‘The people we were meant to be’
The School of Continuing & Professional Studies Prison Education Project held its first commencement May 16 at the Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Vandalia, Mo. The ceremony followed a May 15 commencement, the project’s third, at the Missouri Eastern Correctional Center for men in Pacific.
A transformative gift for classics
The Department of Classics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis has received an estate commitment from honorary emeritus trustee John H. Biggs, PhD ’83, and his late wife, classics scholar Penelope Biggs, PhD ’74, MA ’68, to name the John and Penelope Biggs Department of Classics.
Fenderson wins Mellon New Directions Fellowship
Jonathan Fenderson, an associate professor of African and African American studies in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has won a 2024 New Directions Fellowship from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Class Acts: Sophia Hatzikos
In a wide-ranging practice that encompasses sculpture, video, performance and installation, Sophia Hatzikos explores the complex relationships between natural and constructed systems and between scientific and artistic research practices.
Field Notes: London Globe
Last summer, 18 WashU students traveled to London for an intensive three-week program at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Here, Claire Sommers, a lecturer in Arts & Sciences, describes the program’s aims and what it means to explore the places that shaped the Bard.
Parvulescu wins $1.2M European Union grant
Anca Parvulescu, the Liselotte Dieckmann Professor in Comparative Literature and a professor of English, both in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, will serve as principal investigator for a $1.2 million grant exploring the history of comparatism and the origins of the comparative method.
Washington University announces 2025 Great Artists Series
The Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will host six performances by internationally renowned artists as part of the 2025 Great Artists Series.
The art of lighting design
“Retina Burn” is an annual concert designed to showcase the skills that student lighting designers have learned during their studies in the Performing Arts Department. This year’s event will return April 25 to Edison Theatre.
Treitel installed as William Eliot Smith Professor in History
Corinna Treitel, a professor and chair of history in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was installed recently as the university’s William Eliot Smith Professor in History.
Molly Smith Metzler’s ‘Cry It Out’ in Hotchner Theatre April 18-21
The Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present “Cry It Out,” Molly Smith Metzler’s darkly comic exploration of class, friendship and motherhood, April 18-21 in the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre.
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