T.S. Eliot Lecture: author Cannadine Nov. 10

Author David Cannadine will be the featured speaker at the fourth annual T.S. Eliot Lecture in St. Louis at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 10 in Holmes Lounge. The title of his talk will be “Churchill and America.” A reception will follow. Cannadine is the first Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Chair of British History at the […]

Safe Trick-or-Treat in South 40 Oct. 29

The Campus Y’s annual Safe Trick-or-Treat will be held from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 29 in the South 40, and faculty and staff are encouraged to bring their children. Most of the residential colleges will participate. The free event provides an opportunity for St. Louis-area children to trick-or-treat in a safe environment. More than 275 children […]

Airline industry’s future is topic of public forum

The “Future of the Airline Industry” will be the topic of a public forum from 7:30-11:30 a.m. Oct. 31 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall. The discussion will be timely because it comes one day before American Airlines implements a major downsizing of its St. Louis hub, a reduction expected to cut […]

Armstrong visits Siteman Cancer Center

Photo by Bob BostonTimothy J. Eberlein, director of the Siteman Cancer Center, introduces Lance Armstrong.More than 1,300 people packed into the World’s Fair Pavilion in Forest Park to see Armstrong and his Tour of Hope teammates.

The end of jet lag?

Biologist Erik Herzog has found that the biological clocks of rats and mice respond directly to temperature changes.

A roof over your head

Photo by Mary ButkusStudents finish the roof of a traditional Japanese teahouse waiting bench in the Elizabeth Danforth Butterfly Garden.

There’s no place like home

Selections from the 1902 stage musical The Wizard of Oz by St. Louis native Paul Tietjens will highlight a performance of 19th- and early 20th-century popular song at 7 p.m. Nov. 7 at the Gallery of Art. The concert, part of the Music at the Gallery of Art series, will feature six songs by Tietjens, […]