Some book clubs and reading groups are offering students an escape from their dorms during winter. English Prof. William West leads a weekly reading group. West noted that while a traditional book ...

Keep up with everything happening in The Commons by signing up for our Philanthropy Today newsletter and joining our Commons LinkedIn group. Marcy Mager hadn’t expected the visceral response to the ...

This post was updated Nov. 17 at 8:52 p.m. With elves, giants and magic, the Medieval Texts Reading Group builds community one whimsical text at a time. Revived this quarter after a hiatus due to the ...

In the Sept. 26, 2025, opinion essay, “Small-Group Reading Instruction Is Not as Effective as You Think,” authors Mike Schmoker and Timothy Shanahan list shortcomings of small-group reading ...

GENEVA — The first of many America 250 reading challenges took place Saturday afternoon at the Geneva Public Library. Jim McClure, a public services associate at the library, led a discussion of the ...