Beginning Jan. 30, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will present “Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future,” the first retrospective to explore the complete career of the acclaimed Finnish-American architect of the Gateway Arch.
Mark J. Brostoff has been named associate dean and director of the Weston Career Center at Olin Business School. Brostoff, who began the position Jan. 9, is a retired commander in the U.S. Navy and earned a master’s degree in health administration from WUSTL in 1982. He graduated from Alfred University in 1980. He was […]
A client of the School of Law’s Civil Justice Clinic convicted for the murder of her abusive husband had her sentence commuted by former Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt in one of his final gubernatorial acts.
Speakers covering such diverse subjects as science, entrepreneurship, film and mathematics will take center stage during the Spring 2009 Assembly Series.
A memorial service for Elizabeth K. Barry, a first-year student in Arts & Sciences who died Dec. 8, 2008, will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, in Graham Chapel. The service will be open to the University community.
Gary S. Wihl, Ph.D., dean of Rice University’s School of Humanities and a highly respected scholar and academic leader, will become dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences on July 1, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. “Gary Wihl brings his many talents as both an accomplished scholar and an experienced administrator to Washington University at a very important time in our history,” Wrighton said.
Four top University administrators have received promotions, announced James E. McLeod, vice chancellor for students and dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.
Courtesy photo*Wonderboy*Superpowers aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.Take Wonderboy, the new collaboration by San Francisco choreographer Joe Goode and master puppeteer Basil Twist. Blessed with uncanny empathy and superhuman sensitivity, the title character is virtually paralyzed by everyday sights and sounds — the clash of bells, the glare of sunlight, a young man passing on the street. Yet Wonderboy is not without resources, nor without courage. In February the Joe Goode Performance Group will bring its three-foot-tall wooden hero to St. Louis as part of the Edison Theatre OVATIONS Series.