Author: Leslie Gibson McCarthy

As part of the celebration of the 1853 founding of Washington University in St. Louis, two couples — George and Carol Bauer and Scott and Pyong Rudolph — will receive the Robert S. Brookings Award at this year’s Founders Day banquet. The gala takes place at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at the St. Louis Union Station Marriott. For ticket information, call (314) 935-6503.

A cold, wet day wasn’t enough to keep Henry S. Webber, executive vice chancellor for administration, from riding his bicycle through a ribbon dedicating the new bicycle path through the Danforth Campus Oct. 19. Partners from the Great Rivers Greenway District, the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County, and Clayton and University City participated in the celebration. The ribbon-cutting event was part of Campus Sustainability Week.

Junior quarterback Dan Burkett threw for two touchdowns and ran for another score as the WUSTL football team posted a 24-21 win at Oberlin College Oct. 22. Updates also included on men’s and women’s soccer.

On the heels of the St. Louis Cardinals’ appearance in the World Series, one of baseball’s greatest fans will give the keynote address to the annual Founder’s Day celebration at Washington University in St. Louis. In addition to the Pulitizer Prize-winning historian’s remarks, Founders Day 2011 will feature the presentation of the Distinguished Faculty Awards, the Distinguished Alumni Awards and the Robert S. Brookings Awards.

Video of the service celebrating the life of James E. McLeod, vice chancellor for students and dean of the College of Arts & Sciences who died Sept. 6, is available online.

The deadline for submission of 2011-12 Diversity and Inclusion Grant proposals is Saturday, Nov. 5. The grants are available to faculty and administrators for initiatives that improve the campus environment for women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and other diverse groups at WUSTL.  

Approximately 1,500 members of the Class of 2015 arrived on campus this past August. The freshman class was selected from nearly 29,000 applicants, and approximately half are female and half male. And they have been acclimating well, thanks to welcome events and advice from WUSTL upperclassmen, faculty and staff.

Help Bon Appetit evaluate the level of service and food in the WUSTL Dining Services cafes on the Washington University Campus by partcipating in a short online survey. From among those who complete the survey, two winners will be selected to win a $200 Visa Gift card.

The football team snapped a three-game losing streak with a 24-20 win over the College of Wooster Oct. 15, at Francis Field. Updates also included on volleyball, cross country, men’s and women’s soccer and men’s tennis.

Astrophysicist Richard A. Muller, PhD, will present, “Global Warming–New Results from an Independent Assessment,” for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 19, in Graham Chapel. His talk is the annual Arthur Holly Compton Lecture.