Tate named a top influencer in higher education

Tate named a top influencer in higher education

William F. Tate, dean of the Graduate School at Washington University in St. Louis, is included in the 2018 “Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings,” as determined by Frederick M. Hess, the American Enterprise Institute’s director of education policy.  
Stanley Elkin, retyped

Stanley Elkin, retyped

Los Angeles artist Tim Youd will pay homage to longtime English professor Stanley Elkin by retyping the latter’s 1976 novel “The Franchiser.” Sponsored by the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, in conjunction with the exhibition “Tim Youd: St. Louis Retyped,” the 11-day performance begins Jan. 26 in Ridgley Hall’s Holmes Lounge.
Katia and Marielle Labèque in concert Jan. 28

Katia and Marielle Labèque in concert Jan. 28

Sibling pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque — praised by The New York Times as “the best piano duet in front of an audience today” — will perform four-hand works by Igor Stravinsky, Philip Glass and Bryce Dessner (known to many as guitarist for The National) Jan. 28 as part of the Great Artists Series at Washington University in St. Louis.
Cuillé, Martin, Miller win NEH fellowships

Cuillé, Martin, Miller win NEH fellowships

Washington University faculty members Tili Boon Cuillé, Lerone A. Martin and Angela Miller have won prestigious research fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Henke edits ‘A Cultural History of Theatre’ volume

Henke edits ‘A Cultural History of Theatre’ volume

Robert Henke, professor of drama and comparative literature in Arts & Sciences, edited “A Cultural History of Theatre In the Early Modern Age” (2017). The volume is third in a six-volume set tracing the complex interactions between theater and culture over the past 2,500 years.

McDaniel recognized for prospective memory research

Mark McDaniel, professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, is co-recipient of a 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Conference of Prospective Memory.
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