COST Spring 2026 Events – Free and Open to the Public

Lonny Jarrett - has been practicing Chinese Medicine in Stockbridge, Massachusetts since 1986. He is a founding board member of the Ac. Soc. Of Mass. and a Fellow of the National Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. He is author of Nourishing Destiny: The Inner Tradition of Chinese Medicine, The Clinical Practice of Chinese Medicine, and Deepening Perspectives on Chinese Medicine.

4/10/2026 – Lecture:  May I be the Doctor and the Medicine: Chinese Medicine as an Integral Science of Integrity - 6 – 7:30 pm, Smith-Buonanno, Rm. 201 
4/11/2026 – Workshop: Meditation and Clinical Practice - 1 - 4 pm, Winnick Chapel, Brown/RISD Hillel

MARY INTERLANDI '05 Memorial: Dr Chiara Mascarello, Assistant Professor, University of Venice: founder and director of the Contemplative Studies MA program at the University of Padova.

4/12/2026 – Tibetan Buddhism Practice Workshop – 11 am – 4:30 pm, Winnick Chapel, Brown/RISD Hillel
4/13/2026 – Interlandi Lecture:  Taking it to the Next Level: The MA in Contemplative Studies at the University of Padova – 6 – 7:30 pm – Smith-Buonanno, Rm. 106

Myungju Sunim, Abbot of the Detroit Zen Center and Cloud Mountain Hermitage (Korean Seon)

4/23 - Public Lecture - 6 pm - 7:30 pm – Smith-Buonanno, Rm. GO1
4/24 - Contemplative Mentor's Friday Meditation from 12 - 1 pm in Winnick Chapel, Brown/RISD Hillel
4/25 – Introduction to Son Practice Workshop - 11 am – 4:30 pm – Winnick Chapel, Brown/RISD Hillel

Prof. Harold Roth, Director – Brown Contemplative Studies/Professor of Religious Studies and Contemplative Studies and Prof. Larson DiFiori – Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Contemplative Studies

5/23 – Meditation:  Still Point in a Turbulent World – 4 – 5 pm – Winnick Chapel, Brown/RISD Hillel