Author: Leslie Gibson McCarthy

At the December meeting of the Washington University Board of Trustees Dec. 2-3, trustees discussed the university’s current and future international focus, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. The board also elected a new Shepley Trustee and held a moment of silence and presented a memorial resolution for trustee Jai P. Nagarkatti, president and CEO of Sigma-Aldrich Corp., who died Nov. 13, 2010.

Sports updates for week of Nov. 30, 2010.

Washington University in St. Louis women’s basketball coach Nancy Fahey picks up a special achievement award from the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame Nov. 16 on behalf of the women’s basketball team. The Hall of Fame Award of Champions was presented to the coach at a dinner at the Millennium Hotel that inducted 16 to the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame and honored the Bears for winning the 2010 NCAA Division III women’s basketball championship last March.

Before delivering the Stein Lecture in Ethics for the Assembly Series Nov. 17, humanitarian and actress Mia Farrow participated in a seminar on human trafficking at the School of Law in Anheuser-Busch Hall. Karen Tokarz, JD, the Charles Nagel Professor of Public Interest Law & Public Service and director of the Dispute Resolution Program, led the group of social work and law students.

Sports updates for the week of Nov. 22, 2010.

The campus of Washington University in St. Louis will be a hotbed of volleyball activity this weekend, Nov. 19-21, as the 2010 NCAA Division III Volleyball Championship comes to the Washington University Field House. “To be selected as the host site is a privilege,” says John Schael, director of athletics. “To have the participating student-athletes, coaches and administrators on our campus is a pleasure, and to have Washington University’s named connected with the championships is an honor.”

Sports updates for week of Nov. 15, 2010.

Events to spark innovation, imagination and creativity are taking place on the WUSTL campus and around the world from Nov. 15-20 as part of a global initiative to promote entrepreneurship among young people. Got an idea? Learn how to turn it into a venture. Participate in an amazing race to discover innovative ventures in St. Louis or listen to other entrepreneurs as they bounce their ideas off a panel of judges.

To celebrate his 90th birthday, Douglass C. North, PhD (left), the Spencer T. Olin Professor in Arts & Sciences, welcomed colleagues and friends such as Elinor Ostrom, PhD, to a two-day conference honoring his legacy in the field of institutional economics Nov. 5-6. North received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1993 for his pioneering work which integrates the role of institutions, social and cognitive sciences to study how societies and their economies evolve. Watch video tribute to North from friends and colleagues.

Volleyball coach Rich Luenemann stands among his team after his players defeated Brandeis University Nov. 5 and gave their coach the honor of becoming just the fifth person in NCAA history to reach 1,000 career volleyball victories.