Author: Jessica Daues

Of note Frederick Eberhardt, PhD, assistant professor of philosophy-neuroscience-psychology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $6,500 subaward from the University of California, Berkeley, for research titled “Causal Learning: Interventions and Decisions.” … Michael D. Frachetti, PhD, assistant professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $35,000 grant from the National […]

Washington University’s Film & Media Archive will host Home Movie Day Saturday, Oct. 16, from noon-4 p.m. at the West Campus Library and Conference Center. Home Movie Day is an annual event that invites the public to share and learn to care for their home movies shot on Regular 8mm, Super 8mm or 16mm film.

WUSTL will celebrate Campus Sustainability Day Wednesday, Oct. 20, and many sustainability-themed events will be held in late October throughout the Danforth and Medical campuses. Campus Sustainability Day is held to bring attention to the achievements and challenges for students, faculty and staff in working to instill sustainability principles in higher education institutions. 

Jill Edwards, project manager for university accreditation programs, and members of the Gateway Battalion Army ROTC pack boxes of donated home-baked goods, snacks, batteries, toiletries and more to send in care packages to U.S. troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan Oct. 1. The WUSTL military care package group surpassed five tons of goods donated by the WUSTL community and mailed overseas to soldiers since the group formed in March 2004.

William E. Buhro, PhD, the George E. Pake Professor in Arts & Sciences, has been selected as a fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The ACS Fellows Program recognizes members for their contributions to the chemical sciences and outstanding service to the society. … Yixin Chen, PhD, and Chenyang Lu, PhD, both associate professors […]

Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth cuts the ribbon with his daughter Maebelle Reed (left) and daughter-in-law, Tina Danforth (right), during the dedication of a bench and arbor at the WUSTL Woman’s Club Elizabeth Gray Danforth Butterfly Garden Commemoration Sept. 29. The commemoration was part of the Woman’s Club yearlong Centennial Celebration.

The 89 staff members who retired from the university this past year contributed a total of 1,664 years of service to the university — more than a millennium. The contributions of these employees helped make Washington University the exemplary institution it is today, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton says. 

Experts on memory, writing and storytelling will gather at Washington University in St. Louis at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, as part of the Woman’s Club of Washington University’s “Meet the Leaders” panel discussion series. The panel discussion, titled “Memories: Telling Women’s Stories,” will explore topics such as memory as a cognitive function and effective ways to record stories from the past.

G. Robert Blackburn, the first director of community and government relations at Washington University, died Sept. 20, 2010. He was 88. Blackburn was the university’s director of community and government relations from 1972-1992.

Washington University will simulate an emergency situation on its campuses the afternoon of Tuesday, Oct. 12, to help ensure the university is prepared should an actual emergency occur. Staff from participating departments throughout the Danforth, Medical, West and North campuses will participate in the drill.