Women’s day
Photo by Mary ButkusThe fifth annual International Women’s Day Celebration March 4 was a Sesquicentennial event focusing on “Historic Women in Legal Education.”
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Public forum on ‘Intolerance and Prejudice’ brings leading scholars to Washington University, April 2
What are the origins of intolerance and prejudice? How are intolerance and prejudice similar, and how are they different? Are there certain people who are more intolerant or more prejudiced than others? How can the social problem of intolerance and prejudice be solved? These are just a few of the questions to be addressed as a panel of internationally recognized scholars assembles at Washington University in St. Louis on April 2 for a an interdisciplinary forum on issues of “Intolerance and Prejudice.”
Hand in Hand to Hell
ArmstrongShakespearean actor Gareth Armstrong, a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, will present Hand in Hand to Hell: Richard III and Macbeth—An Actor’s Perspective, the fifth annual Helen Clanton Morrin Lecture, for Washington University’s Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences April 28.
Performing Arts Department presents Young Choreographer’s Showcase April 2-4
Washington University’s Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences will present the *Young Choreographers Showcase* April 2-4 in the Annelise Mertz Dance Studio.
Pake, former professor and provost, dies
He was “not only a major influence on Washington University’s academic strengths, he was also a national leader in science and research,” Chancellor Wrighton says.
Picturing our Past
The 1983-84 school year marked the 10th anniversary of Edison Theatre. To mark the event, the Washington University Dance Theatre performed the satire Façade (below), which added a third voice to the marriage of music by Sir William Walton and the abstract poetry of Dame Edith Sitwell. The 19 dances, created by Annelise Mertz, professor […]
GWB’s Khinduka to receive the Family Support Networks Guardian Angel award
KhindukaFamily Support Network (FSN), a nonprofit agency dedicated to strengthening families through the prevention of child abuse and neglect has chosen Shanti Khinduka, Ph.D., dean and the George Warren Brown School Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, as their 2004 Guardian Angel award recipient. The award will be presented at the “Every Child Needs a Hero” Gala at the Missouri Athletic Club April 17.
Charles Dill to speak on Rousseau and the Language of Opera Criticism March 26
Charles Dill of the University of Wisconsin will speak on Rousseau and the Language of Opera Criticism for Washington University’s Department of Music in Arts & Sciences at 4 p.m. Friday, March 26.
Leon Barrett to present guitar recital in Umrath Lounge March 27
Washington University senior Leon Barrett will present a guitar recital at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 27, in the university’s Karl Umrath Hall Lounge.
Skin cells could diagnose, forecast Alzheimer’s
“Our findings need to be explored further … but this preliminary evidence is very encouraging,” principal investigator Nancy Baenziger says.
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