Author: Neil Schoenherr

• Also see the Debate events calendar The Presidential Image: 60 Years of the Best in White House Photography Through Oct. 11. Lobby of John M. Olin Library, Lvl. 1, Viewable during library hours. This exhibition presents 68 prize-winning photographs of presidents from Franklin Roosevelt through George W. Bush. Contact: Andrew Clendennen. Office of Public […]

There is no Campus Watch for this issue of the Record.

The talks will focus on a series of papers published in 1905 by Albert Einstein and will be held at 10 a.m. each Saturday in October.

Photo by Mary ButkusThe University-wide Career Fair brought in nearly 600 students to meet with representatives of more than 60 companies.

BucknerCertain brain changes that are common in normal aging are not the beginnings of Alzheimer’s disease, according to an article published by Washington University psychology professor Randy L. Buckner in the Sept. 30 issue of Neuron. “When you start to look across the literature, lots of data points converge suggesting there are certain changes that take place in aging that are not what cause Alzheimer’s disease,” says Buckner.

Two Washington University graduates have installed sixteen rare and historically important American flags for the debates at Washington University in St. Louis. With different star and stripe patterns, methods of manufacture, and uses, the flags show how the U.S. grew and developed throughout the 19th century. Revealing not just how the flag changed over time, but also how political campaigns evolved, the flags provide an enlightening historical context in which to view the debates.

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Campaign Tactics & Stategy James Davis Professor of Political Science in Arts & Sciences Direct contact: (314) 935-5828 / davis@artsci.wustl.edu Expertise: presidency, campaigns, budget battles, American politics, military history, politics of war on terrorism, U.S. intelligence operations Sobel specializes in the politics of international finance with a focus upon domestic explanations of international behavior. His […]

Kevin LowderJunior Jenny Beach and sophomore Shelby Kamenstein play in the Sam-E-Phi Trotters Charity Basketball Tournament Sept. 18.

The Campus Store in Mallinckrodt Student Center will hold its seventh annual “Spirit of St. Louis” event from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 27. The store will offer discounts of 20 percent on presidential debate merchandise, 25 percent on bargain books, 20 percent on St. Louis titles and 20 percent on Beginning a Great Work: Washington […]