Arts & Sciences

Author, critic and commentator Stanley Crouch will host “A Reconsideration of W.E.B. Du Bois’ The Souls of Black Folk at its Centenary” at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Oct. 27. Both hour-long sessions will take place in Graham Chapel and are sponsored by The Center for the Humanities and the Department of English, both in […]

A conclusion that stands the ecological world on its head: The previous year’s drought is what causes high mosquito populations to come out of wetlands the following year.

The method focuses on improving body movements and physical function and commonly is studied by athletes and performing artists.

Faculty and graduate students from St. Louis-area universities with an interest in topics relating to labor, households, health care, law and social welfare are being invited to take part in a series of Monday brown-bag luncheon seminars to be held biweekly through April. Now in its eighth year, the “Work, Families and Public Policy” series […]

He taught graduate-level environmental management courses in the School of Engineering & Applied Science.

James W. Ellis, the National Law Journal’s 2002 Lawyer of the Year, will deliver the keynote address during the School of Law’s fourth annual access to equal justice conference, titled “Mental Health and the Law,” March 19 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. Ellis, professor of law at the University of New […]

Oltmanns, the inaugural holder of the professorship, is a leading researcher on the cognitive and emotional factors behind personality disorders.

Now with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, he will perform at 8 p.m. April 12 in the Whitaker Hall auditorium.

He’ll continue his studies this fall at WUSTL and pursue an M.D./Ph.D. in microbiology and infectious diseases.

The Thomases also endowed a professorship in the humanities five years ago; Macias’ formal installation is planned for Dec. 1.