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TiVo or tape the Academy Awards and step out to hear a unique performance of brilliant music that marked the court of Louis XIV, the Sun King. St. Louis’ own Kingsbury Ensemble will perform Music Fit for a King: Theatre Music and Cantatas from the French Baroque in Washington University’s Holmes Lounge at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 5.

Courtesy photoSand N. DaltonSand N. Dalton, described by CBC Radio as “one of the leading Baroque oboists in North America,” will speak on the Baroque oboe and its relationship to the mean-tone tuning systems of the 17th and 18th centuries at 4 p.m. Friday, March 3, for the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences.

The first lecture, addressing child welfare reform and child welfare services, will be presented by Richard Barth of the University of North Carolina on Feb. 23.

Harriet Stone, Ph.D., professor of romance languages & comparative literature in Arts & Sciences, will speak on “Objects for the Table: Descartes, La Bruyère and Dutch Golden Age Painters” at 4:10 p.m., Thursday, March 2. The talk, part of the Center for the Humanities’ Faculty Fellows Lecture and Workshop Series, will address the status of objects in science, literature and art as part of an inquiry into forms of knowledge that ground 17th-century European culture.

Courtesy photo*Animal Farm: The Puppet Musical*”All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.” Such is the satiric lesson of Animal Farm, George Orwell’s cautionary parable about the uses and abuses of power. In March, New York’s acclaimed Synapse Productions will treat St. Louis audiences to Animal Farm: The Puppet Musical. This witty and visually stunning production — based on a musical adaptation by famed British director Peter Hall — re-imagines Orwell’s novel with all the wonder and grotesquerie of a childhood fairy tale.

The St. Louis region aims to become a great biotechnology hub, attracting new businesses and industry from all over the country. If that dream is to become a reality, we need people highly skilled in mathematics and science. A research project by the Center for Inquiry in Science Teaching and Learning (CISTL) at Washington University in St. Louis suggests human resources in science may not be coming from local school districts unless significant investment is forthcoming.

Ernst K. Zinner, Ph.D., research professor of physics and of earth and planetary sciences, both in Arts & Sciences, at Washington University in St. Louis, will participate in the AAAS “Exploring a Dusty Cosmos” press briefing at 8 a.m. Central Time Monday, Feb. 20, in Room 274, second floor, America’s Center. Zinner is presenting in the 9 a.m. symposium “Stardust: Solar System Birth and Death.” The title of his talk is “Stardust in the Laboratory.”

More than 30 Washington University faculty, administrators and staff will participate in science and technology presentations when the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific organization, holds its annual meeting Feb. 16-20 at both the America’s Center and Renaissance Grand Hotel in downtown St. Louis.

Science Outreach connects the resources of Washington University to K-12 teachers, students, and families. Our goal is to improve learning in math and science through hands-on, investigative teaching methods. We place priority on working with neighboring school districts in underserved communities. Many of our programs are national models for teacher professional development. Science Outreach programs […]

(On February 18, Wagenseil speaks on “Imaging of extracellular matrix dynamics in living cells: new insights into structure and function.” The presentation is part of a session called “Elastic fiber formation: a dynamic view.” The session runs from 9:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.) While much of what goes wrong in human disease takes place inside […]