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Photo by Tim ParkerMedical students in the Ballroom Dance Club learn dances for the School of Medicine’s 10th annual Faculty/Student Med Ball, to be held March 11.

The program will feature several virtuosic works by late 19th-century Russian composers, most notably Mili Balakirev’s colorful Islamey, Oriental Fantasy.

The new ages are set between 32,000-33,000 years old, and perhaps slightly older; in 1998, the fossils had been radiocarbon dated to 28,000-29,000 years.

Photo by Mary ButkusJohn Baugh, director of African and African American Studies, was recently installed as the first Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts & Sciences.

Courtesy PhotoESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Game was edited by Michael MacCambridge, adjunct professor in University College.

Using pieces of the collection housed in University Archives, Russell Sturgis: Critic, Historian and Collector runs through April 8 in the Bernoudy Gallery of Architecture.

Participant biographies for the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences’ upcoming symposium Music and Musicians of the Black Artists’ Group in St. Louis, at Washington University Feb. 16 and 17.

All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. For more information, call (314) 935-4841 or e-mail staylor@wustl.edu. THURSDAY, FEB. 16 WORKSHOP: Master class with Oliver Lake Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Location: Tietjens Hall, Washington University POETRY READING: Shirley LeFlore, with J.D. Parran Time: 4 p.m. Location: Alumni House, Washington […]

Cornel West, one of America’s most prominent public intellectuals, will give a talk called “Democracy Matters” for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. Feb. 2 in Graham Chapel. West is the Class of 1943 University Professor of Religion at Princeton University, but he is also well-known for his many contributions to pop culture. He played […]

It’s common for NASA to name features on planets and stars in constellations for characters in Greek mythology, or in honor of esteemed NASA colleagues.