Leadership and Society Initiative 2025–2026 Highlights
Celebrating the moments and milestones that shaped our year.
With the academic year drawing to a close, we’re marking another year of meaningful work at the Leadership and Society Initiative, one that brought a significant milestone: the LSI community now counts more than 100 Fellows who have come through the program.
Explore the moments that defined 2025–2026 and the ways our Fellows, faculty, staff, advisors, and partners worked together to support accomplished leaders in envisioning what comes next.
Autumn 2025
LSI Announces Third Cohort of Accomplished Leaders
LSI Welcome Ceremony Fosters Meaningful Connections Across LSI Community of Distinguished Leaders
LSI’s 2025–2026 Design Curriculum Bridges Liberal Arts Thinking and Practical Experience
Mellody Hobson on Purpose and Impact
LSI Advisor Dan Draper Reflects on the Promise of the Newly Launched LSI Imagine Pathway
LSI Immersion Days Education and Society Presented in Partnership with the UChicago Kersten Institute for Urban Education and the UChicago Education Lab
John Yerger, LSI Fellow ‘26, Reimagines What’s Possible through LSI Journey
Winter 2026
UChicago Leadership & Society Initiative Announces Inaugural Fellows in Imagine Pathway
Inaugural Imagine Pathway Fellows Gather on Campus for a Retreat of Reflection and Purposeful Exploration
Arthur Brooks on Happiness, Purpose, and Sustaining a Lifetime of Impact
LSI Immersion Days Bring Fellows Together to Explore Climate Change and the Energy Transition
LA Times Spotlights Distinguished Instructor Kerry Burnight on Aging Well
LSI Fellows Travel to London for an Immersive Study of Democracy in the UK
Spring 2026
Rénu Kulkarni, LSI Fellow ‘26, Finds Purpose, Perspective, and Community Through Fellowship
Indra Nooyi on Sustained Purpose, Innovation, and Impact
Purpose in Progress: Takeaways from the April Imagine Pathway Retreat
David Rubenstein Discusses Civic Values, Historical Memory, and the Institutions That Have Defined the American Experiment
LSI Fellows Reflect on Distinct Value of Two Unique Pathway Experiences
Leaders from Across the Globe Gather at LSI Symposium for a Transformative Learning Journey
