Arts & Sciences

He wins the prize with his former doctoral student Irving J. Lowe, who is now at the University of Pittsburgh.

An annual fall address today kicks off the observation; University College Dean Robert Wiltenburg and Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will speak.

Computer models of volcanic eruptions on Io show the lavas are so hot that they are vaporizing sodium, potassium, silicon and iron.

When approached about being the subject of a “Washington People” profile, Mark Rollins, Ph.D., happily agreed. However, he said, “I should warn you, it will be short. I don’t have much to say.” Pretty humble for a man who has been at the University for 18 years, held such varied positions as head of the […]

Henry L. “Roddy” Roediger, Gerhild Scholz Williams, Lynn O. McCloskey and Michelle L. Milligan are taking on new roles.

He was nominated for his seventh collection of poetry, The Rest of Love: Poems; it’s the second time he’s been up for the prize.

Both events are sponsored by the Department of English and The Writing Program, and are free and open to the public.

This year marks the 50th and 100th anniversaries, respectively, of the deaths of Charles Ives and Antonín Dvořák. At 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, more than 20 St. Louis musicians — drawn largely from the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and Washington University’s Department of Music in Arts & Sciences — will present A Chamber Music Concert Celebrating Anniversaries of Antonín Dvořák and Charles Ives. The concert will feature songs and rarely performed works by Ives and Dvorák’s beloved “Serenade for Winds in D minor.”

Acclaimed fiction writer Tony Earley, visiting Washington University as a Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature in the Department of English in Arts & Sciences, will speak on the craft of fiction at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, and will read from his work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28.

Detail of the 1899 plan for Washington University’s Hilltop Campus.One hundred years ago, the eyes and ears of the world turned to St. Louis — and the newly built campus of Washington University — for the 1904 World’s Fair. On Oct. 17, Washington University will honor that centenary with a performance by the Saint Louis Wind Symphony. A Grand Concert of Band Music Performed at the 1904 World’s Fair will feature a representative sampling of music heard at the fair, including works by Philip Sousa, Peter I. Tchaikovsky, Johann Strauss, Jr., and Carl Maria von Weber.