Arts & Sciences

Physicists from Washington University in St. Louis share results from an international collaboration for measuring the hard X-ray polarization from the black hole Cygnus X-1.

David Fike, a researcher at Washington University in St. Louis, is helping to lead the American contingent of a $3.1 million international drilling project investigating a landmark shift in Earth’s evolution.

“Something is Happening,” the 2025 WashU Dance Theatre performance, will take place Nov. 14-16 in Edison Theatre. The evening-length concert will feature original works by visiting choreographers Ron K. Brown and Xi Zhao, by faculty choreographers Elinor Harrison and David Marchant, and by graduate student Liz Lloyd.

Li Yang, the Albert Gordon Hill Professor of Physics at WashU, has been named a 2025 fellow of the American Physical Society.

As study-abroad students at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), WashU seniors Marielle Morrow and Cole Bernstein wrote, directed and edited “A Bird in the Field.” The movie screens at the St. Louis International Film Festival Nov. 15.

Kenneth (Ken) Franklin Kelton, the Arthur Holly Compton Professor Emeritus of Physics at Washington University in St. Louis, has died following complications from lymphoma treatments. He was 71.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis suggest new explanations for iconic prehistoric sites at Poverty Point in Louisiana.

Dan Butler, a political scientist in Arts & Sciences, brings civic lessons to life through Lego bricks. He created a series of stop-motion videos that turn pop culture into lessons on the U.S. government for high school students.

A mysterious plant revives a Skid Row flower shop. But with success come gruesome appetites. Welcome to “Little Shop of Horrors.” WashU’s Performing Arts Department will present the celebrated musical in Edison Theatre Oct. 24 to Nov. 2.

William B. McKinnon, a professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was recently installed as the Clark Way Harrison Distinguished Professor.