When:  Oct 7, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (CT)

Event Description

NODA AUTHOR LUNCH & LEARN

Join us for the pilot of NODA’s new Author Lunch & Learn series – a unique opportunity to engage with authors whose work speaks to the experiences, challenges, and possibilities in orientation, transition, and retention.

Each session will feature thought-provoking conversation designed to:

  • Share fresh perspectives on how education shapes individuals and communities

  • Encourage reflection and dialogue to inspire intentional, student-centered practices

  • Offer professional development and connection beyond the annual conference

Presenting Authors:

Penguin Random House Higher Education:
Adam Met, PhD
 
Amplify: How to Use the Power of Connection to Engage, Take Action, and Build a Better World
 
Book Summary: 
Adam Met, Columbia University professor and member of the multiplatinum band AJR, shows how readers can apply fan-building strategies from the music industry to message effectively about causes they care about and rally others to help them achieve shared 
 
About the Author:
Adam Met, PhD, seamlessly transitions between his roles as a musician, educator, and advocate. As the bassist in the multi-Platinum band AJR, he has played for millions of fans worldwide. He is the co-founder of the climate research and advocacy nonprofit Planet Reimagined and teaches about climate campaigning and policy at Columbia University.
Secure your complimentary book for Amplify: How to Use the Power of Connection to Engage, Take Action, and Build a Better World
 
W. W Norton & Company:
Gregory Mone
 
The Heart and the Chip: Our Bright Future with Robots
 
Book Summary:
Daniela Rus, a leading roboticist and computer scientist, explores how we can use a new generation of smart machines to help humankind.
 
There is a robotics revolution underway. A record 3.1 million robots are working in factories right now, doing everything from assembling computers to packing goods and monitoring air quality and performance. A far greater number of smart machines impact our lives in countless other ways—improving the precision of surgeons, cleaning our homes, extending our reach to distant worlds—and we’re on the cusp of even more exciting opportunities.
 
In The Heart and the Chip, roboticist Daniela Rus and science writer Gregory Mone provide an overview of the interconnected fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, and reframe the way we think about intelligent machines while weighing the moral and ethical consequences of their role in society. Robots aren’t going to steal our jobs: they’re going to make us more capable, productive, and precise.
 
At once optimistic and realistic, Rus and Mone envision a world in which these technologies augment and enhance our skills and talents, both as individuals and as a species—a world in which the proliferation of robots allows us all to be more human.
 
 
About the Authors: 
Gregory Mone is the co-author of four New York Times bestsellers. He lives in Massachusetts. A former editor at Popular Science magazine, I’ve written extensively about robots, AI, cosmology, and non-scientific topics like travel, swimming, and fitness. My work has been anthologized or noted in several editions of the Best American Science Writing and nominated for national and international awards. But I never win. I’ve also published eleven novels for adults and children in various genres.
 
Daniela Rus is a pioneering roboticist, the first female director of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and a MacArthur “Genius” Fellow. She lives in Massachusetts.
 
Secure your book of The Heart and the Chip: Our Bright Future with Robots
 
 
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