Internationally acclaimed conductor and music director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson, will present a talk for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m., Wednesday, September 20 in Graham Chapel. To promote the orchestra, Arts & Sciences is offering free tickets to WUSTL students for the September 21 concert.
A dilemma: You’ve just listened to the Assembly Series speaker and want to continue the discussion. But you’re hungry too. What can you do? You can sign up for the new Post-Assembly Series Students’ Discussion.
Author Patrick Ryan — whose debut novel, Send Me, was published earlier this year — will read from his work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, for The Writing Program Reading Series.
Nathan Dardick, a 1971 Arts & Sciences’ alumnus, visited campus this past May for two very important reasons: to participate in this son’s graduation, and to dedicate a dormitory in his name.
Anthropologist Erik Trinkaus argues that “in the broader sweep of human evolution, the more unusual group is not Neandertals, but it’s us — Modern Humans.”
Renowned saxophonist Willie Akins will launch the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences’ fall Jazz at Holmes series with a special outdoor performance in Brookings Quadrangle. The event, titled “Jazz in the Quad,” is free and open to the public and begins at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14.
The transition to college is a time when students assume primary responsibility for their health, said Alan I. Glass, M.D., director of the Habif Health and Wellness Center on campus.
The exhibition focuses on the creation of Eyes on the Prize, from Henry Hampton’s early efforts to its highly successful premiere broadcast on PBS 20 years ago, and the influence the series still has today.