• Day of the week: W
• Date: 8/12/2026 to 8/12/2026
• Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Lecture Description and Speaker Information: 

How Can We Build Human Morality Into AI?

NOTE: This session will take place from 9:00 AM until 12:00 PM.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now being used to make many lifechanging decisions in medicine, law, transportation, the military, business, and other areas. Critics object that using AI in these areas is inhumane and too likely to lead to harm, unfairness, and other moral wrongs. I will admit these dangers but reply that these decisions can be made safer and more ethical by building human moral values into the AI decisionmaker. Our team does this by surveying human moral judgments at two levels and then correcting for ignorance, confusion, and partiality. To show how our methods work in practice, I will demonstrate our websites, report initial empirical findings for kidney allocation and dementia, and finally discuss potential future applications to criminal law, transportation, business, and the military.

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

Chauncey Stillman Distinguished Professor of Practical Ethics, Duke University

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and attended the Hotchkiss School, Amherst College (BA 1977), and Yale University (PhD 1982). He taught at Dartmouth College 1981-2009 and at Duke University since 2010.

Sinnott-Armstrong is Chauncey Stillman Distinguished Professor of Practical Ethics in the Department of Philosophy and the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University with secondary appointments in Duke’s Law School and Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. He has served as co-chair of the Board of Officers of the American Philosophical Association.

Sinnott-Armstrong has published eight books, 21 edited collections, and over 250 articles and chapters in leading venues, including top journals in psychology, law, and philosophy. His research has addressed a wide variety of central issues in applied ethics, empirical moral psychology and neuroscience, epistemology, informal logic, and philosophy of law, religion, and psychiatry. His current focus is on moral artificial intelligence, political polarization, and various topics in moral psychology and brain science, including free will, consciousness, and moral responsibility. His popular trade books include Morality Without God?, Think Again: How to Reason and Argue, and Moral AI and How We Get There (with Jana Schaich Borg and Vincent Conitzer).

Sinnott-Armstrong co-teaches a Massive Open Online Course, Think Again, on the Coursera platform with over a million students registered. He co-directs Summer Seminars in Neuroscience and Philosophy, which trains philosophers in neuroscience and neuroscientists in philosophy. He is widely sought as a speaker on a wide variety of topics to both academic and public audiences.

The Agenda: 

9:00 AM Introduction   (Eastern Time)  Approximate times. 
9:10 –10:10 AM Speaker
10:10 -10:40 AM Break   
** During the 20-30 minute break those attending the lecture can enjoy a break and submit questions. Also, during this time, the staff at Dartmouth will monitor the email and Chat for those submitted questions from those watching online. Then the Moderator goes through all the questions that were submitted at the during the break, and groups them together for the same questions so that he/she is prepared with questions when the break is over.

10:40– 11:30 AM Question and Answers

Stay and continue the conversation after the livestreamed lecture is over. 

**NOTE – Several past attendees have said that the Question and Answer part of the lecture is one of the best parts.

• Fee:
  • Non-Member: $35.00
  • Fall 2026 Member receive a $15 discount. 
  • (non-refundable)
• Limit: 27
• Location: OLLI at UVA (opens in new tab), 1 Morton Drive, Terrace Level Charlottesville, VA 22903

• Day of the week: W
• Date: 8/5/2026 to 8/5/2026
• Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Lecture Description and Speaker Information: 

Is AI Leading Us Toward a More Dangerous World Disorder?

 AI lies at the heart of the strategic competition between the U.S. and China, including the use of AI in intelligence, cyber and military operations.  As AI adoption accelerates in the national security space, the American people and their elected representatives must grapple with a number of critical questions: How will AI change the future of deterrence and warfare?  What ethical issues will the use of AI in national security raise?  What norms or principles should serve as guardrails for the use of AI? How do we get other nations to embrace these norms?  And how do we train a whole generation of military officers to ensure human accountability for AI-driven outcomes on the battlefield?

