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The Washington University Symphony Orchestra will perform music of Rossini, Liszt and Tchaikovsky at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14. The performance is free and open to the public and takes place in the university’s Graham Chapel, just north of the Mallinckrodt Student Center, 6445 Forsyth Blvd. For more information, call (314) 935-4841.

Felicia Keeper, a Bon Appétit cashier who also waits on people at Holmes Lounge in Ridgley Hall, was recently honored at the Compass Group North America’s Be-A-Star Awards Celebration in Orlando. Compass Group, the parent company of Bon Appétit and several other food-service providers nationwide, recognized her for outstanding customer service. “When I first found […]

Recognized as one of America’s finest writers of short fiction, she will host a colloquium on the craft of fiction and a reading of her work.

Courtesy photoWUSTL printmaking is the focus of the exhibition Printmaking: A Contemporary Tradition at Southern Illinois College.

When she was a student in dental school at the University of Chile, M. Rosario Hernandez, D.D.S., didn’t expect that one day she’d be an expert on glaucoma and the optic nerve. She didn’t picture herself coming to St. Louis or even to the United States. She had just completed dental school when Chilean general […]

“The world, and neurosurgery, has lost an outstanding physician, mentor and scientist,” colleague Robert L. Grubb says.

It aims to enhance students’ experiences by connecting them with host families from the University community and surrounding areas.

The former volunteer professor of pediatrics died Oct. 21 of pneumonia.

Business experts from all over the world are visiting the Olin School of Business at Washington University to participate in a three-day conference on corporate governance “Key Issues in Corporate Governance,” co-sponsored by the Olin School, the Center for Research in Economics and Strategy (CRES), and the Journal of Financial Intermediation, is being held at the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center Nov. 11 to 13. The conference features two days of academic presentations and a third day devoted to panel discussions among senior corporate executives, policymakers and academics. Topics include financial markets and corporate governance regulation in the United States and similar issues in the European Union.

Ho-hum: Volleyball wins UAA title — again Some things just never change. The No. 6 Bears’ volleyball team won its 16th straight University Athletic Association title, and 17th time in the league’s 18 years, with 3-1 wins against No. 23 Carnegie Mellon University and No. 11 Emory University in the UAA championships Nov. 6. The […]