Author: Liam Otten

It’s election season once again, but the political fun continues even after votes are cast. On Thursday, Nov. 9, the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will host “Playwrights and Politics: Two Acts on the National and International Scene.” The symposium will examine the nature of political theatre and the impact of the arts on national and international politics.

A new device used at Siteman Cancer Center will protect staff from the possibility of incidental exposure to trace amounts of chemotherapy drugs generated during administration.

Set in pre-revolutionary Russia, the play tells the story of Tevye, a hardworking milkman who must find suitable husbands for his three eldest daughters.

Hamilton, one of the most challenging and provocative installation artists working today, is a 1993 recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship, popularly nicknamed the “genius grant.”

The Right Honourable Sir John Major, former prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, will give the keynote address.

Speakers will include William H. Gass, Richard “Red” Watson, Margarita Boyers and Robert Boyers.

The Department of English in Arts & Sciences will host a memorial reading in honor of Charles Newman, an acclaimed writer and longtime faculty member, who passed away last March at the age of 67. Speakers will include William H. Gass, Richard “Red” Watson, Margarita Boyers and Robert Boyers.

First art museum west of Mississippi River to open new facilities Oct. 25 by Fumihiko Maki, architect of Tower 4 at World Trade Center site

Photo by David KilperThe southern facades of the Kemper Art Museum and Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker Hall. Also pictured is the Dula Foundation Central Courtyard.For the first time in decades, all of the University’s undergraduate design and visual arts programs will be located in a single, central location.

The 3,000-square-foot museum features items drawn from Eric P. Newman’s renowned collection as well as a numismatics library and workspace for scholars.