Arts & Sciences

The Center for the Humanities and Program in Film & Media Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, will host the Fourth Annual Children’s Film Symposium Thursday and Saturday, Nov. 15 and 17. Presented in conjunction with Cinema St. Louis, the event will feature a keynote address by Neal Gabler, author of “Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination” and a Q&A with Marion Comer, writer and director of the film “48 Angels” (2006).

The Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will present two concerts in its newly opened 560 Music Center. Noted pianist Seth Carlin, professor of music, will present a solo piano recital at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17. In addition, the Washington University Symphony Orchestra will perform works by Schubert, Franck and Britten at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18.

David Kilper/WUSTL PhotoA math problem review session at the Kumon-Ladue math program on Clayton Road in Ladue.Parents of school-aged children might want to think of giving their children an enduring holiday gift this year: enrollment in a supplemental mathematics program. While it can cost anywhere from $80 to $110 a month, the results of practicing mathematics nearly daily is rewarding to both students and parents. In fact, parents might be even bigger recipients of this gift than their children. While their children gain self-esteem and confidence, the parents very likely will feel a sense of relief and pride in their children’s accomplishment.

The anthropological works of Glenn Conroy, Ph.D., professor of anatomy and neurobiology and of anthropology, are on display through January 2008 in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center.

Glenn Conroy and Jane Phillips-Conroy with their awards for outstanding teachingHis modest demeanor provides little hint of neither his brilliant career nor the ivy-paved path that serendipitously led him to Washington University in St. Louis more than 20 years ago. A renowned anthropologist, Glenn Conroy, Ph.D., has been gathering valuable fossil remains of humans and non-human primates for more than 30 years. Some of his best work is on display through January in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center (See it now).

David Kilper/WUSTL Photo ServicesSeth CarlinThe Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will present two concerts in its newly opened 560 Music Center Nov. 17 and 18. Noted pianist Seth Carlin, professor of music, will present a solo piano recital at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17. In addition, the Washington University Symphony Orchestra will perform works by Schubert, Franck and Britten at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18.

Washington University’s Center for the Humanities and Program in Film & Media Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, will host their Fourth Annual Children’s Film Symposium Thursday and Saturday, Nov. 15 and 17. Presented in conjunction with Cinema St. Louis, the event will feature a keynote address by Neal Gabler, author of Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (2006) and a Q&A with Marion Comer, writer and director of the film 48 Angels (2006).

Novelist Brock Clarke, Ph.D., author of the darkly comic “An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England” (2007), will read from his work at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, for the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences.

How did our Solar System evolve? WUSTL physicists and a large team of colleagues marked the beginnings of that odyssey by examining samples of solar wind for neon and argon, two abundant noble gases. The work was published in the Oct. 19, 2007, issue of Science.

Werner Ploberger, Ph.D., was installed as the first Thomas H. Eliot Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences on Oct. 30 in Holmes Lounge. Ploberger, who joined the Department of Economics last year, is internationally renowned for his contributions to the fields of econometrics and the theory of estimation.