New WUSTL/China partnership in anthropology
Michal Storozum From left: T.R. Kidder, PhD, professor and chair of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, shakes hands with Sun Xinmin, director of the Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and...
View ArticleA WUSA welcome: Yearlong peer mentors make transition easier for incoming...
Joe Angeles Traditionally, on the morning of new student move-in, WUSAs get ready for the day's activities with a WUSA cheer. WUSAs (Washington University Student Associates) are upperclass student...
View ArticleFrench consul general to discuss “France and the Future of Europe” Sept. 19
Graham Paul, consul general of France in Chicago, will discuss “France and the Future of Europe” at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, at Washington University in St. Louis. The talk is free and open to...
View Article‘Reperformance’ symposium Sept. 13-15
Eleanor Antin, The King, from The King of Solana Beach (1974). Mannequin wearing original costume consisting of bush hat, fake hair and beard, wool cape, silk blouse, blue jeans, boots, and walking...
View ArticleStudents conduct summer research through early identification program
Joe Angeles Jose Sanchez (right), a senior at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, worked in Washington University’s Laboratory for Magnetic Resonance this summer under the direction of Mark S....
View ArticlePAD to present Dance CloseUp Sept. 6-8
David Marchant and Holly Marchant perform their duet For Presentimental Reasons as part of Dance CloseUp Sept. 6-8. Download hi-res version. Modern dance solos and duets will share the stage with hip...
View ArticleAssembly Series features educational advocate Paul Tough on ‘How Children...
Veteran journalist and educational reform advocate Paul Tough is alarmed by failing schools and by the system that allows this condition to exist. Mary McIlvaine Tough Through his exposés — such as The...
View ArticleCommission on the Humanities and Social Sciences to convene in St. Louis Sept. 7
WHO: The American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences WHAT: Third regional forum: “The Importance of the Humanities and Social Sciences for Public Life”...
View ArticleWUSTL grads play key roles in NASA rover missions to Mars
Is it curiosity that drives the graduates of Washington University in St. Louis, or is it the graduates of Washington University who drive Curiosity? Take a close look at the roster of research...
View ArticleNicholson new ombuds for Danforth faculty
Linda Nicholson, PhD, the Susan E. and William P. Stiritz Distinguished Professor in Women’s Studies in Arts & Sciences, has been named the new ombuds for Danforth Campus faculty at Washington...
View ArticleHealth KARE
Alice Bloch leads Alzheimer's patients and caregivers through a series of light exercises during Kemper Art Reaches Everyone (KARE), a new program sponsored by WUSTL's Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum...
View ArticleWork, Families and Public Policy series begins Sept. 10
Faculty and graduate students from St. Louis-area universities with an interest in labor, households, health care, law and social welfare are invited to take part in a series of Monday brown-bag...
View Article‘Remembering 9/11’ opens at Olin Library, runs through Sept. 30
“Remembering 9/11,” an exhibition featuring artifacts that reveal 9/11’s impact both then and now on the university and its members, is on view at Olin Library through Sunday, Sept. 30, in Olin...
View ArticleWUSTL faculty member part of national initiative to change undergraduate...
The Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education (PULSE) announced Sept. 7 that Kathryn Miller, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington...
View ArticleVincent Varvel and Stella Markou launch DUC Chamber Music Series
Guitarist Vincent Varvel and soprano Stella Markou will launch the Danforth University Center Chamber Concert Series Sept. 12. Guitarist Vincent Varvel and soprano Stella Markou will launch the fall...
View ArticleU.S. immigration policy expert Tino Cuellar to give Constitution Day address
Veteran policy specialist and 2012 Washington University Distinguished Visiting Scholar Mariano-Florentino “Tino” Cuellar, JD, PhD, will present this year’s Constitution Day lecture on “Immigrants,...
View ArticleKyle Erdos-Knapp presents Liederabend Sept. 16
Kyle Erdos-Knapp as Count René in Ohio Light Opera’s 2010 production of Franz Lehar’s The Count of Luxembourg. The acclaimed young tenor will present WUSTL's annual Liederabend Sept. 16. Acclaimed...
View ArticleLeo climbs the walls Oct. 5 and 6
Tobias Wegner stars in Leo, the wordless tale of a man who escapes gravity. The show will be presented Oct. 5 and 6 as part of the Edison Ovations Series. Photo by Andy Phillips. Download hires...
View ArticleNew photo ID laws may impact key elections, hurt minority voter turnout
RogowskiElection turnout among young people of color, including African Americans, Latinos and Native Americans, may drop by nearly 700,000 voters in states with new photo ID laws, a decline...
View ArticleErvin Scholars Program celebrates 25 years
The John B. Ervin Scholars Program at Washington University in St. Louis, considered a nationally pre-eminent program that fosters and enhances the overall quality and diversity of WUSTL’s student...
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