Arts & Sciences

Steven S. Smith, Ph.D., one of the nation’s premier congressional scholars, got his foot in the door of the U.S. Senate by holding it open — literally. Smith, the Kate M. Gregg Professor of Social Sciences in Arts & Sciences, got his first taste of the Senate in the early 1970s while working as a […]

He taught philosophy in Arts & Sciences at WUSTL from 1947-1958; he is perhaps best-known for the book The World’s Religions.

Owen Morse & Jon Wee will bring their trademark mix of sidesplitting comedy & gut-wrenching suspense to the OVATIONS! Series.

Washington University professors John E. Heuser, Henry L. “Roddy” Roediger III and Norman J. Schofield have been elected as fellows in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences class of 2005. Heuser, MD., is a professor of Cell Biology and Physiology in the School of Medicine; Roediger, Ph.D., is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and Dean of Academic Planning in Arts & Sciences; and Schofield, Ph.D., is the William R. Taussig Professor of Political Economy in Arts & Sciences and director of the Center for Political Economy.

Pianist Seth Carlin, professor of music in Arts & Sciences, will dedicate the 9-foot grand piano in Graham Chapel.

He was appointed as a visiting professor at the University in 1972 and became a regular member of the Department of Philosophy in 1973.

“It’s a play about someone trying to remember who they are,” said playwright Brian Golden, a 2004 WUSTL graduate.

They used a unique instrument at WUSTL called the “NanoSIMS” — a type of secondary ion mass spectrometer — to determine these findings.

Photo by Mary ButkusClifford M. Will, Ph.D., was installed as the James S. McDonnell Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences April 14 in Holmes Lounge.

Michele Johnson and Tara Sinclair were honored April 14 at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.