Throughout the book, Green connects humanity’s deadliest disease to scientific discovery, race, beauty standards and global health efforts to curb its spread. Troy Hall, interim dean of the Honors College, said that each year Honors College leaders spend time trying to select a book that will appeal to students across majors. The Honors College summer reading program started over 10 years ago as a way for students to get introduced to seminar-style learning and connect with faculty and other students during week zero. It kind of gets them ready for that first day,” said Taylor Maki, Honors College student engagement and recruitment coordinator. To reconnect with this theme, the Honors College and College of Business held a joint civil discourse event called “When is political violence necessary?”