News

• Rebecca Skloot Goes To Johns Hopkins (soon to UW!)

  Posted on September 23, 2010

  Rebecca Skloot will be the guest speaker at Johns Hopkins’ First Annual Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture. Johns Hopkins is, as all readers […]

• Rebecca Skloot At DePauw (soon to be UW!)

  Posted on September 23, 2010

  As UW-Madison ramps up for our visit with Rebecca Skloot, we will share other venues where she has, or is, appearing. Send […]

• Chancellor’s Convocation Book Give-away

  Posted on September 2, 2010

  Volunteers from the UW-Madison libraries, the Center for the First-Year Experience (CFYE), Housing, Enrollment Management, and the Kohl Center, as well as […]

• Courses Participating in Go Big Read

  Posted on August 20, 2010

  UW Madison instructors who incorporate the Go Big Read book into their curricula can get complimentary copies of the book for their […]

• Go Big Read-Health Sciences Program

  Posted on August 19, 2010

  UW’s West Side Campus, which includes many health science centric institutions and schools, like the UW Hospital and Clinics, the Ebling Library […]

• State Mandates Changes to UC Berkeley’s “On the Same Page” Program’s Use of DNA Results

  Posted on August 18, 2010

  In June, Elizabeth blogged about UC Berkeley’s “On the Same Page Program,” which usually selects a common book like we do. This […]

• Henrietta’s Headstone Dedication

  Posted on August 18, 2010

  There are a number of smaller moments in “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” that resonate for people as much as the […]

• Henrietta Lacks Facebook Page

  Posted on August 17, 2010

  Rebecca Skloot has created a Facebook page for Henrietta Lacks. Connect with HeLa’s profile to stay current with book and theme news. […]

• New Book Discussion Toolkit Now Available

  Posted on August 10, 2010

  Go Big Read has developed a new toolkit for any folks planning (or that are interested in planning) a book discussion for […]

• Tissue Donation

  Posted on July 12, 2010

  Mr. William Benedict has some interesting things to say about organ and tissue donation and its relationship to economics at a research […]