Author: Neil Schoenherr

The annual Thurtene Road Race, which raises both money for charity and awareness of the Thurtene Carnival in April, will be held at 8:30 a.m. March 30 on the Danforth Campus. “This year’s race is going to be a great time for families to enjoy some fun and exercise together,” said junior James Cornwall, economics […]

Photo by David MarchantThe Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present its third biennial “Young Choreographers Showcase“ March 28-30 in the Annelise Mertz Dance Studio in Mallinckrodt Student Center. The concert will feature seven original works — ranging from ballet to modern, solos to large group works — by student choreographers in the PAD’s Dance Program.

Two former United States Congressmen will be on campus from March 30-April1 as the University participates in the national Congress to Campus program.

WrightonWashington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will be honored as the 2007 Citizen of the Year during a ceremony at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, in Graham Chapel on the university’s Danforth Campus.

FlanaganKathryn Flanagan, Ph.D., senior scientist and head of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Mission Office at the Space Telescope Science Institute, will deliver the 2008 McDonnell Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 27, in Room 214 Wilson Hall on the Danforth Campus at Washington University in St. Louis.

At its spring meeting, the Board of Trustees heard a report on the strategic plan proposed by Arts & Sciences presented by trustee Earle H. Harbison Jr., chairman of the Harbison Corporation and retired president of the Monsanto Corporation. The presentation is part of an overall Plan for Excellence, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.

Photo by Joe AngelesMcDonnell Scholar Ming Zu (center) rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange March 10 under the watchful eyes of Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton; James V. Wertsch, Ph.D. (second from left), the Marshall S. Snow Professor in Arts & Sciences and director of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy; and members of the McDonnell Academy.

Photo by Kevin LowderSenior Kathleen Rains, a cancer survivor, receives a flower on completion of the first lap of Relay for Life March 1 at Francis Field. More than 1,700 people helped raise $180,470 for the American Cancer Society.

Observing that the current presidential campaign is becoming “hyper-racial,” a noted linguist and African American studies expert at Washington University in St. Louis suggests voters participate in a “linguistic thought experiment” to determine the extent that candidates are able to discuss race or gender on the campaign trail.

The annual Thurtene Road Race, which raises both money for charity and awareness of the Thurtene Carnival in April, will be held at 8:30 a.m. March 30 on the Danforth Campus.