CNN / Cable News Network Doug Wiens joins John King’s live coverage of tsunami aftermath 3 /11/2011 Doug Wiens, chairman of Washington University department of earth and planetary sciences, joins CNN live from St. Louis to help explain the science of tsunamis. Wiens discussed the earthquake and its context within the “ring of fire,” a […]
Cellist Anne Fagerburg, violist Morris Jacob and violinist Erin Schreiber — all members of the St. Louis Symphony — will join pianist Martin Kennedy, assistant professor of music, and mezzo-soprano Nöel Prince, instructor in voice, for a free performance at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 28. Sponsored by the Department of Music and the St. Louis Symphony Community Partnership program, the concert will feature music of Franz Liszt, Edward MacDowell, Franz Schubert and Gustav Mahler.
Keith Bridwell, MD, the Asa C. and Dorothy W. Jones Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, and Lawrence Lenke, MD, the Jerome J. Gilden, MD, Endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, are the 2011 recipients of the National Marfan Foundation’s Hero with a Heart Awards, which will be presented Feb. 26 at Heartworks St. Louis at the […]
The New York Times The face on the canvas and other mysteries 03/10/2011 Chicago artist Jim Nutt, 72, has been painting the same subject day after day, for the last 25 years: the off-kilter face of an imaginary woman with a monumental nose. His interest in the human face dates back to the influence of […]
Julian Bond, one of the nation’s most respected civil rights leaders, will deliver the keynote address for the Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship 20th Anniversary Conference and Alumni Reunion March 31- April 1 at Washington University in St. Louis. Bond’s address, titled “Post Racial America: Fact or Fiction?” will be at 11 a.m. Friday, April 1, in Graham Chapel. It is free and open to the public.
Workers who have limited rights and are exposed to significant hazards and injuries might sound like something out of a Victorian novel, but it’s a reality for paid domestic service employees who perform tasks such as cleaning, cooking, childcare and care of the elderly. “Domestic employees face a variety of workplace hazards when working in clients’ homes, including exposure to harmful cleaning chemicals, verbal and physical abuse and injuries caused by lifting and moving clients with limited mobility,” says Peggie Smith, JD, employment law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis.
The SGC International is the largest printmaking organization in North America, with thousands of members in all 50 states, Canada, South America and Europe. Next week, the SGCI will bring more than 1,200 printmakers from around the world to the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, which is hosting Equilibrium, the organization’s 2011 conference.
Rebecca Skloot uncovered the incredible story of Henrietta Lacks, a medical mystery that illuminates the still-murky intersection of medical science, race and class. Her bookThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has won numerous awards and is a New York Times bestseller. She will speak for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, in Graham Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.
R. Marie Griffith, PhD, the John A. Bartlett Professor at Harvard University, has been named director of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics, announced Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. Griffith, whose appointment takes place July 1, is known as a pioneer in the study of modern evangelical women.
