Hanna Vehmas of the Department of Sport Sciences/Sport Management at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland presents a series of lectures on international sports during a visit to Youngstown State University Oct. 26 to 28. The presentations, which are free and open to the public, will be in the Jones Room of Kilcawley Center:

Contemporary photographer David Hilliard, known for his panoramic photographs documenting his life and the lives of those around him, lectures 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, in the McDonough Museum of Art on the campus of Youngstown State University. The lecture, presented by YSU’s Department of Art, is free and open to the public.

Monday, Oct. 12, 10 a.m. Robert T. Alter, foreign service officer from the U.S. Department of State, speaks in the James Gallery of Kilcawley Center. The lecture, free and open to the public, is presented by the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. More. Monday, Oct. 12, 7 p.m. YSU Dana School of Music Jazz Ensembles perform in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center. Tuesday, Oct.

Civil rights leader and peace activist Minnijean Brown Trickey, one of the Little Rock Nine who defied threats to attend an all-white high school in 1957, will be on the campus of Youngstown State University Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 6 and 7 to screen a documentary on her life. “Journey to Little Rock: The Untold Story of Minnijean Brown Trickey” will be screened 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6 in the Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Center. An abbreviated version of the documentary will also be screened 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7 in McKay Auditorium in the Beeghly College of Education on campus.