Author: Neil Schoenherr

The McDonnell International Scholars Academy has partnered with Eisenhower Fellowships, a non-partisan, non-profit organization, to launch the St. Louis International Leadership Initiative.

National Public Radio’s Mandalit del Barco, right, records a conversation with senior Alejandra Ponce de Leon after her final performance with Mariachi Cuicacalli during Footsteps Across the Americas April 12 in Whitaker Hall. Sponsored by WUSTL’s Annika Rodriguez Scholars Program, the event was the third annual symposium on Latino contributions and featured 25 student exhibitions, in addition to del Barco’s keynote address.

Senior Jonathan Garst Orozco, biology major in Arts & Sciences, gets his hair cut by Tara McCarthy of Paramount Salon during the Locks of Love event April 9 in Mallinckrodt Student Center. For a video of the day’s events, visit http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/9224.html.

The spring U-Pass, allowing WUSTL community members free use of Metro, the region’s public transportation system, expires May 21. Eligible employees may now request a summer 2007 U-Pass; eligible students beginning April 30.

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More than 120,000 people from the St. Louis area are expected to attend the annual Thurtene Carnival from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. April 21-22 on the North Brookings parking lot. Already the oldest and largest student-run carnival in the nation, this year Thurtene aims to reach further into the St. Louis community while expanding on last year’s pledge to remain environmentally friendly.

More than 120,000 people from the St. Louis area are expected to attend the annual Thurtene Carnival from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. on the North Brookings parking lot April 21-22. This year’s theme is “Wish. Dream. Live. Play.”

For the first time in the United States, the presidents of 12 premier universities from Asia and the Middle East will gather at Washington University in St. Louis May 4-7 to discuss ways their institutions are addressing global energy and environmental concerns. The International Symposium on Energy and Environment is sponsored by Washington University’s McDonnell International Scholars Academy.

Photo by Joe AngelesMichael Lamberta, a junior biology major in Arts & Sciences, pins a ribbon on George Lai, a junior medical anthropology major in Arts & Sciences, during White Ribbon Day April 5 in Mallinckrodt Student Center.

Researchers at WUSTL and in Beijing studying a 40,000-year-old early modern human skeleton found in China have determined that the “out of Africa” dispersal of modern humans may not have been as simple as once thought.