Events

The Sycamore Institute will anchor Leadership Tennessee’s annual policy forum with three data and analysis-packed presentations on education, health, and the economy in our state.

Sycamore's Executive Director Laura Berlind will speak a conference addressing chronic pain at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga's School of Nursing. Berlind will connect the dots between public policy, public health, and opioid addiction.

  The Sycamore Institute's Laura Berlind will speak at the Middle Tennessee Rural Healthcare Leadership Forum, put on by The Rural Health Association of Tennessee. The event will take place at the Wilson County Education Center in Lebanon, Tennessee. For more details, and to register for the event, click here.  

Sycamore's Executive Director Laura Berlind will speak at the 4th annual Clear the Air Conference, put on by the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Health Council. Berlind will present usable data in a "just the facts" presentation on Tobacco in Tennessee.

Sycamore's Courtnee Melton will be participating in a panel discussion on the connection between "Health and Wealth" at The Aspen Institute's Aspen Ideas Festival.

Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist whose research examines the intuitive foundations of morality, will be in Nashville Oct. 17, 2019, for a lecture and conversation with Laura Berlind, Sycamore's executive director. Hosted by Lipscomb University, the event will take place from 6-8 p.m. in the George Shinn Event Center. Tickets are free and can be […]

Sycamore's Laura Berlind will be a featured speaker at an Aspen Institute webinar on consumer debt and financial security in the time of COVID-19.

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a historic spike in people filing for unemployment benefits. Join The Sycamore Institute for a conversation about Tennessee’s unemployment insurance program — what it is, who it covers, how it’s funded, where it stands compared to other states, and what’s been changed recently.

From the pandemic to politics to the recession, you’re often bombarded with conflicting information. How do you know what’s reliable? Join us for a digital happy hour on September 2nd to learn how savvy consumers of news and statistics use critical thinking to navigate the confusion and sort good info from bad. Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsd-mqrDkvHNXkWRDGP-utC7nysb3mnptr […]

While it may sometimes go unnoticed, most nonprofit work is tied to or affected by government funding decisions. Some nonprofits carry out their missions with the direct support of government dollars. All are working on issues and in environments that are shaped by the financial decision-making of our public sector leaders. Tennessee’s state budget is […]

Join The Sycamore Institute, ETSU's Center for Rural Health Research, and Tennessee Institute of Public Health (TNIPH) for a conversation on public health in Tennessee. From the flu to salmonella to COVID-19, major disease outbreaks often focus the public eye on public health. But what does that phrase mean, exactly? Join our discussion of what […]