Award-winning Journalist Anderson Cooper will speak at family weekend and will be the second speaker for the University Speaker Series.

Anderson Cooper, anchor of CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360," will speak during family weekend at 3 p.m. on Sept. 21 at the Show Me Center.

From the Boston Marathon bombings, the conflicts in Syria and Egypt and the Sandy Hook shootings, Cooper has covered major events all across the globe.

He is a regular correspondent on other major news networks, including CBS's "60 Minutes," and has played a major role in political and election coverage. He has also moderated for presidential debates.

General admission is $10 and tickets can be purchased at the Show Me Center Box Office and students get in free with a valid student ID.

It was announced Friday that Richard Picciotto, Mara Liasson, Soledad O'Brien, Hill Harper, and Ozzie Smith will also be coming to campus as part of the University Speaker Series.