Steven Galloway

Steven Galloway

On September 12 Steven Galloway gave a talk on his book, The Cellist of Sarajevo, this year’s First Year Reading Program selection. The Canadian author’s third novel is based on a real event that occurred in the beseiged eastern European city in the early 1990s as its citizens attempt to live their lives — and hold on to their humanity — under the daily threat of death.

Ellen Gustafson

Ellen Gustafson

On September 23, 2011 food activist Ellen Gustafson talked about “A New Understanding of Hunger, Obesity and the Food System.”

Jeremy Courtney

Jeremy Courtney

On September 19, 2011 at 5 PM at the May Auditorium in Simon Hall, storyteller Jeremy Courtney talked about “Reconciliation through Healing.”