Michèle Flournoy

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors; Co-Founder and Chair, Center for a New American Security

Michèle Flournoy is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of WestExec Advisors, and a Co-Founder, former Chief Executive Oaicer, and now Chair of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Michèle served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from February 2009 to February 2012. She was the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense in the formulation of national security and defense policy, oversight of military plans and operations, and in National Security Council deliberations. She led the development of the Department of Defense’s 2012 Strategic Guidance and represented the Department in dozens of foreign engagements, in the media and before Congress.

Prior to confirmation, Michèle co-led President Obama’s transition team at the Defense Department. In January 2007, Michèle co-founded CNAS, a bipartisan think tank dedicated to developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security policies. She served as CNAS’ President until 2009, and returned as CEO in 2014. In 2017, she co-founded WestExec Advisors, a strategic advisory firm.

Michèle serves on the boards of CNAS, Booz Allen Hamilton, the Council on Foreign Relations, Amida Technology Solutions, and CARE. She serves on a number of advisory boards, including for The Leadership Council for Women in National Security, The Mission Continues, PIMCO, and Girl Security. She is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group. She is a former member of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board and the CIA Director’s External Advisory Board, and the Secretary of Defense’s Defense Policy Board.

Michèle earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a master’s degree from Balliol College, Oxford University, where she was a Newton-Tatum scholar.

The Agenda: 

9:00 AM Introduction   (Eastern Time)  Approximate times. 
9:10 –10:10 AM Speaker
10:10 -10:40 AM Break   
** During the 20-30 minute break those attending the lecture can enjoy a break and submit questions. Also, during this time, the staff at Dartmouth will monitor the email and Chat for those submitted questions from those watching online. Then the Moderator goes through all the questions that were submitted at the during the break, and groups them together for the same questions so that he/she is prepared with questions when the break is over.

10:40– 11:30 AM Question and Answers

Stay and continue the conversation after the livestreamed lecture is over. 

**NOTE – Several past attendees have said that the Question and Answer part of the lecture is one of the best parts.

• Fee:
  • Non-Member: $35.00
  • Fall 2026 Member receive a $15 discount. 
  • (non-refundable)
• Limit: 25
• Location: OLLI at UVA (opens in new tab), 1 Morton Drive, Terrace Level Charlottesville, VA 22903

Free and Open to the Public!  

Children with Disabilities and Their Education NEW!

• Date: 12/15/2026 
• Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
• Day of the week: Tu
• Location: OLLI at UVA (opens in new tab), 1 Morton Drive, Terrace Level Charlottesville, VA 22903

Presentation Description: 

Children with disabilities have been part of the population for millenia, but in the contemporary world there has been a marked increase in societies’ recognition of them. Identifying and serving them in schools has become a primary concern for many people. This session provides a broad overview of childhood disabilities and special education—identification, causes, testing, teaching, and prognosis—for the general public. Through multi-media and interactive presentations, it will help participants acquire an understanding and appreciation of children with disabilities and their education.

John Wills Lloyd began teaching children with disabilities in the 1960s. He earned a PhD from the University of Oregon in 1976 and then taught prospective teachers and researchers at Northern Illinois University and the University of Virginia for 40 years. Along the way he made the usual academic contributions (speeches, articles, chapters, books, editing) but he took the most joy from designing the activities that led up to students— whether they are 5 or 35 years old—having “aha moments.” Cooking and consuming yummy food with family and friends comes in a close second, though. Currently, he edits Special Education Today [https://www.SpecialEducationToday.com].

Colonial Williamsburg Excursion (Bus Trip)  NEW!

• Day of the week: Th
• Date: 9/24/2026
• Time: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM. 
•    
• Fees:
      Non-Member: $90.00
  • Fall 2026 Members receive a $15 discount. 
• *NON-REFUNDABLE

• Details: 

  Enjoy a day trip to Colonial Williamsburg, featuring a private group visit to the Muscarelle Museum of Art (10:30–11:30 a.m.) at William & Mary. This nationally recognized museum is known for its thoughtfully curated exhibitions spanning global art and history. After a guided highlights tour, spend the rest of the day exploring on your own. Options include additional museum exhibits (free), the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg (free), the Archaeology Center (free), or the Historic Area (ticket required). Shopping and strolling are a great way to spend the afternoon. Lunch is on your own. This excursion offers a perfect mix of shared learning and independent exploration in a beloved historic setting.

