The University community and the general public are invited to hear

Dr. Xolela Mangcu (Department of Sociology, University of Cape Town and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution)

Black Consciousness in the Intellectual History of Western Modernity: Re-Reading Steve Biko

Date and Time:  Thursday, April 11 at 3:30 - 4:15 p.m.

Location:  Special Collections and Archives, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

A reception and book-signing will follow Dr. Mangcu's talk.

Presented by:  Africana Studies, Auburn University Libraries, and the Multicultural Center with assistance from the Special Lectures Fund.

Grove Art Online is a reference source covering all aspects and time periods of art worldwide.  Please NOTE access to this database is limited to three simultaneous users.

By Jorge Armony and Patrik Vuilleumier and published by Cambridge University Press in 2013, this large volume is located on the Fourth Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library under call number QP360 .C337 2013.

On Saturday, April 13 from 1 - 3 p.m. we're packing meals for those in need.

Location:  Ralph Brown Draughon Library, Newspaper Reading Room on the First Floor.

Please do your part to help reach our goal of 10,000 meals packaged.

Sign up to donate or volunteer at events.stophungernow.org/auburn or send e-mail to DLW0015@auburn.edu .

Meet Littleton-Franklin Speaker Lewis Hyde, Richard L. Thomas Professor of Creative Writing, Kenyon College

Author of Common as Air:  Revolution, Art, and Ownership as well as The Gift (1983) and Trickster Makes this World (1998).

Date and Time:  Monday, March 25 at 10 - 11 a.m.

Location:  Special Collections and Archives Department, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Sponsored by Auburn University Libraries and Auburn Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.

Edited by Spencer C. Tucker and others, this is the Second Edition.  Published in 2011 by ABC-CLIO, this four-volume set is located on the Second Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library under call number DS 557.7 .E53 2011.

Urban Land Institute Development Case Studies provides access to detailed case studies of completed projects ranging from low-income housing to mixed-use downtown developments to commercial and industrial projects from 1981 to the present. The case studies provide photographs and site plans, information on costs and rents, innovative features and strategies of the project, and an explanation of the development process.  This database is limited to single-user access.

Discover Auburn Series

Panel Discussion

Charles Darwin: A Celebration of his Life and Legacy

Edited by James Bradley and Jay Lamar (Director of Special Programs, Office of Undergraduate Studies, Auburn University)

Date and Time:  Tuesday, March 19 at 3 p.m.

Location:  Special Collections and Archives, Ground Floor, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

Sponsored by Auburn University Libraries and Auburn University Bookstore.