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A&E fund drive sets $25,000 goal For nearly 40 years, the Arts & Education (A&E) Council of Greater St. Louis has helped St. Louisans enjoy and experience the arts, engaging our surroundings in new, creative ways. And for all of those years, the Washington University community has been one of the most generous contributors to the annual A&E fund-raising campaign. "Music, dance, theater and the visual arts all enhance
our world and our community," said Chancellor Mark S.
Wrighton in a letter to University employees announcing
this year's fund drive. "In the continuing wake of the
events of September 11, it is easy to see how the arts
and arts education play a crucial role in creating citizens
who can see the world with new eyes and a supple mind,
who can taste and appreciate the nuance of a diverse world
and tolerate the ambiguity that arises from a myriad of
world views." Full story
Foreign affairs expert Talbott to speak March 13 Strobe Talbott, former deputy secretary of state, distinguished foreign affairs author and journalist and president-elect of the Brookings Institution, will give the annual Omicron Delta Kappa/Thomas C. Hennings Lecture as part of the Assembly Series at 11 a.m. March 13 in Graham Chapel. After an eight-month search, Talbott was elected the sixth president of the Brookings Institution, one of the nation's oldest public policy research institutions. His term will begin Sept. 1. Full story
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Wertsch
named to Snow professorship
A formal installation will take place May 14. Full story
Pilobolus Too morphs into Edison Theatre March 1-3 The three shape-shifting dancer-acrobats of Pilobolus Too will twist themselves into human sculptures and create a wonderland of playful illusions when the Edison Theatre "OVATIONS!" Series and Dance St. Louis present the company in three performances, at 8 p.m. March 1-2 and at 2 p.m. March 3. Full story Mellon foundation grant to endow dissertation seminars program The University has received a $1 million endowment grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of its program of interdisciplinary seminars for Arts & Sciences dissertation students. The grant will be matched by funds raised by the University. "Our
collaboration with the Mellon Foundation has been important
to the improvements we have made in our humanities departments
and in interdisciplinary programs linking the humanities
and the social sciences," said Edward S. Macias, Ph.D.,
executive vice chancellor and dean of Arts & Sciences.
"In particular, these seminars have been enormously productive
for graduate study at our University, and I am very pleased
that they will become a permanent part of our program."
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More Headlines - click on the headline to view full story Novelist Joy Williams to read for Writing Program March 13 Olin Library's AV/reserves to move to temporary location University Photos - click on the photo to view a larger version and full caption
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