OLLI at UVA Health and Safety Liability Waiver:

I understand that although OLLI at UVA holds the health and safety of its community as paramount, this does not guarantee that I will not be exposed to injury or illness of any kind. I acknowledge that my physical presence in the local community as well as participation and utilization of facilities, services, and programs at OLLI at UVA is voluntary, and may carry certain risks, such as injury or illness including COVID-19 that cannot be eliminated regardless of the care and reasonable efforts taken to avoid and mitigate those risks. I also understand that I may be at higher risk for injury or illness and take full responsibility for my health and safety.  I understand that I have the option to participate in OLLI at UVA activities remotely.  Despite these risks, I chose to participate in-person in OLLI at UVA activities.

I agree not to attend any in-person sessions if I am experiencing any symptom of illness such as cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fever, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, or new loss of taste or smell.

I hereby release and agree to hold OLLI at UVA harmless from, and waive on behalf of myself, my heirs, and any personal representatives any and all causes of action, claims, demands, damages, costs, expenses and compensation for damage or loss to myself and/or property that may be caused by any act, or failure to act of OLLI at UVA, or that may otherwise arise in any way in connection with any services received from OLLI at UVA. I understand that this release discharges OLLI at UVA from any liability or claim that I, my heirs, or any personal representatives may have against OLLI at UVA with respect to any bodily injury, illness, death, medical treatment, or property damage that may arise from, or in connection to, any services received from OLLI at UVA.   This liability acknowledgement and release extends to OLLI at UVA together with all venues, volunteers, and employees. Click the add to cart button to accept.

Greencroft Lecture Beyond the Levys: Jewish History & Monticello NEW!

• Presenter: Olivia Brown
• Date: 9/17/2026 
• Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
• Day of the week: Th
• Location: Greencroft Club (opens in new tab), 575 Rodes Drive Charlottesville, VA 22903
• Fees:
      Non-Member: $50.00
  • Fall 2026 Members receive a $15 discount. 
• Non-refundable

Presentation Description: 

In partnership with The Center. 

Presenting a lecture series with Historian Rick Britton.

The lecture, 10/1: The Founding

Will be held on Th, 10/1/2026 at 3:00 PM

• Thomas Jefferson called the founding of the University the “hobby” of his old age, a sentiment that belies all the pains taken in its inception.

  Rick Britton is an award-winning journalist and public historian. Rick also conducts tours of Civil War and Revolutionary War battlefields.

Non-member fee: $25.00 

Fall 2026 Members receive a $15 discount. 

In partnership with The Center. 

Presenting a lecture series with Historian Rick Britton.

The lecture, 10/8: The Marquis de Lafayette

Will be held on Th, 10/8/2026 at 3:00 PM

• In November 1824, Lafayette, “the hero of two worlds,” toured the Grounds accompanied by Jefferson and James Madison.

  Rick Britton is an award-winning journalist and public historian. Rick also conducts tours of Civil War and Revolutionary War battlefields.

Non-member fee: $25.00 

Fall 2026 Members receive a $15 discount. 

In partnership with The Center. 

Presenting a lecture series with Historian Rick Britton.

The lecture, 10/15: Edgar Allan Poe

Will be held on Th, 10/15/2026 at 3:00 PM

• During the University’s second session, 1826, a willful youngster from Boston entertained his chums by reciting poetry and copying illustrations onto the walls of his West Range room.

  Rick Britton is an award-winning journalist and public historian. Rick also conducts tours of Civil War and Revolutionary War battlefields.

Non-member fee: $25.00 

Fall 2026 Members receive a $15 discount. 

In partnership with The Center. 

Presenting a lecture series with Historian Rick Britton.

The lecture, 10/22: John Singleton Mosby

Will be held on Th, 10/22/2026 at 3:00 PM

• In 1853, Mosby—the future Confederate partisan ranger—was expelled for shooting a fellow student in the face. Is it true they were fighting over a young woman?

