Author: Neil Schoenherr

The School of Law will hold intersession courses Jan. 5-9, 2009, allowing upper-level students to take a one-unit short course in a subject that enriches their curriculum. Top attorneys, professors and other legal professionals will teach these classes. Intersession offerings include: “Chapter 11 Strategies for the Business Lawyer”; “Comparative Property and Tax Law: Select Topics, […]

Luna Negra Dance Theater brings its unique form of dance to Edison Theatre 8 p.m. Nov. 7 and 8 as part of the OVATIONS! series.

Photo by Kevin LowderSeniors Emily Rubenstein (left) and Jamie Hanley, members of the Delta Gamma sorority, lead the “morale dance” during Dance Marathon Oct. 25 in the Athletic Complex.

The No. 4 volleyball team dropped a five-set match to Division II University of Missouri-St. Louis on Susan G. Komen Dig for the Cure Night at the WUSTL Field House Oct. 22. Participating in the nationwide program to benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure network of St. Louis, fans and other supporters made […]

The Latin American Studies program in Arts & Sciences is sponsoring the 2008 South by Midwest two-day conference called “Rethinking Intellectuals in Latin America.”

The Campus Y’s annual Safe Trick-or-Treat will be held from 1-3 p.m. Nov. 1 in the South 40, and faculty and staff are invited to bring their children.

Photo by Mary ButkusChancellor Mark S. Wrighton addresses students participating in the fall Undergraduate Research Symposium Oct. 25 in the Danforth University Center.

Disadvantaged and minority populations are more likely to be diagnosed with and die from cancer than other groups in the United States. A five-year, $8.6 million grant to Washington University will explore how improved information and referral systems can help eliminate these disparities.

Frank FlinnDemocratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden is telling the Catholics in his audiences that St. Thomas Aquinas had a different teaching on abortion than the current pope and his immediate predecessors. He’s right, says Frank K. Flinn, Ph.D., adjunct professor of religious studies in Arts & Sciences. Flinn is author of the Encyclopedia of Catholicism (2007).

Dancer, choreographer, and creative/performance artist Liz Lerman, together with WUSTL faculty, will participate in a panel discussion on the intersection of art and community. The Assembly Series program, “Still Crossing: Expressing Identities, Building Communities” begins at 4 p.m. October 30 in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge.