Author: Leslie Gibson McCarthy

In remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Society of Black Student Social Workers at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work will host the fourth annual “Financial Freedom Seminar: Tying Loose Ends—Becoming Financially Secure,” from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, in Brown Hall, Room 100.

The Woman’s Club of Washington University marks its centennial in 2010, and the club will celebrate by offering special meals, lectures, exhibitions and gifts and creating a new endowed scholarship for undergraduate students. The centennial celebration kicks off Jan. 29 with “Honoring the Past,” a 1910-style luncheon featuring opera star Ann Hoyt, at 11:30 a.m. at the Saint Louis Woman’s Club.

A series of forums are being held to seek suggestions, comments and guidance in formulating the final sustainability strategic plan for Washington University.

Full-time WUSTL employees can save money, get in-demand parking spots, and win prizes through the university’s new “Bearly Drivers” carpool program. Through the program, full-time employees of the Danforth, North and West campuses can work together to form a carpool by following a link on the Parking & Transportation Web site, parking.wustl.edu.

Washington University’s Coordinating Council for Diversity Initiatives (CCDI) has awarded 13 diversity and inclusion grants to faculty and staff for initiatives that improve the campus environment for women and members of underrepresented minority groups who are on faculty or staff.

Members of the Visions Gospel Choir perform before a capacity crowd during the university’s 23rd annual celebration honoring Martin Luther King Jr. at 7 p.m. Jan. 18 in Graham Chapel on the Danforth Campus. The theme of this year’s event was “Living the Legacy: Forging Our Path Through Leadership and Service.”

Olin Business School is taking its executive education programs on the road and due west on I-70. Destination: Kansas City. Senior faculty will offer the same top-ranked seminars and the 20-month Executive MBA degree program to Kansas City-based professionals as those offered on the St. Louis campus. Olin’s executive MBA program was established in 1983 and has been offered in conjunction with Fudan University in Shanghai, China since 2002. 

The Record, the source of Washington University news and information since 1974, launches an entirely digital publication today, Jan. 19. It is part of Newsroom, the new comprehensive Web site of the University News Service and Medical News Service that debuts today as well. The digital format will allow more timely coverage of events, sharing to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter and seamless integration of RSS and other Web 2.0 technologies.

Physics professor Stuart Solin, Ph.D., a “classic physics thinker” according to colleagues, lives by the scientific code of honesty and respect for evidence.

The third of four University-wide blood drives this year will be held Jan. 26 at nine locations throughout the University. FULL STORY