Poet David Baker, the visiting Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in The Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, will read from his work at 8 p.m. March 22 in Hurst Lounge in Duncker Hall as part of The Writing Program Reading Series.
Costas Azariadis, Ph.D., professor of economics in Arts & Sciences, has been named an Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor. A formal installation ceremony was held Feb. 1 in Holmes Lounge.
Richard E. Koy, D.D.S., professor and head of removal prosthodontics at the School of Dentistry from 1985-88, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007, at the Eden Village Retirement Center in Glen Carbon, Ill., from complications from pneumonia. He was 81.
Photo by Joe AngelesMary Elliott, a Liggett/Koenig residential college director, makes a point at a book discussion group hosted by Risa Zwerling Wrighton as part of The Big Read March 2.
Photo by Mary Butkus(From left) Michelle Levy, a junior majoring in biology in Arts & Sciences, with her date, fourth-year medical student Sameer Lodha, and fourth-year medical students Jennifer Chu and John Reuter enjoy the 10th annual Med Ball March 10 at the Millennium Hotel St. Louis.
Political developments affecting American business and new challenges and directions in political risk analysis will be the focus of a public forum from 8 a.m.-noon March 23 in the May Auditorium of Simon Hall.
Uta Grosenick, managing editor for DuMont publishers in Cologne, Germany, will speak on the development of commercial art galleries since 1945 at 6:30 p.m. March 22 in Brown Hall Auditorium.
Robert E. Wiltenburg, Ph.D., dean of University College in Arts & Sciences, will serve as president-elect of the University Continuing Education Association from 2007-08, president from 2008-09, and immediate past-president from 2009-2010.
Photo by David KilperA recent temporary installation by Kiyoto Koseki, a senior sculpture major in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, greeted drivers and pedestrians on Skinker Boulevard outside the College of Art’s Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker Hall.
University students who have a passion for collecting books can compete for prizes of $1,000 and $500 by entering the 20th Annual Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Competition.