Author: Neil Schoenherr

Ray Suarez, author and senior correspondent for PBS’s The NewsHour, was scheduled to present “The Holy Vote: The Politics of Faith in America” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31, in Graham Chapel. This lecture has been canceled.

An international team of researchers, including Erik Trinkaus, Ph.D. professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has reanalyzed the complete immature dentition of a 30,000 year-old-child from the Abrigo do Lagar Velho, Portugal. The new analysis of the Lagar Velho child shows that these “early modern humans” were modern without being “fully modern.”

SLIDESHOW: John C. Danforth Center for Religion & Politics

John C. Danforth, former U.S. senator, speaks during a Dec. 16 news conference while Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton looks on. The University is establishing a scholarly and educational center that will focus on the role of religion in politics in the United States, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. “The establishment of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics reflects the legacy of Jack Danforth and his belief in the importance of a civil discourse that treats differences with respect,” Wrighton said. The creation of the center, which includes the recruitment of five new faculty members with endowed professorships, is being made possible by a $30 million endowment gift from the St. Louis-based Danforth Foundation. It is believed to be the largest gift of its kind made to a university to fund such an academic center.

Free 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccinations will be provided to faculty, staff and students from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, in the lobby of the McDonnell Pediatrics Research Building on the School of Medicine campus.

Photo by Ray MarklinSchool of Medicine students learn belly dancing from instructor Penny Moskus as part of a week’s worth of events emphasizing a healthy life.

The following incidents were reported to University Police Dec. 1-7. Readers who have information concerning these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. Dec. 1 10:21 a.m. — A person reported license plates had been stolen from a vehicle parked next to Goldfarb Plant Growth Facility Nov. 30 between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. Dec. 3 […]

Jacqueline “Jackie” Ulin Levey, J.D., has been hired as the executive director of St. Louis Hillel at Washington University. A University alumna, Levey replaces Michael Landy, who resigned in September. Levey graduated with honors and earned a bachelor’s degree in political science in Arts & Sciences in 1997. She also earned a juris doctorate from […]

Nominations are due Dec. 15 for the second annual James M. Holobaugh Honors.

Jacqueline “Jackie” Ulin Levey has been hired as the executive director of St. Louis Hillel at Washington University.