September 2008

"Forces of Habit: Why we make war on some drugs but not others"

Posted on September 27, 2008July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—David Courtwright, John A. Delaney presidential professor at the University of Northern Florida, will give a lecture titled “Forces of Habit: Why we make war on some drugs but not others,” at Transylvania University on Thursday, October 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Cowgill Center, room 102. The lecture is free and open to the public. Courtwright is the inaugural speaker in the Drugged America Series, sponsored by the Bingham-Young Fellowship Program at Transylvania. Courtwright has been thinking and writing about the history of drug use and drug policy since the mid-1970s. He is the author of several books, including “Addicts Who Survived,” “Dark Paradise: A History of Opiate Addiction in America” and “Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World.” For more information, contact the public relations office at (859) 233-8120.

Tami Tango Trio brings traditional Buenos Aires music to Transylvania, September 26

Posted on September 26, 2008July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—On Friday, September 26, The World Voices Series at Transylvania University presents the Tami Tango Trio from Buenos Aires, for a night of tango. The concert will take place in Carrick Theater at 7:30 p.m. The Tami Tango Trio will showcase tangos, milongos and valses, as well as other traditional music. The trio has recorded five albums and toured throughout the United States and Latin America. “I’m thrilled that Transylvania is dedicated to the awareness of world music-cultures,” says World Voices Series director and professor of music Larry Barnes. “It’s vital that we engage peoples of the world proactively, and bring their values to light. This series gives the community an opportunity to do just that, through the intense communicative power of music and dance.” In recent years, the World Voices Series has presented music of the Middle East, Brazilian Capoiera music and dance and Indian classical raga, featuring musicians of international stature. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the public relations office at (859) 233-8120.

Transylvania’s fall convocation speaker, David Walton, presents "A Purpose Driven Life"

Posted on September 12, 2008July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Doctor, humanitarian and global health expert David Walton presented, “Living a Purpose Driven Life,” in Transylvania’s Haggin Auditorium on Sunday, September 14, at 7 p.m. The lecture was free and open to the public. This lecture, Transylvania’s fall convocation, tied in with Transy’s First Engagement’s book choice for 2008-09, Tracy Kidder’s “Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World.” Walton, one of Farmer’s protégés, is a staff member at the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequities at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and spends much of his time in Haiti providing medical care to impoverished Haitians.

Pieces from Transylvania’s extensive collection featured in first Morlan Gallery exhibit of 2008-09 season; runs through October 10

Posted on September 12, 2008July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania’s Morlan Gallery opened its 2008-09 season September 12 with an exhibition featuring the finest of Transylvania University’s own collection. The exhibition runs through October 10. Curated by Estill Curtis Pennington, considered by some to be Kentucky’s resident expert on the fine arts of the state, The Transylvania University Collection exhibition features early historic portraits, as well as academic, pastoral and early modern artwork. “The collection of Transylvania University is distinctive as a repository for many early Kentucky portraits which might otherwise have been lost,” said Pennington. “But the University also owns later work, like those of Sudduth Goff and Robert Burns Wilson that are clear indicators of the climate of taste at various times in the Bluegrass. All of the works in the collection help illuminate the role Transylvania has played in shaping the intellectual history of the Commonwealth.”A special event will be tied to this exhibition. The Making A Kentucky Master: Gilbert Stuart and Matthew H. Jouett Symposium, Walking Tour and Reception is scheduled for Saturday, October 4, from 3-5 p.m. Guest lecturers are Ellen G. Miles, Head Curator of Painting and Sculpture for the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution and Estill Curtis Pennington. The event begins in Transylvania’s Cowgill Building, room 102, tours through historic Gratz Park and concludes with a reception in the Morlan Gallery. This event is free and open to the public, although reservations are suggested. To make a reservation, contact

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