Cancer patients, nurses, doctors, advocates and scholars will gather Nov. 6-8 on the Indiana University School of Medicine campus to explore how stories about cancer have affected perceptions about the illness.

This Saturday will mark the 38th Commencement at Sierra Nevada College. College commencement is always a day to celebrate accomplishment, completion and growth.

DARTMOUTH — A four-week, 2009 Summer Teacher Institute at UMass Dartmouth will use Winslow Homer’s paintings as the point of departure for a voyage of discovery about maritime history in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Pennsylvania College of Art & Design's "fauxREAL" isn't a typical portrait show, mostly because artist Matthew Ivan Cherry relies on more than surface appearance to tell him what a person really looks like.  Artist Matthew Ivan Cherry talks about his

SENIOR SOCIAL: Humorist Rose-Mary Rumbley will speak on mothers throughout history, 2 p.m. today, Central Library, 625 Austin St. in downtown Garland. Show is part of free Senior Social Hour, for residents 55 and older. Registration not required. Call 972