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Terri Jentz on campus Mon., Dec. 3

Posted on November 26, 2007 by Barbara

Terri Jentz will speak about “Strange Piece of Paradise: Violence Hiding in Plain Sight” on Monday, December 3rd, at 7 p.m. in the Young Auditorium as part of the Letters and Sciences Community Reading Initiative. Jentz has written Strange Piece … Continue reading →

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Laurie Lawlor program Nov. 13

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Barbara

Laurie Lawlor, author of This Tender Place: The Story of a Wetland Year, will read from her book on Tuesday, November 13th, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kachel Center. The book, set in southeastern Wisconsin and based on research conducted … Continue reading →

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Laurie Garrett @ UWW Nov. 5

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Barbara

Author Laurie Garrett will speak at the Young Auditorium on Monday, November 5, at 7 p.m., on “Betrayal of Trust: Critical Issues in Global Health Care.” She is the Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations … Continue reading →

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Terry Gross @ UWW Oct. 30

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Barbara

Terry Gross, host of the Peabody Award-winning program Fresh Air on National Public Radio, will speak at the Young Auditorium on Tuesday, October 30th, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets must be purchased to attend this event. Her 2004 book All I … Continue reading →

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Terry Tempest Williams @UWW Oct 9

Posted on October 1, 2007 by Barbara

Terry Tempest Williams, a naturalist, advocate for free speech and wilderness preservation, and author of several books, will speak on campus Tuesday, October 9th at 7pm in McGraw Auditorium. Ms. Williams is a native of Utah with a lifelong passion … Continue reading →

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Anthony Shadid comes to campus

Posted on September 20, 2007 by Barbara

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anthony Shadid will be on campus to present the first of this year’s Contemporary Issues Lectures on September 24th. You may want to read some of his work before the lecture, or possibly after the lecture you … Continue reading →

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The Early Bird Gets the Worm…

Posted on April 10, 2007 by kyle

Did you attend the Taylor Branch lecture and want to read his Pulitzer Prize winning work? If you search for the books in our catalog, you may be disappointed because someone beat you to it. Fortunately for you, the Library … Continue reading →

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