At Sage, classes are only the beginning of education. Lectures, workshops, conferences, films, and performances connect seamlessly with coursework in all disciplines to create a wraparound learning environment. Russell Sage students don't just read the book, they meet the author. They don't just study a theory, they hear how it works from those who have put it into practice. Sage students have the complete multi-media, three-dimensional educational experience.

Recent lecturers & guest speakers
Recent performances
Events to suit every interest (examples of recent events)

Recent lecturers & guest speakers

• Michael Baden, chief forensic pathologist for investigation of the deaths of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Sharon Kelly Carpinello, Commissioner, NYS Office of Mental Health
• Hillary Rodham Clinton, (D-NY) New York State Senator
• Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop and champion of social justice, international fair trade, and corporate responsibility
• David Shipler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Working Poor: Invisible in America; Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land and A Country of Strangers: Blacks and Whites in America
• Antonia Novella, New York State Health Commissioner and first woman Surgeon General of the United States
• Erin M. Crottey, Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation
• Martha Ojeda, director of the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras
• Angela Y. Davis, activist, author, and professor
• Dolores Huerta, the co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO
• Byllye Avery, the founder of the National Black Women's Health Project
• Lucille Clifton, award-winning poet

Recent performances

• Lysistrata (Part of the 2003 international Lysistrata Project, the first-ever worldwide theatre event for peace)
• The Vagina Monologues
• Nymph Errant (rare revival of a classic musical comedy)
• Handel's Messiah

Events to suit every interest
(a random sampling of a variety of recent events)

• The Broadway cast of Les Miserables
  Cast members gave an open talk about living in New York City, working in theatre, and engaged in individual sessions with students.
• Foreign Film Series
  Featuring classics such as Bunuel's Los Olivados and Truffaut's 400 Blows
• Tibetan Buddhist Monks
  Gave a presentation on "The Ancient Art of Healing: The Tibetan Buddhist Way"
• Entrepreneurial Panel
  Local women entrepreneurs discussed what it takes to start your own business