POSTPONED: Energy Secretary Moniz to speak on Obama’s climate action plan Oct. 4
Ernest Moniz, PhD, U.S. Secretary of Energy, will speak
about President Barack Obama’s Climate Action Plan, at 2:30 pm on Oct. 4
in Laboratory Sciences Building, Room 300. Moniz’s talk is the
52nd annual Joseph W. Kennedy Memorial Lecture sponsored by the
Department of Chemistry in Arts & Sciences. A reception will follow.
Newly launched James Merrill Digital Archive brings poet’s creative process into view
A newly launched digital archive offers a fresh look at the poetry and writing process of Pulitzer Prize winner James Merrill.
‘Evo-devo’ trailblazer Brian Hall to give Assembly Series lecture
Scientific discoveries in understanding how body structures change and advance over time are relatively recent and are the result of scientific trailblazers working in the field of evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo).
One of those pioneers, Brian K. Hall, will visit Washington University and give an Assembly Series lecture at 4 p.m. Monday, October 7 in McDonnell Hall Room 162.
Assembly Series: ‘ObamaCare’ expert Jonathan Gruber to discuss why health-care reform is needed
Just a few days after the Affordable Care Act’s mandatory insurance component becomes law, the principal architect of the Massachusetts health care system and chief advisor to President Obama’s plan will be on campus to explain how it works and how it will benefit society.
MIT economist and renowned health care expert Jonathan Gruber will deliver an Assembly Series lecture on “Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It’s Necessary, How It Works” at 6 p.m. Friday, October 4 in Brown Hall Room 100 on the Washington University Danforth Campus.
Missouri ponds provide clue to killer frog disease
In Missouri, about a third of the ponds are infected with chytrid, the notorious skin fungus that has sickened and killed amphibians in other parts of the world. Why only a third, Washington University in St. Louis scientists wondered? A comprehensive study of the the ponds suggests there are hidden constraints on the survival of the fungus. One possibility is that invertebrates present in some ponds but not others allow the fungus to persist by acting as alternative hosts or reservoirs.
McLeod Memorial Lecture features Ruth Simmons on the power of the liberal arts in higher education
Among the many principles the late mentor/teacher/administrative leader Jim McLeod espoused were the power of the personal story and the power of a liberal arts education for all. So it is fitting that scholar and academic leader Ruth J. Simmons, who also embraces these values, will deliver the second annual James E. McLeod Memorial Lecture on Higher Education, “The State of Conscience in University Life Today,” at 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30, in Graham Chapel.
Childhood health linked to high school completion
Each year in the St. Louis region, thousands of African American students drop out of high school. According to a newly released policy brief — “How does health influence school dropout?” — health and education are closely related, and there are patterns related to health that increase the risk of high school dropout. The brief is the second of five in a yearlong, multidisciplinary study called “For the Sake of All: A Report on the Health and Well-Being of African Americans in St. Louis.” Its author is William F. Tate, PhD, the Edward Mallinckrodt
Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis and chair of the
Department of Education in Arts & Sciences.
What historians have to say about global warming
The public discussion of global warming can feel very stuck at times. An innovative course at Washington University in St.
Louis offers a way forward by making available the efforts of historians
to integrate natural history and human history over the past 40 years.
Taught by Venus Bivar, PhD, assistant professor of history in Arts & Sciences, it is an
introduction to a discipline called environmental history, with a
special focus on climate change.
Q&A: Carter W. Lewis
Playwriting is hard. But in recent years, the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Science has emerged as a national incubator for young playwriting talent. We sat down with Carter W. Lewis, playwright-in-residence, to discuss drama versus prose, the upcoming A.E. Hotchner New Play Festival and the difficulties of letting go.
Shall we dance? Sept. 28
The sarabande. The gavotte. The minuet. On Saturday, Sept. 28, The Kingsbury Ensemble, one of the Midwest’s premier early music groups, will celebrate these and other Baroque dance forms in the 560 Music Center’s Ballroom Theatre.
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