The Record: Happenings
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Astrophysicist Natarajan to deliver McDonnell Distinguished LecturesAstrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan will deliver the 2025 McDonnell Distinguished Lectures on supermassive black holes. Natarajan will give a colloquium on the formation of the first black holes. She also will deliver the public lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 24, in Whitaker Hall, Room 100, on unveiling the invisible universe. |
Upcoming events
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APR 16 |
Conversation with Pepper Schwartz10 a.m. Wednesday, April 16 Graham Chapel Alumna, author and sociologist Pepper Schwartz, AB’ 67, MA ’69, will discuss her research, writing and expertise in intimacy and sexuality in conversation with Adia Harvey Wingfield, in Arts & Sciences. |
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APR 16 |
C.R. Stephen Lecture: ‘G Protein Coupled Receptors’4 p.m. Wednesday, April 16 Eric P. Newman Education Center, Auditorium The Department of Anesthesiology at WashU Medicine welcomes Brian Kobilka, MD, for the annual C.R. Stephen Lecture. Kobilka will discuss the challenges in drug discovery of G protein-coupled receptors. |
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APR 16 |
Lecture, reception for playwright Lynn Nottage4 p.m. Wednesday, April 16 Edison Theatre The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences will honor two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage with the 2025 Washington University International Humanities Prize. Nottage will give a talk and a reception will follow in Umrath Hall Lounge. |
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Henderson to deliver annual Brauer Lecture6 p.m. Wednesday, April 16 Rob Henderson, political commentator and bestselling author of “Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family and Social Class,” will deliver the keynote address for Olin Business School’s Brauer Lecture Series next week in Graham Chapel. |
Looking ahead
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APR 17 |
WashU Earth Day Festival, Medical Campus10 a.m.–2 p.m. Thursday, April 17 |
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APR 17 |
Talk on DEI policies in the U.S., Israel5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17 |
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APR 18 |
Spring Ensemble annual concert7–8:15 p.m. Friday, April 18 |
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Exhibits and ongoing events 'Forging a Nation' exhibitJoin WashU Libraries for an exhibit featuring the United States Mint's founding documents, including a Thomas Jefferson-signed copy of the 1792 Mint Act, on display in Olin Library through July 13. |
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