The View From Here 3.15.17

March 15, 2017

lighting students at work — Washington University lighting students Kaia Lyons (left) and Ricki Pettinato, both of the Performing Arts Department, work March 2 to recreate works by iconic dancer Loie Fuller. (Photo: Jerry Naunheim Jr./ Washington University)

people watch dance show — Washington University lighting students from the Performing Arts Department work with visiting dancer Jody Sperling in the Kemper Art Museum March 2 to recreate works by Loie Fuller, an iconic 19th-century dancer widely credited with inventing lighting techniques still in use today. (Photo: Jerry Naunheim Jr./ Washington University)

washu vs luther — The Washington University baseball team played Luther College on March 4, ultimately winning that contest 14-7. (Photo: Mary Butkus/Washington University)

Feldbum speaks in front of rainbow banner — Chai Feldblum gives an Assembly Series lecture, “Protecting LGBTQ+ Progress in Challenging Times,” March 3 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom at the School of Law. (Photo: Mary Butkus/Washington University)

Webber and Greitens at Cortex — Henry S. Webber (second from left), Washington University’s executive vice chancellor for administration, shakes hands with Gov. Eric Greitens at a news conference announcing that Microsoft Corp. will open a regional headquarters and a technology center in the Cortex Innovation Community. Webber is board chairman of Cortex, and the university is among the district’s co-founders.

Sinclair discusses Trump's election win — Political scientist Betsy Sinclair, of Arts & Sciences, speaks March 9 in Brown Hall as part of a faculty symposium exploring Donald Trump’s victory from various academic angles. Her remarks focused on voter confidence and the “winner effect” in last year’s election. (Photo: Jerry Naunheim Jr./Washington University)

snow on a branch — Snow covers a tree limb outside Brookings Hall on the Danforth Campus March 13. (Photo: James Byard/Washington University)

Latest from the Record

Announcements

Recycle election yard signs on campus

New award funds use, creation of open educational resources

WashU community asked to complete transportation survey

Notables

WashU again recognized as bike-friendly university

Yuan named Lucy & Stanley Lopata Professor

Byrne featured in ‘Volcano Worlds’

Obituaries

Hylarie McMahon, professor emerita, artist, 94

Karen Daubert, assistant vice chancellor at University MarComm, 63

T.S. Park, professor of neurosurgery, 77

Research Wire

Communication within large-scale network system focus of new research model

Yoo receives grant from Hereditary Disease Foundation

Howard receives Changemakers in Family Planning grant

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