The Record: Happenings

A weekly guide to events for the WashU community

Thursday, June 14, 2018

In the Spotlight

Rare copy of Declaration of Independence on view, July talk planned

Official broadsides of the Declaration of Independence were printed and posted on courthouses across the colonies in 1776. One of them is now on view at University Libraries, and historian David Konig will give a talk about it July 3.

Upcoming Events

14
JUN

Tyson seminar: ‘Urban evolution of the Dark-eyed Junco’

4 p.m. Thursday, June 14

Pamela Yeh, of UCLA, will give this week’s Tyson Research Center Summer Seminar. Contact: rabizoff@biology2.wustl.edu or 314-935-8430. Living Learning Center, Tyson Research Center, 6750 Tyson Valley Road, Eureka.

15
JUN

‘Mapping the Milky Way’s Stardust in 3D’

7:30 p.m. Friday, June 15

An illustrated presentation via video by Edward Schlafly, of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Co-sponsored by the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences and NASA’s Missouri Space Grant Consortium. Danforth Campus, McDonnell Hall, Room 162.

22 JUNE

WashU families invited to Olympic Day celebration

10 a.m. Friday, June 22

Members of the university community are invited to bring their children to Olympic Day 2018 on June 22, at Francis Field and Sumers Recreation Center. The event includes a walk/run around Francis Field with Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Register with the St. Louis Sports Commission to participate.

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Looking Ahead

4 p.m. Thursday, June 21

Tyson seminar on biodiversity loss in grasslands

9 a.m. Friday, June 22

‘A Life-Saving Discussion on Breast Cancer’

Friday, July 6

Summer Writers Institute begins

EXHIBITS AND ONGOING EVENTS

‘Lasting Legacies’

University Libraries’ Special Collections presents the inaugural exhibition of Olin Library’s Jack E. and Debbie T. Thomas Gallery, paying tribute to seven influential WashU alumni whose work has enriched their respective professions and communities. On view until fall 2018.

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