Dr. Jessica Katzenstein discusses her research on how U.S. police officers absorb and resist reforms during a mounting legitimacy crisis. She explores why reforms fail […]
Violence as Neighborhood Trauma with Dexter Voisin
Dean Dexter Voisin discusses his book “America the Beautiful and Violent: Black Youth and Neighborhood Trauma in Chicago.” History and context play a huge role […]
Black History Month 2023 Reading List: Fiction for Adults
February is Black History Month, and the Matchmakers have put together a list of suggested Adult Fiction reads by Black authors. Celebrate the history and […]
FFHL raises funds for Coventry PEACE Park updates
In last month’s Heights Observer issue, Erick Kauffman, a former President of Coventry PEACE and current board member of the Fund for the Future of […]
Take a Super Seat and Read!
Where is your favorite place to sit? What seat do you know the best? When you’re out and about, where do you sit for a […]
Lake Erie Ink Art Show: Create New Worlds
February 1-28 A collection of works done by Lake Erie Ink students in a variety of mediums. Lake Erie Ink is a not for profit […]
Tenants at Former Coventry School sign new leases
Almost a year to the date that their former leasing arrangement with Heights Libraries expired in December 2021, the tenants of the former Coventry School […]
If You Could See The Sun by Ann Liang
If you had the chance to turn invisible whenever you wished, what would you do? If you said, “Create an app that has you complete […]
Vintage Cookbooks Drive the Plot: Elinor Lipman and Karma Brown
One way to time-travel is to peruse a vintage cookbook, follow the recipe, whip up some crazy food nobody eats anymore, and eat up the […]
The Backstreets: A Novel from Xinjiang
In the summer of 2010, I was fortunate to have been part of a month-long study abroad program in China sponsored by my university. The […]