Arts & Sciences

Richard Martin, Ph.D., the 2009 John and Penelope Biggs Resident in the Classics, will deliver the Assembly Series’ annual Biggs Lecture at 4 p.m. April 9 in Steinberg Auditorium. His talk will center on his approach to Homeric poetry and how it is so much more than an abstract study of language. Folklore, social anthropology, […]

PeeblesP. James E. Peebles, Ph.D., one of the world’s foremost theoretical cosmologists who played a central role in understanding the evolution and structure of the universe, will deliver two talks April 15-16 as part of the McDonnell Distinguished Lecture Series, sponsored by Washington University’s McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences.

Photo by Mary ButkusThe naming of Barbara Schaal, Ph.D., as the Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences honors two of WUSTL’s pioneering women biologists, said Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.

St. Louis’ Arianna String Quartet, widely hailed as among the nation’s finest chamber ensembles, will be joined by renowned pianist Seth Carlin, professor of music in Arts & Sciences, for a concert of music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Erno Dohnanyi and Robert Schumann.

Eight WUSTL faculty members will receive Outstanding St. Louis Scientist Awards from the Academy of Science of St. Louis.

Poet David Lehman, Ph.D., editor of “The Best American Poetry” series, will read from his work at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 2, for The Writing Program in Arts & Sciences. The talk — part of The Writing Program Reading Series — is free and open to the public and takes place in Duncker Hall, Room […]

Stanford classics professor Richard Martin discusses Homeric poetry as performance art in Ancient Greece, in the annual Assembly Series Biggs Lecture 4 p.m. April 9 in Steinberg Hall.

Stanford classics professor Richard Martin discusses Homeric poetry as a performance art in Ancient Greece, comparing it to modern rap, in the annual Assembly Series Biggs lecture at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 9 in Steinberg Hall.

David Kilper/WUSTL Photo ServicesPutting a new spin on an old technique, Anne M. Hofmeister, Ph.D., research professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has revolutionized scientists’ understanding of heat transport in the Earth’s crust, the outermost solid shell of our planet.

Three prominent writers will examine “African American Literature Today” at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, in Hurst Lounge. The discussion — sponsored by the African & African-American Studies Program and by the Center for the Humanities, both in Arts & Sciences — will focus on a pair of new anthologies, Best African American Essays 2009 and Best African American Fiction 2009, both published by Bantam Books.