‘Languages of the Humanities’ planned March 7

The Center for the Humanities will hold its first annual “Languages of the Humanities: The Yvonne Ozzello Memorial Evening” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, in the Alumni Lounge of the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.

Seventeeen humanities faculty plan to offer readings and musical presentations in 15 different languages as a tribute to Yvonne Ozzello, a professor of French and Italian and Associate Dean of the Humanities who died in 1999 from cancer.

“The evening is intended to highlight the humanities, in particular foreign languages and literature, championed so passionately by Yvonne,” says Magdalena Hauner, professor of African Languages and Literature. “It’s meant to be a window on the variety of languages we offer on campus, and an invitation to the students and the public to come and study them here.”

Ozzello is recognized for her gifts as a dynamic and much-beloved teacher. She won the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 1988, and in 1996 she earned the “Officer de l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques” from the French government for her contribution to disseminating French culture in the United States.

For more information, contact Magdalena Hauner, (608) 263-2445.