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Welcome to Festival of Ideas
Today, the lecture series spans the academic year and brings a diverse group of news-makers, public figures and thought leaders—along with WVU’s own academic superstars—to engage the campus community in important issues of the day.
Learn more about Festival of Ideas2019-2020 Series
TARA WESTOVER
Author of the New York Times bestseller Educated: A MemoirNovember 11, 2019
Mountainlair Ballrooms
Mountainlair Ballrooms
7:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by Campus Read and the WVU Humanities Center
Book signing to follow.
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DR. MAURA McLAUGHLIN and DR. DUNCAN LORIMER
Cosmic Flashes In The Radio Sky
February 18, 2020
6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Co-sponsored by the Nath Lecture
Due to limited seating (60) for each session, reservations will be required. Tickets will become available on the Eventbrite website beginning on Saturday, February 1 at 8:00am.
LILLY LEDBETTER
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
March 10, 2020
7:30 p.m.
Book signing to follow.
Co-Sponsored by:
Center for Women's & Gender Studies,
Council for Women's Concerns,
Eberly College of Arts & Sciences,
Harriet E. Lyon Professorship in Women's & Gender Studies,
Leadership Studies Program,
and Women's Resource Center
PIPER KERMAN
Reform advocate and author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Orange is the New Black
April 14, 2020
Mountainlair Ballrooms
7:30 p.m.
Book signing to follow.
Co-sponsored by the Reed College of Media
Due to the popularity of the speaker and limited seating, (free) tickets will be required. Please check back here for updated information as it becomes available.
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