David Kilper/WUSTL Photo Services*She Stoops to Conquer*Class, courtship and dysfunctional families all collide in She Stoops to Conquer, the classic 18th century comedy-of-errors by Irish author Oliver Goldsmith. This month, the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present a new production of this prototypical “situation comedy” in the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre.
When the winter sky washes the campus in ochres and grays, the student Arts Commission hosts its annual exhibition featuring works by students, faculty and staff of Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM). The event promotes a passion for creativity in a community devoted to science and medicine. More entries, more variety, and a high level of craft combined to make this year’s show remarkable.
WUSTL has moved up three spots on this year’s Peace Corps’ top 25 list of medium-sized schools producing Peace Corps volunteers. With 22 alumni currently serving as Peace Corps volunteers, the University is now ranked 20th overall.
Jarvis A. Thurston, Ph.D., professor emeritus of English and former chair of Washington University’s Department of English in Arts & Sciences, died Monday, Feb. 4, of heart disease at his home in University City. He was 93.
A group of residents and attending physicians have released a new Washington Manual designed for health-care providers who care for critically ill patients.
The George Warren Brown School of Social Work will host a lecture by Marc Freedman, founder and CEO of Civic Ventures and author of the groundbreaking book “Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life” at 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, in Brown Hall Lounge. The lecture, titled “Realizing the Experience Dividend […]
Students, faculty and staff throughout the United States are helping make their universities and colleges a little more “green” by instituting academic and campus programs to promote sustainability. While these efforts, ranging from the use of hybrid cars and renewable energy to the reduction of solid waste and greenhouse gas emissions, are impressive, their diversity […]
Jane Loevinger Weissman, Ph.D., professor emeritus of psychology and one of the first in her field to study daily challenges faced by mothers and other women, died Friday (Jan. 4, 2007) at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. She was 89 and a St. Louis resident.