Author: Jessica Roberts Martin

Jackson Nickerson Jackson Nickerson is the Frahm Family Professor of Organization and Strategy at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. He joined the University in 1996 and teaches strategic management courses on innovation, management of life science, organizational strategy, and critical thinking. His research focuses on why firms choose different organizational […]

The George Warren Brown School of Social Work will honor five distinguished individuals for outstanding service to their profession during its annual Alumni Awards celebration at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 28 in Whitaker Hall Auditorium. Three alumni will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards and two faculty members will receive Distinguished Faculty Awards.

The School of Law will celebrate the outstanding achievements of six individuals at the annual Distinguished Alumni Awards on Friday, April 17 in the Crowder Courtyard of Anheuser-Busch Hall. Presenting the awards will be Kent Syverud, J.D., dean and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor. Four alumni will receive Distinguished Law Alumni Awards and two will receive Distinguished Young Law Alumni Awards.

The School of Law will celebrate the outstanding achievements of six individuals at the annual Distinguished Alumni Awards on Friday, April 17 in the Crowder Courtyard of Anheuser-Busch Hall. Presenting the awards will be Kent Syverud, J.D., dean and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor. Four alumni will receive Distinguished Law Alumni Awards and two will receive Distinguished Young Law Alumni Awards.

International law experts will meet at WUSTL’s Ridgley Hall from 6-7 p.m. on April 14 to celebrate St. Louis’ continuing role in shaping international law. Ridgley Hall is the site of the 1904 meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), an international organization of national parliaments. The IPU met in St. Louis to issue its appeal for world peace and to adopt a resolution which ultimately led to the 1907 Hague Convention Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, one of the most important humanitarian law treaties of the past century. This commemorative event is part of the Crimes Against Humanity Initiative meeting at the law school April 13-15.

Photo by Jerry Naunheim, Jr.Students Rachel Lyons (left), Gregg Kennedy and Margaret Burke discuss the community involvement of the Catholic Student Center during Faces of Hope, a University-wide celebration of civic engagement and community service April 2 in Whitaker Hall.

Two of Missouri’s top leaders in public health will speak at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work Friday, April 10, and Monday, April 13.

Froma Walsh, Ph.D., co-director and co-founder of the Chicago Center for Family Health, will deliver the Susanna Bensinger Clinical Lecture on “Strengthening Family Resilience: Overcoming Life Challenges” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, in the Brown Hall Lounge. The lecture is free and open to the public. Walsh, the Mose and Sylvia Firestone Professor Emerita […]

Photo by Bill MatthewsThird-year law students Laura Crane (right) and Dan Tierney will begin their legal careers with a unique foreign policy perspective thanks to an internship with the law school’s ambassador in residence, Thomas Schweich, J.D.

Tutoring children in and after school isn’t new, but how much does it really help in critical areas like reading? Rigorous new research from Washington University in St. Louis shows significant gains from a national service program that trains experienced Americans to help low-income children one-on-one in urban public schools. The central finding: Over a single school year, students with Experience Corps tutors made over 60 percent more progress in learning two critical reading skills — sounding out new words and reading comprehension — than similar students not served by the program.