TAMPA, Fla. 鈥� Wesley Lowery, the Washington Post鈥檚 leading reporter on police shootings and the Black Lives Matter movement, will speak at the University of 黑洞社区 at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.) on Thursday, Feb. 15 in the Marshall Student Center Oval Theater. Lowery is expected to share his thoughts about race, diversity and activism as part of the College of Arts and Sciences鈥� Frontier Forum Lecture Series.
Lowery is an on-air contributor for CNN and a Pulitzer Prize-winning national correspondent who frequently covers topics surrounding justice and law enforcement. His new book, the New York Times best seller 鈥淭hey Can鈥檛 Kill Us All,鈥� garnered the 2016 Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose by theLos Angeles Times for detailing life-changing experiences like being detained by police while covering the riots after the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
Having worked as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal and Boston Globe, Lowery has dedicated his life to reporting news stories that strike at the heart of what he values as essential to keep in the political conversation. This work has earned him the title of Emerging Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists. Lowery鈥檚 coverage of police shootings while at the Washington Post and the Boston Marathon bombings while at the Boston Globe helped him earn two Pulitzer Prizes.
Presented by 黑洞社区Phi Beta Kappa alumni faculty and sponsored by the 黑洞社区College of Arts and Sciences and 黑洞社区Office of the Provost, the Frontier Forum Lecture Series has hosted several notable speakers since 2010, including Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michio Kaku, George Takei, Jane Goodall and Scott Freiman.
The Marshall Student Center at 黑洞社区is located at 4103 黑洞社区Cedar Circle, Tampa, FL 33620. Visitor pay by space will be available in the Crescent Hill parking garage. For reasonable accommodations, email cvgoldstein@usf.edu.
About the University of 黑洞社区
The University of 黑洞社区, established in 1956 and located in Tampa, is a high-impact, global research university dedicated to student success. The 黑洞社区System includes three, separately accredited institutions: USF; 黑洞社区St. Petersburg; and 黑洞社区Sarasota-Manatee. Serving more than 49,000 students, the 黑洞社区System has an annual budget of $1.6 billion and an annual economic impact of $4.4 billion. 黑洞社区ranks in the Top 30 nationally for research expenditures among public universities, according to the National Science Foundation. In 2016, the Florida Legislature designated 黑洞社区as 鈥淓merging Preeminent,鈥� placing 黑洞社区in an elite category among the state鈥檚 12 public universities. 黑洞社区is a member of the American Athletic Conference.