Author: Liam Otten

The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences has announced its Spring 2007 Faculty Fellows. The three recipients are: Patrick Burke, Ph.D., assistant professor of music; Gerald Izenberg, Ph.D., professor of history; and Akiko Tsuchiya, Ph.D., associate professor of Spanish, all in Arts & Sciences. Each will spend a semester in-residence with the center, researching a new book project while attending a variety of presentations and delivering one formal, public lecture about their work.

DavisKathryn Davis, recently appointed senior fiction writer in the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, will open the program’s spring reading series at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, in Hurst Lounge.

Courtesy photoTurtle Island String QuartetTwo of the most adventurous ensembles in contemporary American music, The Turtle Island String Quartet and the all-sibling Ying Quartet, will perform selections from their Grammy-nomindated collaboration 4 + Four (Telarc Classics) at Washington University’s Edison Theatre. The special, one-night-only concert begins at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, as part of the Edison Theatre OVATIONS! Series. In addition, Turtle Island will present an all-ages matinee performance of “The Art of the Groove,” a cross-cultural musical journey ranging from Vivaldi to Jimmy Hendrix, as part of the ovations! for young people series at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21.

Photo by Mary ButkusWashUCity, a University mentoring program, raised about $30,000 to fund a dozen new computer stations at U. City High School.

A 37-foot-long semi-trailer is the centerpiece of MySci, a comprehensive K-2 science experience developed thanks to a $3.7 million grant from the Monsanto Fund.

Featured faculty presenters will be Keith Sawyer and Rebecca Lester; Larry May will deliver a keynote address on “The Moral Writer.”

The Community Music School building in University City includes the 1,115-seat E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, a 300-seat theater & a small recital hall.

The performances will feature close to 40 student dancers, selected by audition, performing six works by faculty and guest choreographers.

She teaches undergraduate and graduate printmaking and drawing majors, as well as general elective printmaking.

Photo by David KilperA welcoming reception was held Nov. 18 for Carmon Colangelo, recently named the first dean of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.