Form and balance

Photo by Kevin LowderVisiting artist Jennifer Medina leads an advanced master class for the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences.

HUD deputy secretary to present lecture

Alphonso Jackson, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), will lecture on national housing policy at 11 a.m. today in Anheuser-Busch Hall, Room 309. As HUD’s chief operating officer, Jackson oversees the day-to-day operations of the $32 billion agency that has a core mission of providing affordable housing and promoting […]

Comedian, Activist Dick Gregory to deliver Black Arts and Sciences Festival Lecture

Acclaimed civil and human rights activist, Dick Gregory, will deliver the Black Arts and Sciences Festival Lecture as part of the Assembly Series on October 29, 2003. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 11 a.m. in Graham Chapel, located just north of Mallinckrodt Center (6445 Forsyth Blvd.) on the Washington University campus. Gregory is known for his many achievements in the field of global human rights. Using unique means of nonviolent protest, he has mobilized support for many social injustices worldwide, including the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, the African famine of the 1980s and, most recently, America’s war on drugs.

Giving the gift of hope

G. Scott Robinson, you might say, owes his livelihood to Roy Rogers and his music to Mel Bay. The perseverance is all his own. Robinson was born with the rare genetic condition “osteogenesis imperfecta,” known as “brittle bone disorder.” As a child, he suffered fractures from playing on the floor, falling out of bed, even […]

Picturing our Past

Homecoming queen Bettey Jo Bussman (right) and her court in 1965. Homecoming is always a ritual at colleges, and Washington University is no different. Here, Homecoming isn’t just a day, it’s an entire week. This year, Parents Weekend is just a part of the Homecoming festivities. On Oct. 18, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will talk […]
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