Join emerging writers and editors to discuss the ins and outs of publishing in literary periodicals. Please feel free to bring a lunch. This event is a complement to the West Branch reading, the same day at 7pm in Bucknell Hall.Mary Kovaleski Byrnes is the author of the poetry collection So Long the Sky (2018). She teaches writing and literature at Emerson College, and is the co-founder of the EmersonWRITES program, a free creative writing program for Boston Public School students.Ji Hyun Joo is a writer raised in San Diego, California and Gyeongi-Do, South Korea. She completed her M.F.A in Fiction at Columbia University, where she is a recipient of the 2020 Felipe P. De Alba Fellowship and a nominee for the Henfield Prize.Alice Liang is the incoming Associate Poetry Editor of West Branch. A poet based in Brooklyn by way of China and Michigan, she received her MFA in poetry from NYU in 2025.Keri Miller is the incoming Associate Fiction Editor of West Branch. She received her MFA from Florida State University and her PhD from the University of Southern Mississippi's Center for Writers where she served as associate editor of Mississippi Review.

Tree Time with John Bzdil4:30 p.m.Samek Art Museum, Bucknell University, Elaine Langone Center, top floor701 Moore Avenue, Lewisburg, PABusiness Manager at Dries Orchards, John Bzdil, to lead a conversation about maintaining orchards — from apple varieties to the challenge of finding field workers.

Film Showing: Origin

Our annual West Branch reading features recent contributors and new editorial staff members.Mary Kovaleski Byrnes is the author of the poetry collection So Long the Sky (2018). She teaches writing and literature at Emerson College, and is the co-founder of the EmersonWRITES program, a free creative writing program for Boston Public School students.Ji Hyun Joo is a writer raised in San Diego, California and Gyeongi-Do, South Korea. She completed her M.F.A in Fiction at Columbia University, where she is a recipient of the 2020 Felipe P. De Alba Fellowship and a nominee for the Henfield Prize.Alice Liang is the incoming Associate Poetry Editor of West Branch. A poet based in Brooklyn by way of China and Michigan, she received her MFA in poetry from NYU in 2025.Keri Miller is the incoming Associate Fiction Editor of West Branch. She received her MFA from Florida State University and her PhD from the University of Southern Mississippi's Center for Writers where she served as associate editor of Mississippi Review.

B&C Office Hours

What does data science look like at a quantitative hedge fund? To answer that question, the Dominguez Center for Data Science is pleased to have Ken Baron on campus to present "Data Science & Investment Management". All students are welcome to join this lunch and learn on Friday, Sept. 19th from 12-12:50pm in Taylor Hall 212. Lunch is provided, sign up here (https://forms.gle/whZfVsQyNRkbwpNK6). Ken Baron brings over 20 years of experience at the intersection of finance, data science and quantitative investment management. Most recently, he has led a team at a quantitative hedge fund that applied machine learning and statistical modeling to develop predictive models for investing in liquid markets. Ken holds a bachelor of arts in mathematics from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in statistics from Stanford University. He is the co-author of "Parimutuel Applications in Finance," a mathematical finance book.

Gina Siepel: To Understand a Tree encapsulates 6 years in communion with a single tree. Bridging art, ecology, and queer experience, the project approaches wood as a living being and explores interconnection, habitat, and environmental responsibility. Organized by the Museum for Art in Wood and curated by Jennifer-Navva Milliken.