ONE BOOK, ONE CHICAGO / April 23, 2009
You are invited to a One Book, One Chicago book discussion on The House on Mango Street by Loyola alumna, Sandra Cisneros on Thursday, April 23 at 2:00 p.m. in Rm 713, Lewis Library, 25 East Pearson, WTC. Janette Kopacz from Chicago Public Library will lead the discussion on this unique story of a Chicago […]
Thursday is “Talk Like Shakespeare Day” in Chicago!
Mayor Daley has declared that, in honor of the 445th anniversary of the birth of the Bard of Avon, that this Thursday (April 23rd) will be “Talk Like Shakespeare Day” in Chicago: http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/1534327,CST-NWS-shakes20.article As the late British journalist Bernard Levin ( http://grammar.about.com/od/advicefromthepros/a/Levinwrite.htm ) once wrote, this is not so terribly difficult as it may sound: […]
Celebrate Earth Day with a Film
All of these films on environmental topics are available for checkout at the libraries. Just submit this form: http://libraries.luc.edu/services/AV_forms.htm Building Sustainability With the Natural Step: UT-Houston’s Journey 1999 22 min VHS 044-07012 Cudahy Discusses how the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston used the principle of sustainability, which is the idea of meeting […]
Meet the Staff: Katherine Dunn
Title of your position: Serials Acquisitions Assistant What is your educational background? I have a B.A. in English Literature and Creative Writing from DePaul University. How long have you been at Loyola and what do you like best about working here? I worked in the General Counsel’s office at the WTC for a year before […]
The Women and Leadership Archives Lecture Series
The Women & Leadership Archives Lecture Series presents: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Sexed Bodies: Rethinking Abstinence in Light of the African AIDS Pandemic By: Melissa Browning April 16, 2009 12-1pm Piper Hall Room 201 Please feel free to bring a bagged lunch! Melissa Browning will discuss her research into the consequences of abstinence as a “solution” […]
View Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, April 1 – May 3
Visit the Chicago History Museum to see Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, April 1 – May 3. “On display for a limited time, see Lincoln’s handwritten speech that moved the nation toward understanding the reasons behind the country’s bloodiest war. Four months after the Battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln delivered his brief but powerful speech at the battleground […]