Corporate-governance conference brings experts here

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.

Sports

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 […]

Campus Watch

The following incidents were reported to University Police Nov. 4-9. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Nov. 4 1:29 p.m. — A department […]

Of note

Robert W. Sussman, Ph.D., Glenn C. Conroy, Ph.D., Lester K. Spence, Ph.D., John R. Bowen, Ph.D., Philip V. Bayly, Ph.D., and more

Word detective

As one of the world’s leading experts on literacy and spelling development, Rebecca A. Treiman has spent more than two decades finding order in the perceived chaos of the English language. “The English writing system is often considered to be chaotic and hard to learn,” said Treiman, Ph.D., the Burke & Elizabeth High Baker Professor […]
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