The Record: Happenings
Thursday, May 1, 2025

Speakers planned for schools’ Commencement celebrationsSeveral distinguished speakers, faculty members and student leaders will take part in Commencement recognition ceremonies for Class of 2025 graduates and their families and guests May 9-12 at WashU. |
Upcoming events
MAY 2 |
MFA in Visual Art celebration at the Kemper5:30 p.m. Friday, May 2 Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum “Slow Gardens,” this year’s 2025 MFA in Visual Art exhibition, will feature thesis projects by graduating seniors in the Sam Fox School’s MFA in Visual Art program. Tiffany Calvert, chair of the program, will host a discussion with candidates about their works in the exhibition. |
MAY 5 |
Global Health Seminar on health systemNoon Monday, May 5 Farrell Learning and Teaching Center, Room 205, with a virtual option Margaret Kruk, MD, at WashU Medicine, will discuss health system quality and its significance. Kruk works with colleagues from around the world to develop novel measures of health system quality and to study quality’s effects on confidence in health care and health outcomes. |
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The Black Rep presents ‘Radio Golf’7 p.m. Friday, May 16 The St. Louis Black Repertory Company will present August Wilson’s “Radio Golf,” the final play in Wilson’s monumental American Century Cycle, May 16 through June 1 in Edison Theatre, with previews May 14 and 15. |
Looking ahead
MAY 9 |
Community Mindfulness session11:30 a.m. Friday, May 9 |
MAY 14 |
Siteman Cancer Center Seminar Series on metabolism, cancer3:30–5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 14 |
Exhibits and ongoing events 'Snakes on the Page' exhibit openingJoin Special Collections at WashU Libraries for an exhibit on snakes and their influence on art and form in printed work. The exhibit opens at 4 p.m. today in Olin Library's Special Collections Classroom. |
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