The Record: Happenings
Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026
Civic Action Weeks to offer students new ways to engageWashU will offer Civic Action Weeks starting Monday, Feb. 16. The Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement will host about two-dozen workshops, field trips, lectures and volunteer opportunities that promote engagement and advocacy in the St. Louis community and beyond. |
Upcoming events
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FEB 16 |
Rava Memorial Lecture: author Patrick Bringley4–6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16 Umrath Hall Lounge The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures in Arts & Sciences welcomes Patrick Bringley, New York Times bestselling author of “All the Beauty in the World,” for this year’s Rava Lecture Series. |
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FEB 18 |
Libraries virtual book club: ‘The Story Collector’3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18 Virtual WashU Libraries will discuss “The Story Collector” by Evie Woods for this month’s book club. The event will open with a presentation on how libraries determine what to collect, followed by a book discussion. |
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FEB 18 |
Skandalaris Center to host ‘AI IdeaBounce’5:30–7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18 Whitaker Hall Atrium The Skandalaris Center will give the university community an opportunity to pitch business ideas and receive feedback from local entrepreneurial leaders. |
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Kemper Art Museum to showcase gift of contemporary Chinese photography5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27 Celebrated editor, publisher and art collector Larry Warsh recently gifted 56 works of Chinese photography to the Kemper Art Museum. The museum will publicly display 43 of those works, all made between 1993 and 2006, for the first time in “Looking Back Toward the Future: Contemporary Photography from China” beginning Feb. 27. |
Looking ahead
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FEB 19 |
Annual Kipnis Lecture: biologist Richard Young4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19 |
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FEB 23 |
2026 Environmental Research Symposium1–5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23 |
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FEB 24 |
Climate Change in Concert3–4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24 |
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Exhibits and ongoing events Public tour of 'Beauty in Nature'Celebrate Valentine’s Day at the Kemper Art Museum with a guided journey through artworks that illustrate nature’s transformative power to inspire wonder, awe and romance. The event, led by student educators, will take place at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, in the museum's lobby. |
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