Marya Hornbacher, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of “Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia” and “Madness: A Bipolar Life,” will speak to the campus community on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Center, room 100.

The author and mental health advocate will discuss how culture – through media messages and social norms – frame the public’s understanding of eating disorders. Hornbacher will share her own experiences at the event, which is presented by the campus’s Psychological Counseling Center.

The event is free and open to the public. Admission tickets are available at the information desk located on the second floor of the Student Union. For more information, call x2920.

Hornbacher will also host a student writing workshop on Thursday, Nov. 5, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the Jacobson Faculty Tower, room 1010. Students interested in participating should contact the English Department at x2727.

The Psychological Counseling Center is sponsoring a series of events during National Eating Disorders Week, Feb. 22-28.

Mark Balaban, senior counselor and eating disorders specialist with the Psychological Counseling Center, organized the weeklong program along with a number of faculty, staff, student and off-campus groups.

“Our goal is to raise awareness about issues related to eating and body images,” said Balaban. “These issues are particularly relevant to college populations, and it is important that our students know about them and the resources available on campus.”

The week’s events open at 2 p.m. on Feb. 22 in the Student Union Building Room 100 with a vigil for people with eating disorders, sponsored by Delta Phi Epsilon.

The two main events are a screening of the documentary “Do I Look Fat?” on at 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 23 in Lecture Center 100 and a one-woman show, “Size Ate,” at 7 and 9 p.m. on Feb. 26 in McKenna Theatre. Both events are free and open to the public,  but  tickets must be picked up in the Student Activities Office in the Student Union Building.

The following events round out the week: Body Image and Eating Disorders Awareness Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Feb. 23 in Student Union Building room 100; caricature artist drawings aimed at raising awareness of body image from noon to 4 p.m. on Feb. 24 in Student Union Building room 100; and four performances of “Hungry, Why Weight?” written by the campus’s Undergraduate Psychology Association in various residence halls, beginning at 9 p.m. on Feb. 25. The week culminates with a performance by slam poet “Tennessee” Mary Fons at 8 p.m. in Student Union Building room 100.

For more information, contact the Psychological Counseling Center at x2920.