David A. Lawton, Ph.D., professor and chair of English in Arts & Sciences, delivers the first Assembly Series lecture of the spring semester, titled “Burning to Read.” The lecture was held Jan. 24 in Graham Chapel and also served to kick off The Big Read program, spearheaded locally by the University. The National Endowment for the Arts-supported initiative is a national program designed to encourage literary reading by helping communities come together to read and discuss a single book. The University chose Ray Bradbury’s science-fiction classic “Fahrenheit 451.” For more information on The Big Read and events, visit bigread.wustl.edu.