WashU Dance Theatre in Edison Dec. 1-3
“WUDT’sNEXT” will take place in Edison Theatre Dec. 1-3. The performance will feature original works by visiting choreographers Leslie Cuyjet and Mike Esperanza and faculty choreographers Antonio Douthit-Boyd, Elinor Harrison and David Marchant.
Parvulescu installed as Liselotte Dieckmann Professor in Comparative Literature
Anca Parvulescu, a professor of English in Arts & Sciences, was installed as the university’s Liselotte Dieckmann Professor in Comparative Literature Nov. 2.
Antonio Douthit-Boyd
Antonio Douthit-Boyd, in Arts & Sciences, returned to his hometown of St. Louis years ago and last fall joined WashU full time to be the Performing Arts Department’s ballet master. Learn about his journey and the future of classical dance at WashU.
A positive outcome to negative emotions
Arts & Sciences’ Emily Willroth finds those who accept unpleasant feelings, but not the underlying unpleasant situations, experience less anxiety and depression.
Generation gap
In forming public policy, policymakers shouldn’t rely on generational labels or stereotypes, says economist George-Levi Gayle.
For friendship’s sake
With “Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship,” Nina Badzin, AB ’99, crafts a podcast that’s a salve for those craving connection.
Waves of change
María Isabel Dabrowski, AB ’18, discusses science outreach, the importance empathy and how she launched a career in environmental conservation.
Presidential curation
Crystal Marie Moten, AB ’04, wants visitors to the Obama Presidential Center Museum to see themselves in history.
The work will save you
An excerpt from Carl Phillips’ newest book, “My Trade is Mystery: Seven Meditation from a Life in Writing.”
Separating out signals recorded at the seafloor
Research from Washington University in St. Louis shows that variations in pyrite sulfur isotopes may not represent global processes. A new microanalysis approach helps to separate out signals that reveal the relative influence of microbes and that of local climate.
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