红玫瑰社区

FAU Jupiter Campus Welcomes Renowned Author and Photographer

Bill Hayes

Bill Hayes


By lauren woeber | 1/16/2018

红玫瑰社区鈥檚 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, in collaboration with FAU鈥檚 Brain Institute, Jupiter Life Science Initiative and Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, will present a lecture by renowned author and photographer Bill Hayes on Monday, Jan. 22 at 6 p.m. in the OLLI complex at FAU鈥檚 John D. MacArthur Campus, 5353 Parkside Dr., in Jupiter. 聽The evening will include introductions and discussion led by notable FAU neuroscientists.

鈥淲e are honored to bring this celebrated author to campus,鈥 said Alex Keene, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences within FAU鈥檚 Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. 鈥淪upport of this lecture is campus-wide as multiple collaborators joined together to sponsor this exciting event.鈥

Hayes is the author of 鈥淚nsomniac City,鈥 a 2017 critically praised memoir about his life in New York with his late partner, famed author and neurologist Oliver Sacks, M.D.

In this special event, Hayes, a Guggenheim fellow, author of four books and a frequent contributor to The New York Times, will reflect on his life with Sacks and discuss the doctor鈥檚 legacy as well as provide insights into his own work, including a preview of his forthcoming volume of street photography.

Tickets are $20 for members or nonmembers. For more information, contact the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at 561-799-8547 or visit www.fau.edu/osherjupiter.

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