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The Record: Happenings

A weekly guide to events for the WashU community

Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019

In the Spotlight

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‘Decoys & Depictions’ symposium Oct. 24-26

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will present “Decoys & Depictions: Images of the Digital,” Oct. 24-26, a symposium in Weil Hall exploring how digital images are constructed and the implications for how architects and artists operate.

Upcoming Events

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OCT

‘Senegal in Black and White: Fashioning Racial Identitities’

3–5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21

Join internationally acclaimed designer Rama Diaw and colonial legal scholar Serigne Coulbary for a discussion on law, race and legacy in Saint Louis, Senegal. Seigle Hall, Room 103.

22
OCT

‘Sparking Prosperity for Everyone’

Noon–2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22

Take part in a lecture and panel discussion about how asset building can close the racial wealth gap, featuring Robert E. Friedman, author of “A Few Thousand Dollars: Sparking Prosperity for Everyone.” Hillman Hall, Clark-Fox Forum.

23
OCT

Wingfield talks about ‘Flatlining’

Noon Wednesday, Oct. 23

Sociologist Adia Harvey Wingfield, in Arts & Sciences, gives a presentation about her latest book, “Flatlining: Race, Work, and Health Care in the New Economy.” Her research examines how and why racial and gender inequality persists in professional occupations. Medical Campus, North Building, Moore Auditorium. A second session will be held later that day.

23
OCT

Academics’ advocacy with policymakers, press, the public

Noon Wednesday, Oct. 23

Beth Prusaczyk, instructor at the School of Medicine, will discuss in-person policy advocacy. Her research focuses on how to effectively implement evidence-based practices that improve older adults’ health. Medical Campus, Couch Biomedical Research Building, Room 4001B.

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24 OCTOBER

‘The U.S. and Iraq Today’

6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24

Retired Col. Frank Sobchak is co-author of the “U.S. Army in the Iraq War” report, the first U.S. government history of the war. Sobchak will give an Assembly Series lecture, part of the Crisis & Conflict in Historical Perspective initiative. Busch Hall, Room 100.

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Looking Ahead

7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24

Assembly Series lecture on writer James Baldwin

6–9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25

Homer G. Phillips Public Health Lecture: Consuelo Wilkins

10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26

Saturday Science lecture: ‘The Physics of Bicycles’

EXHIBITS AND ONGOING EVENTS

Food Week: ‘Reclaiming Foodways’ events

A series of Food Week events, programs and activities continues through Oct. 24. Take part in a harvest festival, lecture or cooking class, to name a few. Various locations across the Danforth and Medical campuses.

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OCT

SAVE THE DATE

Arbor tour 10th anniversary events

Tuesday, Oct. 29 – Thursday, Oct. 31

Washington University in St. Louis
Campus Box 1070
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899

314-935-5000
publicaffairs@wustl.edu

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