Author: Ken Duenke

Amy L. Chua, professor of law at Yale University and member of the American Society of International Law’s executive council, will discuss her new book which posits that the West’s exportation of free markets and democratic philosophies to developing countries does more harm than good.

Continuing Washington University’s yearlong Sesquicentennial Environmental Initiative, the final set of colloquia will cover significant issues such as tackling childhood lead poisoning, building a sustainable environment in plant sciences, understanding the effect of aerosols in our air; creating ecological and economically viable structures; and understanding how research universities can impact environmental education and public policy.

Rabbi SusanTalve, a strong believer in Tikkun Olam — healing the world — is working to improve relationships among groups and to improve conditions for those in need in the City of St. Louis.

Women’s sports at Washington University in St. Louis received a big boost recently with an anonymous gift of $350,000 to establish The Nancy Fahey Women’s Athletic Endowment Fund. The Fahey Fund will provide much-needed resources for all women’s intercollegiate athletics programs, and is named for the women’s basketball coach.

For the first time, ophthalmology researchers have demonstrated an association between loss of gel in the eye’s vitreous body and the formation of nuclear cataracts. Click here for more medical articles

Each year, two graduate students and two undergraduates serve as representatives to the University’s Board of Trustees. Graduate students interested in serving as a 2004-05 board representative can apply by going online to www.prograds.wustl.edu and clicking on the “Application Process Student Representative to BOT” link. The graduate student application deadline is Feb. 20. Information regarding […]

The focus is on the environment during the university’s sesquicentennial and the spring 2004 Assembly Series lecture schedule reflects that initiative. Joining the traditional lineup up authors, lawyers, scientists, historians and architects will be five colloquia on the environment. Other highlights of the series include talks by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Ann Coulter and Susan Sontag.

Photo by Joe AngelesVolleyball players Katie Quinn and Jasmine Hunt are all smiles as they help hoist national championship trophy.”This team enjoyed incredible chemistry and unbelievable senior leadership,” said head coach Rich Luenemann of his 38-3 Bears.

The Counsel for the NAACP, the Chief Judge Emeritus and Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and experts on American Indian water rights, globalization, civil rights, women’s legal history, disability rights, death penalty, and economics are part of the spring lineup for the School of Law’s sixth annual Public Interest Law Speaker Series.

The John M. Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis has awarded a total of $70,000 in seed investment capital to two startup businesses in its annual Olin Cup entrepreneurship competition. The Olin Cup competition was launched last year with a new emphasis on life sciences, medicine, and technology startups, as well as other student started ventures. The business school’s Skandalaris Entrepreneurship Program sponsors the annual competition. This is the first time seed funding was awarded in the entrepreneurship contest.