Joe Angeles/WUSTL Photo ServicesShaun Hudson as Coalhouse Walker, Jr., and Renae Adams as MotherRagtime, Terrence McNally’s acclaimed adaptation of the 1975 novel by E.L. Doctorow, is a sweeping and ambitious tale of race, class and the promise of America at the dawn of the 20th century. It is also a tremendously demanding theatrical production, requiring almost 50 actors and at least a dozen musicians. Indeed, Ragtime is so logistically challenging — more than 150 different costumes must be designed and sewn — that it virtually precludes staging by all but the largest of regional theaters. Yet next month, The Black Rep will join forces with the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences to present this Tony Award-winning musical as the fall Mainstage production.
Harold Ford Jr., once described by President Bill Clinton as “the walking, living embodiment of where America ought to go in the 21st century,” will give this year’s Elliot Stein Lecture in Ethics for the Assembly Series. His talk will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, October 7 in Graham Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.
Alumnus Jason Green, who now serves as Deputy Associate General Counsel to President Barack Obama, will be back on campus to give an Assembly Series/Leadership Lecture Series presentation at 4 p.m. Friday, October 9 in Wilson Hall Room 214. His talk is free and open to the public.
Green is returning to Washington University to participate in a Student Union reunion from October 9 – 11
The School of Law’s 12th annual Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 30, with nationally prominent speaker Matthew Coles, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project in New York. The yearlong series Access to Justice: The Social Responsibility of Lawyers brings to WUSTL […]
A four-part seminar series on inquiry-based methods of science teaching begins at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, with Jay Labov, Ph.D., a senior staff member of the National Research Council’s Center for Education.
The following incidents were reported to University Police Sept. 16-22. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Sept. 16 11:08 a.m. — A teak […]
The following are among the new faculty members at the University. Others will be introduced periodically in this space.
Kunal Agrawal, Ph.D.,
Jung-Tsung Shen, Ph.D.
Recycle only clean containers. Food and contaminants can affect the quality of recycled plastic by attracting vermin. When possible, rinse containers used for food and drink, or at a minimum, empty liquids and use a napkin to wipe visible food residues.
Faculty and graduate students from St. Louis-area universities with an interest in labor, households, health care, law and social welfare are being invited to take part in a series of Monday brown bag luncheon seminars to be held on campus biweekly through Nov. 30. In its 14th year, the Work, Families and Public Policy series […]