The View From Here 10.15.18

October 15, 2018

faculty achievement awards — The 2018 Faculty Achievement Awards celebration was held Oct. 5 at the Ritz-Carlton in Clayton, Mo. The honorees were Samuel I. Achilefu, of the School of Medicine, and Sarah C.R. Elgin, of Arts & Sciences. William A. Frazier III (right), of the School of Medicine, also was recognized for innovation and entrepreneurship. Read more about them in The Source. (Photo: Sid Hastings/Washington University)

students at St. Louis Art Museum — D.B. Dowd (right), professor of art in the Sam Fox School, talks to his first-year drawing class during a field trip to the nearby Saint Louis Art Museum Oct. 3. (Photo: Whitney Curtis/Washington University)

religion and politics discussion — The university’s John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics hosted “Human Rights-Based Organizing: A Faith-Informed Response to Violence and Immigration” with Noah Bullock (third from left), executive director of Cristosal, a nongovernmental organization working to advance human rights in Central America, Oct. 8 in Umrath Hall Lounge. David Morales, also of Cristosal, speaks during the event, which also included a panel discussion with local religious leaders. (Photo: Sid Hastings/Washington University)

Bears volleyball players — The Bears volleyball team defeated Colorado College 3-2 at the WashU Invitational Oct. 6 at the Field House. Middle hitter Julianne Malek (center) celebrates a point with her teammates during the game. (Photo: Sid Hastings/Washington University)

MSNBC live broadcast from campus — Katy Tur (left) interviews Washington University students Charlotte Nicholas, Joshua S. Kahky and Brandon R. Wilson during a live broadcast of MSNBC’s “Battleground College Tour” outside the Danforth University Center Oct. 11. Click here to view the segment. (Photo: Whitney Curtis/Washington University)

MSNBC live broadcast from campus — Katy Tur (left) interviews Antonio French, EMBA ’14, publisher of The NorthSider, and Odis D. Johnson, associate professor of education and of sociology, both in Arts & Sciences, at Washington University, during a live broadcast of MSNBC’s “Battleground College Tour” outside the Danforth University Center Oct. 11. Click here to view the segment. (Photo: Whitney Curtis/Washington University)

W. Stuart Symington, U.S. ambassador to Nigeria, speaks — W. Stuart Symington (left), U.S. ambassador to Nigeria, addressed a crowd of campus and community members Oct. 1 in Emerson Auditorium as part of the university’s Africa initiative, established to enhance and expand programming opportunities on the African continent for teaching, research and entrepreneurship. (Photo: Mary Butkus/Washington University)

Andrew McCabe chats with law students — Andrew McCabe, former deputy director of the FBI and School of Law alumnus, chats with law school students in the faculty commons of Anheuser-Busch Hall Oct. 11. Rebecca Hollander-Blumoff, professor of law, facilitated the discussion. McCabe earned a JD from the School of Law in 1993. He talked about his time with the FBI and about choosing a legal career with the Justice Department. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University)

First Fridays at Becker Halloween theme — A new monthly event, First Fridays at Becker, kicked off Oct. 5, in the Becker Medical Library’s Glaser Gallery. The inaugural event was themed “Skeletons, Cadavers and Mummies, Oh My!” and featured artwork from the library’s Louis Crusius collection. Librarian Martha Riley (right) explains some of the materials. The events will be held 2 to 4 p.m. on the first Friday of the month. (Photo: Laura Swofford)

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