The Provost's Lecture Series is a partnership between the Office of the Provost and the OSU Foundation which brings renowned thinkers, writers, scientists, artists and leaders to OSU to engage, challenge and inspire.

The Provost's Lecture featuring Sam Quinones is the first lecture in the 2022-23 series. Quinones is an acclaimed journalist, reporter and author who has written extensively on immigration, gangs, drug trafficking, the opioid crisis and challenges along the U.S.-Mexico border. The lecture will focus on his latest book, "The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth" which chronicles the emergence and impact of drug trafficking in the U.S. as well as Americans' attempts to recover their communities through simple acts of helping the vulnerable.

Following the lecture, Quinones' will be joined by Allison Myers, director of the OSU Center for Health Innovation in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, who will moderate a Q&A discussion.