  Rick Britton is an award-winning journalist and public historian. Rick also conducts tours of Civil War and Revolutionary War battlefields.

Non-member fee: $25.00 

Fall 2026 Members receive a $15 discount. 

In partnership with The Center. 

Presenting a lecture series with Historian Rick Britton.

The lecture, 10/29: The 1895 Rotunda Fire

Will be held on Th, 10/29/2026 at 3:00 PM

• Students and faculty battled the October 1895 blaze for hours. In the end, unfortunately, Jefferson’s gorgeous Rotunda was gutted.

  Rick Britton is an award-winning journalist and public historian. Rick also conducts tours of Civil War and Revolutionary War battlefields.

Non-member fee: $25.00 

Fall 2026 Members receive a $15 discount. 

Michie Tavern: 8/13 Cyrus McCormick; “Rockbridge County’s Reaper Man” NEW!

Speaker: Rick Britton

Day of the Week: Th

Date: 8/13/2026

Time: 10:30 AM 

Location: Michie Tavern (opens in new tab), 683 Thomas Jefferson Parkway Charlottesville, VA 22902 

Fees:
    Non-Member: $55.00

Fall 2026 Members receive a $15 discount. 

Non-refundable

Michie Tavern: 8/27 Charlottesville Woolen Mills; “Clothing the Nation” NEW!

Speaker: Rick Britton

Day of the Week: Th

Date: 8/27/2026

Time: 10:30 AM 

Location: Michie Tavern (opens in new tab), 683 Thomas Jefferson Parkway Charlottesville, VA 22902 

Fees:
    Non-Member: $55.00

Fall 2026 Members receive a $15 discount. 

Non-refundable

Michie Tavern: 9/10 Monticello Dairy; “The Taste of Central Virginia” NEW!

Speaker: Rick Britton

Day of the Week: Th

Date: 9/10/2026

Time: 10:30 AM 

Location: Michie Tavern (opens in new tab), 683 Thomas Jefferson Parkway Charlottesville, VA 22902 

Fees:
    Non-Member: $55.00

Fall 2026 Members receive a $15 discount. 

Non-refundable

Speaking of Rivers Kayak Tour with Horace Scruggs  

• Day of the week: Th
• Date: 9/17/2026
• Time: 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM. 
•    
• Fees:
      Non-Member: $120.00
  • Fall 2026 Members receive a $15 discount. 
• *NON-REFUNDABLE

• Details: 
  Rivers have always been vital to the development and commerce of many civilizations throughout history. And through much of the history of America this has included the labor and invention of both free and enslaved African Americans. With the personal stories at the forefront, this Rivanna River float will enlighten paddlers of the experiences and contributions African Americans had on Central Virginia’s rivers. This will include discussions on the American slave trade, local plantations, bateau and watermen, and canal workers. Come learn how African Americans navigated the river as well as the societal pressures of their times.
  This beginner-friendly half-day trip introduces participants to the rural beauty of central Virginia rivers. The guided paddling trip will take place on either the Rivanna or the James River, depending on water conditions. Participants meet the guides and instructors in either Palmyra, VA or Scottsville, VA (about 45 min from Charlottesville). Beginner-friendly sections of the river are selected for this 
  experience. Participants should expect to actively paddle their solo sit-on-top kayak for 3+ hours to complete the trip. In partnershipwith the Rivanna River Company: kayak, paddle and personal flotation device included. Multiple guides will be with the group, and the option to travel in a canoe with a guide may be available (inquire with the OLLI office). Closer to the departure date, all details will be shared with those enrolled.

OLLI at UVA Health and Safety Liability Waiver:

I understand that although OLLI at UVA holds the health and safety of its community as paramount, this does not guarantee that I will not be exposed to injury or illness of any kind. I acknowledge that my physical presence in the local community as well as participation and utilization of facilities, services, and programs at OLLI at UVA is voluntary, and may carry certain risks, such as injury or illness including COVID-19 that cannot be eliminated regardless of the care and reasonable efforts taken to avoid and mitigate those risks. I also understand that I may be at higher risk for injury or illness and take full responsibility for my health and safety.  I understand that I have the option to participate in OLLI at UVA activities remotely.  Despite these risks, I chose to participate in-person in OLLI at UVA activities.

