The focus is on the environment during the university’s sesquicentennial and the spring 2004 Assembly Series lecture schedule reflects that initiative. Joining the traditional lineup up authors, lawyers, scientists, historians and architects will be five colloquia on the environment. Other highlights of the series include talks by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Ann Coulter and Susan Sontag.
Novelist and essayist Joy Williams will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, as part of the Spring Reading Series 2004, offered by The Writing Program and the Department of English in Arts & Sciences at Washington University.
The Washington University Chamber Orchestra will perform a concert of all-time hits from the Baroque era and the 20th century at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, in Karl Umrath Hall Lounge.
Photo by Joe AngelesVolleyball players Katie Quinn and Jasmine Hunt are all smiles as they help hoist national championship trophy.”This team enjoyed incredible chemistry and unbelievable senior leadership,” said head coach Rich Luenemann of his 38-3 Bears.
Martin Silverstein, professor in the Department of Mathematics in Arts & Sciences, was killed in a pedestrian accident in the 7900 block of Delmar in University City last night. Silverstein has been with the University since 1977.
Photo by Andy Marino*Sound Stage*Iconoclastic composer Paul Dresher will join contemporary music ensemble Zeitgeist for Sound Stage, an extraordinarily original work of musical theater centered on a17-foot-tall, 14-foot-wide “musical jungle gym,” as part of Washington University’s Edison Theatre OVATIONS! Series Jan. 31.
The Counsel for the NAACP, the Chief Judge Emeritus and Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and experts on American Indian water rights, globalization, civil rights, women’s legal history, disability rights, death penalty, and economics are part of the spring lineup for the School of Law’s sixth annual Public Interest Law Speaker Series.
Washington University’s Eliot Trio, a piano trio made up of three prominent St. Louis musicians, will perform an evening of works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Charles Ives and Felix Mendelssohn Jan. 24.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Jan. 19 marks the national observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Several events are planned on both the Hilltop and Medical campuses to commemorate King’s contributions and legacy. All are free and open to the public.