In November 2017, the Institute and Film Division of Columbia's School of the Arts presented a panel discussion on The Graduate.
The panel was moderated by Stuart Weinstock, adjunct film lecturer and coordinator of the Institute’s Israel Film Series, with Maura Spiegel, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, Mark Harris, author of Pictures at a Revolution and Five Came Back, and Shari Springer Berman, writer and director, American Splendor and Girl Most Likely.