Nancy Levinson, editor and executive director of Places Journal, will present a lecture at 12 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22, in Ken and Linda Sue Shollmier Hall, Room 250 of Vol Walker Hall, on the U of A campus as part of the fall 2025 lecture series in the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design.

Levinson’s lecture, “Library: An Infrastructure of Generosity,” will focus on the public library as an essential form of social infrastructure as exhibited in the library curated by Places for “PORCH: An Architecture of Generosity” for the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.

Since arriving at the journal in 2009, Levinson has led the transition from print to digital, advanced the editorial mission of public scholarship, overseen the launch of Places Books and received numerous foundation grants to support editorial content. She received a B.A. from Yale University and Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.

This lecture is open to the public. Admission is free, with limited seating.

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