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Photo by Mary ButkusKeith Mankowitz and Anastasiya Lakhtikova examine graduate student computer learning projects during the ITeach symposium Jan. 14.

Mariani taught legal writing and research in the School of Law and spent 20 years practicing law for Bryan Cave and Monsanto.

Kevin JohnsonJan Erkert, the Dance Program’s 2003-04 Marcus Artist, leads a recent workshop in improvisation techniques for the Performing Arts Department.

Classical ballet goes cutting-edge with the maverick talents of Britain’s George Piper Dances, aka Ballet Boyz, which will make its St. Louis debut later this month at Edison Theatre. The performances here — at 8 p.m. Feb. 20-21 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 22 — are part of the Boyz’s first-ever U.S. tour and are […]

Fumihiko Maki, the Pritzker Prize-winning architect of the planned Sam Fox Arts Center, will lecture on “Image, Space and Materiality” at 6 p.m. Feb. 23 in Steinberg Auditorium. The talk will serve as the Sam Fox Arts Center Lecture. Maki, principal of Maki & Associates in Tokyo, is renowned for fusing elements of Eastern and […]

Jean-David Levitte, French ambassador to the United States, will lecture on “The United States and France in a World Transformed,” at noon March 13 in the Uncas A. Whitaker Hall Auditorium. Levitte will be in St. Louis for the festivities surrounding the bicentennial celebration of the Louisiana Purchase. In addition to speaking at the University, […]

This determination by WUSTL scientists settles a longtime controversy in the planetary community.

Richard Howard, poetry editor of The Paris Review, will present a talk on the craft of poetry at 8 p.m. March 16 for The Writing Program Reading Series and will read from his own work at 8 p.m. March 18. Both events — which are sponsored by The Writing Program and Department of English, both […]

The Department of Music in Arts & Sciences and the St. Louis chapter of the American Guild of Organists will present a concert and symposium highlighting the works of French composer Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911) March 19-20. The concert will commemorate the immense organ of 10,000 pipes built for Festival Hall, the primary concert venue of […]

Western audiences are familiar with stand-up comedians, but the public can experience a sit-down version of this art form March 27 as the University will host an English-language performance of Rakugo, a traditional Japanese form of comic monologue. The Rakugo troupe has been on the Hilltop Campus this week to interact with faculty and students […]