News and Exhibits

Ocean Vuong is the author of a forthcoming novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, and of the critically acclaimed poetry collection, Night Sky with Exit Wounds, which was awarded the T.S. Eliot Prize, the Whiting Award, the Thom Gunn Award, and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. A Ruth Lilly fellow from the Poetry Foundation, his honors include fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, The Academy of American Poets, and the Pushcart Prize. Born in Vietnam, he is currently an Assistant Professor at UMass-Amherst. Continue reading »

The processes behind the change of seasons from autumn to winter has captured the attention of scientists from diverse disciplines, from botanists and ecologists to geologists and physicists. This display, located outside of Schow, celebrates and explores the shift from autumn to winter, even as we observe these changes here in the Berkshires. Continue reading »

It’s a new school year and things are quickly gearing up. If you happen to find yourself with some free time and enjoy unwinding with a good book, check out recommendations from the Schow Student Desk Assistants! Located in the display case outside of Schow Science Library. Continue reading »

We build complete institutions around our books, but do you know how a book is built? In a display done in collaboration with Collection Management and with Special Collections, the underappreciated art and practice of bookbinding is brought into the spotlight. Continue reading »

On view in the Special Collections Instruction Gallery (Sawyer 408) through mid-September are important works in the history of Astronomy and Astrophysics, from Copernicus to Newton, chosen from the collection of Jay and Naomi Pasachoff on deposit in the Chapin Library. The display is in honor of Prof. Pasachoff’s 75th… Continue reading »