I agree not to attend any in-person sessions if I am experiencing any symptom of illness such as cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fever, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, or new loss of taste or smell.

I hereby release and agree to hold OLLI at UVA harmless from, and waive on behalf of myself, my heirs, and any personal representatives any and all causes of action, claims, demands, damages, costs, expenses and compensation for damage or loss to myself and/or property that may be caused by any act, or failure to act of OLLI at UVA, or that may otherwise arise in any way in connection with any services received from OLLI at UVA. I understand that this release discharges OLLI at UVA from any liability or claim that I, my heirs, or any personal representatives may have against OLLI at UVA with respect to any bodily injury, illness, death, medical treatment, or property damage that may arise from, or in connection to, any services received from OLLI at UVA.   This liability acknowledgement and release extends to OLLI at UVA together with all venues, volunteers, and employees. Click the add to cart button to accept.

Walking Tour of Historic River View Farm at Ivy Creek  NEW!

• Day of the week: F
• Date: 10/2/2026
• Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM. 
•    
• Fees:
      Non-Member: $35.00
  • Fall 2026 Members receive a $15 discount. 
• *NON-REFUNDABLE

• Details: 
  Join the Ivy Creek Foundation’s Director of Education, Chloe Fridley, for a tour of Historic River View Farm at Ivy Creek Natural Area. River View Farm, home to the Carr/Greer family for over 100 years, is a rare surviving example of the Union Ridge/Hydraulic Mills community of African American farmers, pastors, craftspeople, and businessmen that flourished in the region beginning in the final quarter of the nineteenth century. This tour will follow the lives of the family who built the farm, beginning with farmer Hugh Carr’s journey to build the farm after emancipation. Learn about lifelong educator Mary Carr Greer and her husband Conly Greer, Albemarle County’s first African American extension agent. See the 1880s farmhouse and 1930s dairy barn, recognized on the Virginia Landmark Registry, the National Register of Historic Places, the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network, and the African American Civil Rights Network. Note: The walk will be over uneven ground. Attendees should dress for the outdoors and wear closed toe shoes. Chloe Fridley has extensive experience working in public museums and collaborating with large volunteer groups. Her research specializes in African American placemaking and migration between the end of the nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. Chloe has a degree in History from the University of Virginia where she focused her studies on the American South. She is a lifelong birder and hiker. Chloe loves connecting with Ivy Creek’s visitors and volunteers over a shared love of the natural and historical world around them.

OLLI at UVA Health and Safety Liability Waiver:

I understand that although OLLI at UVA holds the health and safety of its community as paramount, this does not guarantee that I will not be exposed to injury or illness of any kind. I acknowledge that my physical presence in the local community as well as participation and utilization of facilities, services, and programs at OLLI at UVA is voluntary, and may carry certain risks, such as injury or illness including COVID-19 that cannot be eliminated regardless of the care and reasonable efforts taken to avoid and mitigate those risks. I also understand that I may be at higher risk for injury or illness and take full responsibility for my health and safety.  I understand that I have the option to participate in OLLI at UVA activities remotely.  Despite these risks, I chose to participate in-person in OLLI at UVA activities.

I agree not to attend any in-person sessions if I am experiencing any symptom of illness such as cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fever, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, or new loss of taste or smell.

I hereby release and agree to hold OLLI at UVA harmless from, and waive on behalf of myself, my heirs, and any personal representatives any and all causes of action, claims, demands, damages, costs, expenses and compensation for damage or loss to myself and/or property that may be caused by any act, or failure to act of OLLI at UVA, or that may otherwise arise in any way in connection with any services received from OLLI at UVA. I understand that this release discharges OLLI at UVA from any liability or claim that I, my heirs, or any personal representatives may have against OLLI at UVA with respect to any bodily injury, illness, death, medical treatment, or property damage that may arise from, or in connection to, any services received from OLLI at UVA.   This liability acknowledgement and release extends to OLLI at UVA together with all venues, volunteers, and employees. Click the add to cart button to accept.