Photojournalist and documentarian Melanie Burford was a member of The Dallas Morning News photo team that won a Pulitzer for its 2006 coverage of Hurricane Katrina. She returned last spring to document the human cost of the BP disaster, and next week she's taking a break from her teaching gig at Columbia University to bring these stories to the University of Puget Sound. Her lecture on Tuesday the 15th (6:30 p.m. in the Rasmussen Rotunda) will consider the topic, "The Monster Under the Water: Delacroix Island Fishermen Defend Their Marsh Against the BP Oil Spill." Her second lecture, the next evening at 6:30 p.m., will be in Kilworth Chapel and cover the "Eyes of the Storm: The Photographic Story of Hurricane Katrina From the Photographers at The Dallas Morning News." Both presentations are free, and the general public is encouraged to attend.

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Melanie Burford lectures

Tuesday, Feb. 15, 6:30 p.m., free
Rasmussen Rotunda, University of Puget Sound
1500 N. Warner St., Tacoma
253.879.2611

Wednesday, Feb. 16, 6:30 p.m., free
Kilworth Chapel, University of Puget Sound
1500 N. Warner St., Tacoma
253.879.2611