Arts & Sciences

WUSTL and the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation will convene the 2nd National Conference on Graduate Student Leadership.

He is the author of eight books of poetry, including The Redshifting Web: Poems 1970-1998, a finalist for the 1999 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize.

Lori Watt, Ph.D., assistant professor of history and of International and Area Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named the fourth Earle H. and Suzanne S. Harbison Faculty Fellow. The fellowship provides research and teaching support for three years to a talented junior faculty member in Arts & Sciences.

Courtesy photoArthur SzeAcclaimed poet Arthur Sze, the visiting Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in Washington University’s Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, will read from his work at 8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 10. In addition, Sze will speak on the craft of poetry at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17.

Courtesy photoClea GalhanoRenowned recorder soloist Clea Galhano will join Washington University’s Kingsbury Ensemble for a concert of “Virtuoso Recorder Music of the Baroque” at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12. The recorder – a wind instrument similar to the flute – was frequently included in ensembles of the Baroque era. Galhano, a Brazilian player now living in the United States, has performed widely with early music ensembles.

The illustrated lecture stems from her recent book, 100 Best Books for Children, an in-depth survey of children’s literature.

The darkly comic portrait of a highly idiosyncratic family by Canadian playwright George Walker is directed by Senior Lecturer William Whitaker.

Each spring, four student plays — two full-length works and two shorts — are selected by blind jury and work-shopped the following fall.

SmithBy invoking a little known procedural rule to force a closed session of the Senate on Tuesday, Democratic Minority Leader Harry Reid put Republicans on notice that Democrats are prepared to use similar tactics, such as the filibuster, in pending Supreme Court nomination battles, suggests WUSTL congressional expert Steven Smith. Reid’s move “was a shot across the bow,” says Smith.

Josh Smith compares tooth measurements of unidentified dinosaur species with those of known *Tyrannosaurus* specimens.A paleontologist at WUSTL has concocted a mathematical scheme for identifying dinosaurs based upon measurements of their copious Mesozoic dental droppings. His method could help paleobiologists identify and reconstruct the lives of the creatures that roamed terra firma many millions of years ago.