Arts & Sciences

What are the origins of intolerance and prejudice? How are intolerance and prejudice similar, and how are they different? Are there certain people who are more intolerant or more prejudiced than others? How can the social problem of intolerance and prejudice be solved? These are among the questions to be addressed by a panel of […]

U.S. Poet Laureate Louise Glück will present a talk on poetry at 8 p.m. April 6 and will read from her work at 8 p.m. April 8 as part of the Spring Reading Series 2004, offered by The Writing Program and the Department of English, both in Arts & Sciences. Both events are free and […]

She taught in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work for more than 30 years and also was an alumna of the school.

He was a medical technician in the pathology department and a teacher in the School of Medicine from 1934-1941.

Myron S. Scholes, co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, will speak on “Financial Innovation in a Chaotic Environment” at 11:30 a.m. April 8 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. Scholes, the Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance Emeritus at Stanford University, authored the “Black-Scholes Options Pricing Model,” which […]

Photo by David KilperResearcher Christine Floss checks the sample chamber of the NanoSIMS instrument on the fourth floor of Compton Hall.Christine Floss says the organic material probably was formed in molecular clouds in the interstellar medium before the formation of the solar system.

Courtesy photoDonald Antrim will read from his work April 16. Fiction writer Donald Antrim will read from his work at 4 p.m. Friday, April 16, for The Writing Program in Arts & Sciences at Washington University.

Qiu XiaolongSt. Louis-based poet, critic and crime novelist Qiu Xiaolong will present a pair of events April 19 and 20 for The SmartSet Series: Where Great Writers Read, sponsored by The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences.

The Washington University School of Medicine and the George Warren Brown School of Social Work are both ranked second in the nation, according to new graduate and professional rankings released April 2 by U.S. News & World Report magazine. The School of Medicine was tied for second in 2003 and has placed in the top 10 every year since the annual rankings began in 1987. It has ranked first in student selectivity — a measurement of student quality based on Medical College Admission Test scores, undergraduate grade-point average and the proportion of applicants selected — every year since 1998.

Washington University’s Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will present a chamber music concert featuring former faculty member George Silfies, principal clarinetist with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, at 8 p.m. Monday, April 12.