Washington University Opera to present “Opera Circus” May 2 and 3
The Washington University Opera will perform close to a dozen excerpts from eight well-known operas at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3, as part of its “Opera Circus” concert. The program will include selections by Beethoven, Donizetti, Mozart, Humperdinck, Bizet, Lehar, Hoiby and Strauss.
Bornstein named Stella Koetter Darrow Professor in Catholic Studies
A leading historian of religion was installed as the first Stella Koetter Darrow Professor in Catholic Studies in Arts & Sciences March 18 in Holmes Lounge. Daniel M. Bornstein, Ph.D., joined Washington University last fall with a joint appointment in religious studies and history, both in Arts & Sciences. He is a scholar whose broad […]
Annual Chancellor’s Concert to feature music of Respighi, Borodin and Dvorak
The Washington University Symphony Orchestra and Concert Choir will present the 2008 Chancellor’s Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 27. Sponsored by the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, the concert is free and open to the public and will take place in the 560 Music Center’s E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall. Dan Presgrave, […]
DBBS to mark 35th anniversary, 1,000th graduate
The Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences will mark two milestones May 1-2: its 35th anniversary and graduating its 1,000th student.
Bornstein named Stella Koetter Darrow Professor in Catholic Studies
Daniel M. Bornstein, Ph.D., a leading historian of religion, was installed as the first Stella Koetter Darrow Professor in Catholic Studies March 18 in Holmes Lounge.
Annual Chancellor’s Concert to feature music of Respighi, Borodin and Dvorak
The Symphony Orchestra and the Concert Choir will present the 2008 Chancellor’s Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 27. The program includes Ottorino Respighi’s “Fountains of Rome,” Alexander Borodin’s “Polovetsian Dances” and “Symphony No. 8 in G major” by Antonín Dvorák.
Washington University to present annual Chancellor’s Concert April 27
The Washington University Symphony Orchestra and the Washington University Concert Choir will present the 2008 Chancellor’s Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 27. Dan Presgrave, instrumental music coordinator, conducts the 70-plus-member Symphony Orchestra. John Stewart, director of vocal activities, conducts the 60-plus-member Concert Choir. The program include Ottorino Respighi’s Fountains of Rome, Alexander Borodin’s “Polovetsian Dances” and Symphony No. 8 in G major by Antonín Dvorák.
DBBS marks 35th anniversary, 1,000th graduate
Washington University’s Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences (DBBS) celebrated two milestones May 1-2: its 35th anniversary and the graduation of its 1,000th student. The Division spans both the University’s Danforth and Medical campuses to provide Ph.D. training programs in biology and the biomedical sciences. Established in 1973, the Division has become the national model for graduate education in biology and biomedical sciences because of its collaborative, interdisciplinary approach.
Obituary: Kling, 89, former provost, vice chancellor, dean and professor
Merle Kling, Ph.D., former provost, executive vice chancellor, dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences and professor of political science, died April 8 of esophageal cancer in St. Louis. He was 89.
PAD’s ‘The Lion and the Jewel’ explores culture and colonization
Photo by David KilperMen versus women, modern versus traditional, culture versus colonization. Such conflicts lie at the heart of “The Lion and the Jewel,” a sly and subversive comedy by Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka. The Performing Arts Department continues this deceptively light-hearted carnival of dance and song as its spring mainstage production this weekend, April 25-27.
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