Writer, publisher C.D. Wright to read Oct. 2

Writer, publisher and acclaimed poet C.D. Wright — “one of America’s oddest, best and most appealing poets” according to Publisher’s Weekly — will read from her work at 8 p.m. Oct. 2 in Hurst Lounge (Duncker Hall, Room 201) as part of the Fall Reading Series. Wright is the author of 10 volumes of poetry, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]
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