Arts & Sciences

Henric S. Krawczynski is one of eight scientists in the country to receive the prestigious Outstanding Junior Investigator Award.

Henric S. Krawczynski, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Outstanding Junior Investigator Award in high-energy physics, one of eight scientists in the country to receive the prestigious recognition in 2004.

Henric S. Krawczynski, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Outstanding Junior Investigator Award in high-energy physics, one of eight scientists in the country to receive the prestigious recognition in 2004.

Nancy P. Pope, Ph.D., was promoted to associate dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, announced Dean Robert E. Thach, Ph.D.

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.”