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courtesy La Follette School of Public Affairs

David Brooks is a columnist for "The New York Times."

David Brooks has been an opinion columnist for The New York Times since 2003, and since 2018 also working with the nonpartisan Aspen Institute to bridge the cultural divide in America as part of Weave: The Social Fabric Project. Brooks is also the public affairs journalist in residence for the fall semester at UW-Madison, and will discuss current issues at this lecture hosted by the La Follette School of Public Affairs. Tickets were claimed quickly for the in-person event (waitlist here), but registration for a livestream is available at lafollette.wisc.edu.

press release: The La Follette School is thrilled to host David Brooks of The New York Times on Wednesday, October 27. Brooks will speak at 7 p.m. CDT in Shannon Hall of the Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.

In-person tickets to the David Brooks presentation at Shannon Hall are sold out. Please click here to register for the virtual livestream of the event on October 27. You can also join a waitlist for in-person tickets if any become available.

A best-selling author, Brooks has been an op-ed columnist for The New York Times since September 2003. He also is an analyst on PBS NewsHour, NPR's All Things Considered, and NBC's Meet the Press. His fifth book, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life, was published in April 2019.

In 2018, he joined the Aspen Institute to spearhead the Weave project, aimed at bridging the differences that divide Americans and seeking out a compelling common ground. He also teaches at Yale University and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Brooks received a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Chicago, where he serves on the Board of Trustees. He also is on the Board of Advisors for the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.

Brooks' visit is made possible by the La Follette School's Kohl Initiative, which was launched in May 2019 with a $10 million gift from former US Sen. Herb Kohl.

Brooks also is serving as UW-Madison's Fall 2021 Public Affairs Journalist in Residence, a joint effort of University Communications, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and the La Follette School, with support from the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association.