Mar 25 Watch Kay Ryan Reflects on Role as Nation’s Poet Laureate Known for compact writing and for leading a quiet life, Kay Ryan has taken on a very public role as the nation's poet laureate. For more than 30 years, she has taught remedial English in Marin County, Calif. Her poems… Continue watching
Apr 17 Professor Saw Suspected Shooter as ‘Troubled’ By PBS News Hour Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old South Korean student from the western suburbs of Washington, D.C., has been identified as the gunman in the April 16 shooting rampage at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va. Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch Police Uncover More Information About Virginia Tech Shooter Police officials released the name of the Virginia Tech shooter, 23-year old student Cho Seung-Hui, who shot and killed 32 students Monday before killing himself in the worst mass shooting in American history. Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch Al Jazeera Launches English Service Arabic television news channel Al Jazeera has launched an English-language station. It will broadcast from studios in Doha, Kuala Lumpur, London and Washington, D.C., in addition to 20 other countries. Continue watching
May 04 Watch Claudia Emerson Wins Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Claudia Emerson, a professor at the University of Mary Washington, discuses winning the Pulitzer for her book "Late Wife," a compilation of poems about loves lost, marriage and divorce. Continue watching