Beloved children’s author Paterson to read Nov. 17-18
Acclaimed children’s author Katherine Paterson, who wrote of Bridge to Terabithia, will host a pair of events for the 2003-04 Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences’ Writers Series Nov. 17-18. At 8 p.m. Nov. 17, Paterson will read from her work in Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 204. At 4 p.m. Nov. 18, she will […]
Student dance performances at Edison Dec. 5-7
Thirty-eight dancers selected by audition will perform seven works by faculty and guest choreographers for Washington University Dance Theatre.
Art building to be named for Walkers
The Sam Fox Arts Center will dedicate a new School of Art studio building in honor of St. Louis community leaders Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced Dec. 10. Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker Hall will be located at the southeastern end of the Hilltop Campus, immediately north of […]
Public intellectuals is focus of Conversation
Gerald Early — who “reluctantly” accepts the title of “public intellectual” — will moderate the third of the four-part Conversations series.
An inspirational leader
First there was HEAO, then SOFIE, then CRIS and now TIGER. For an astrophysicist whose major research projects over the past 36 years have had these acronyms, it is only fitting that Martin H. Israel, Ph.D., drives a car with license plates that read “COSMC” — as in cosmic rays. Since he arrived at the […]
Stern to read for The Center for the Humanities
Veteran author, critic, essayist and poet Richard Stern will read from his work at 4 p.m. March 22 for The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences’ Writers Series. The reading, to be followed by a question-and-answer session, will be in Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall, Room 201. Over his 50-year career, Stern, the Helen […]
Brecht’s The Good Person of Szechwan at Edison
The PAD’s spring MainStage production is a provocative modern parable about the tensions and alliances between virtue and ruthlessness.
Ludmerer receives history of medicine book award
He is being recognized for Time to Heal: American Medical Education from the Turn of the Century to the Era of Managed Care.
Legal texts by Epstein garner teaching award
She was recognized with a Teaching and Mentoring Award from the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association.
Whyte to discuss work of Bruno Taut
Distinguished scholar Iain Boyd Whyte, professor of architectural history at the University of Edinburgh and a senior visiting program officer for the Getty Grant Program, will speak on “Expressionist Architecture” at 7 p.m. Oct. 2 for the Gallery of Art. The lecture is free and open to the public and will take place in Steinberg […]
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