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Poets Catherine Barnett and Ellen Bryant Voigt will conclude the spring 2015 Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Clowes Memorial Hall Krannert Room. All events in the series are free and open to the public without tickets. For more information, call 317-940-9861. Poet, editor, and teacher Catherine Barnett is […]

Hannah Hendricks’ experience with sexual assault hits especially close to home for Butler students—she was raped during her first year on campus. “Students know that sexual assault exists,” said Noelle Rich, founder of Stand Tall, a student organization dedicated to awareness and prevention of sexual assault. “But not everyone knows it exists on our campus. […]

Chemistry major Luke Gallion ’16 says a lot of people deserve credit for him being named a winner of a prestigious Goldwater scholarship. “I have lots of faculty members who wrote me letters of recommendations, or reviewed my application and made suggestions, or had me in class and helped me get to where I am,” […]

Butler University’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program will offer two courses this summer that are open to the general public. Intensive Screenwriting: Make a Movie in Three Weeks will meet Monday through Thursday from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. May 18–June 5. Writing Poems That Don’t Fit: An Intensive Workshop will meet […]

Butler University issued the following statement after the legislature voted to change Indiana’s divisive “Religious Freedom” law: Butler University applauds and supports today’s proposed revisions to Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act. They represent a strong step forward and make clear that discrimination has no place in Indiana. The people of Indiana often talk about “Hoosier […]

On March 26, Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed the controversial “Religious Freedom Reform Act” (RFRA). The result was a backlash that spread across the country. Butler President James M. Danko was the first university president to speak out against the law. (See President Danko discussing the “Religious Freedom” act on MSNBC here and here.) This […]

The Butler Journal of Undergraduate Research, a 129-page online publication of college students’ papers on topics as diverse as modern political messaging and James Joyce’s naturalistic evolution, will publish its first edition on April 1 at digitalcommons.butler.edu/bjur/. The refereed journal features seven papers written by Butler, Wabash College, Bellarmine University, and University of Tennessee-Martin students. […]

The Butler Collegian was honored Saturday, March 28, with seven Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards, which honor the best in collegiate journalism. Junior Audrey Meyer won for editorial cartooning (including “Ebola” and “Dirty Laundry”). Here is a link to Meyer’s cartoon collection. Former editor in chief Marais Jacon-Duffy ’14 and freshman Cassie […]

The reviews are in: Professor Andy Levy’s new book, Huck Finn’s America: Mark Twain and the Era That Shaped His Masterpiece, is an enormous success. The New York Times: “Capacious, companionable…Levy is excellent on Twain, on his drawl, his gait, his evolution on race matters…and even better on his contradictions.” USA Today: “Levy explores the […]

Butler head Coach Chris Holtmann, who guided the Bulldogs to a very successful men’s basketball campaign in 2014-2015, has been awarded a contract extension. The new deal signed by Holtmann extends the coach’s contract through the 2020-21 season. “We are very pleased to announce that we have reached a contract extension agreement with Chris,” said […]

Butler freshman gets 15 seconds of fame with Kathie Lee and Hoda

Holocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor, who emerged from a trauma-filled childhood to become a brilliant example of the human spirit’s power to overcome, will be the speaker at Butler University’s Spring 2015 Commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 9, at 10:00 a.m. in Hinkle Fieldhouse. Kor and Jean Wildman, a longtime Butler benefactor, will receive honorary degrees. […]