The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will launch its spring 2009 concert series, “Kemper Presents,” at 6 p.m. Feb. 27 with Theodore, a foursome that creates a rootsy, familiar yet completely fresh sound with instruments as diverse as the trombone, glockenspiel, accordion and lap steel guitar. Designed to highlight the talents and diversity of contemporary […]
Courtesy PhotoTwo powerhouses of American theater, The Guthrie Theater and The Acting Company, will join forces to present a pair of adventure classics at the Edison Theatre Feb. 13 and 14.
In January, 18 School of Medicine faculty were presented with Distinguished Faculty Awards, which recognize outstanding achievements in clinical care, community service, research and teaching.
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As the White House pleads for bipartisan support of a massive federal stimulus plan, congressional Democrats and Republicans are maneuvering, strategizing, nervously seeking partners in an awkward legislative first dance that may determine whether Barack Obama makes good on his promise to bring change to Washington, suggests Steven S. Smith, a congressional expert at Washington University in St. Louis.
Autism researchers at the School of Medicine are joining other scientists to image the brains of infants and attempt to identify anatomical and behavioral changes that may be linked to the onset of autism. The $10 million, NIH-funded Infant Brain Imaging Study allows investigators to analyze early brain development in children at risk for autism spectrum disorders by virtue of having an autistic sibling.
HaskinA crater on the moon has been named after the late Larry Haskin, Ph.D., who spent much of his career as a WUSTL researcher in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences.
CoplandWashington University’s Jazz at Holmes will present internationally acclaimed musicians Marc Copland, Gary Peacock and Bill Stewart in concert at 8 p.m. Feb. 13 in the E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall at the 560 Music Center in University City.
Boldrin
In a full-page ad published in major newspapers Jan. 29, more than 200 economists — including two from Washington University in St. Louis — politely reject President Obama’s stimulus package calling for increased government action to jumpstart the economy.
The most watched 33 and one half minutes on television will be celebrated, critiqued and analyzed on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009 when the Olin Business School hosts its ninth annual Super Ad Bowl. Marketing professors and students will gather for the Super Bowl Sunday ritual of rating and ranking the commercials while raising funds to benefit Meds and Food For Kids, an organization dedicated to curing child malnutrition in Haiti.
From Jan. 30 through Feb. 2, the official flag of Finland will fly with the U.S. flag on top of Brookings Hall, Washington University’s signature building on the Danforth Campus. This is in recognition of the opening of “Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future” and “On the Riverfront: St. Louis and the Gateway Arch,” exhibitions celebrating the work of the late Finnish architect, Eero Saarinen, who designed the St. Louis Gateway Arch.