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David Kilper/WUSTL Photo Services*The Pillowman*There are good parents and there are bad parents and then there are the outrageously horrible parents of Katurian K. Katurian, the writer at the center of Martin McDonagh’s macabre, pitch-black comedy The Pillowman. This month Washington University’s Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present The Pillowman — winner of the 2004 Olivier Award for Best New Play — in the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre.

The following are among the new faculty members at the University. Others will be introduced periodically in this space. William Acree, Ph.D., joins the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures in Arts & Sciences as assistant professor of Spanish. Prior to joining Washington University, he was assistant professor at San Diego State University. Acree earned […]

A. Edward Nussbaum, Ph.D., professor emeritus of mathematics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He was 84.

Women undergraduate and graduate students at Washington University in St. Louis can discuss post-graduation choices and how to attain a successful, fulfilling life at “Composing a Life” Nov. 17 from 6-8 p.m. in the Whitaker Hall Auditorium. The discussion, hosted by the Women’s Society of Washington University, will feature five women with career experience in an array of fields, from graphic design to law to nonprofit.

Items constructed from multiple recyclable commodities cannot be recycled in individual streams. For example, deconstruct a three-ring binder into metal, plastic and paper and place them in he appropriate containers to be recycled.

Richard L. Axelbaum, Ph.D., Todd Braver, Ph.D., Graham A. Colditz, M.D., and more…

Photo by Robert BostonWhat thrills Carla Jean Siegfried, M.D., associate professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, about her specialty is that, in some patients, she is able to restore sight.

The second of four University-wide blood drives this year will be held Nov. 11 at nine locations throughout the University.

Manuel Bailo, the Ruth and Norman Moore Visiting Professor in the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, will discuss his work for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ fall Public Lecture Series at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11.

Representatives from a variety of government agencies will be on campus Tuesday, Nov. 10, for “A Fresh Look at Government Jobs: Civil Service in the 21st Century.” This program features a series of events for undergraduate and graduate students. “In the next several years, the federal government will need to hire more than 270,000 workers, […]