Maki to present Sam Fox Arts Center Lecture
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 […]
French ambassador to address ‘a world transformed’
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, […]
Research: ‘Heavy metal snow’ on Venus is lead, bismuth sulfides
This determination by WUSTL scientists settles a longtime controversy in the planetary community.
Howard, poetry editor of The Paris Review, to speak
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 […]
Concert, symposium highlight French composer Guilmant
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 […]
Japanese troupe offers free sit-down comedy
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 […]
Stress stopper
Photo by Bill StoverMartha Tillman leads a Human Resources Wellness Connection Event called “Exercising to Relieve Stress” March 18.
International Festival at GWB April 12 and 16
From traditional foods to informative presentations and lively entertainment, international students in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work will offer a taste of their homelands during the 10th annual International Festival April 12 and 16. The theme of this year’s festival, which is free and open to the public, is “Citizens of the […]
Loebs establish professorship
They made the commitment to honor and thank local physicians with clinical excellence and to encourage teaching that excellence.
Coverage of the uninsured focus of panel discussion
“The True Cost of Health Care in the United States” April 21 was organized by University medical students.
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