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Paul A. Volcker, a former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, will deliver the Assembly Series lecture at Washington University. The talk will take place at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 24 in Graham Chapel, located just north of Mallinckrodt Center (6445 Forsyth Blvd.) on the Washington University campus. Assembly Series lectures are free and open to the public. Volcker’s talk is also the John M. Olin School of Business’ Sesquicentennial lecture.

Student Life, the 125 year-old independent student newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis, will be celebrating that milestone with a reunion Sept. 12-14. Expected to attend and speak are former Student Life writers Michael Isikoff (A&S ’74), investigative reporter for Newsweek magazine who broke the Monica Lewinsky story in 1998; Ken Cooper (A&S ’77), national editor for The Boston Globe; and Mike Peters (A&S ’65), creator of the “Mother Goose and Grimm” comic strip.

The forum will be led by a panel of experts discussing how certain social issues affect all of us and how we affect them.

Visitors to the University’s home Web site might have a nice surprise waiting for them: It’s been redesigned. Improving appearance and ease of use were two of the main goals. “We redesign the main Univer-sity Web site on a two-year cycle to keep it fresh-looking, and to adjust our content and navigation to reflect what […]

The goal for the 2003 campaign is $500,000; University faculty and staff members should have already received pledge cards.

A task force developed procedures for instances when an undergraduate seeks to pursue a grievance against a faculty member.

In recognition of the Sesquicentennial theme “Treasuring the Past, Shaping the Future,” Arts & Sciences is hosting four “Conversations.”

Research Web site now more user-friendly A newly designed “Research at Washington University” Web site has been launched with the goal of providing a central resource for all information regarding research at the University. Theodore J. Cicero, Ph.D., vice chancellor for research, recently announced the redesign. “We were aware that a large amount of valuable […]

Jeff M. Michalski Julie D. Morris Barry A. Siegel Janice M. Huss Michael Sherraden Adam S. Kibel Roger Phillips Guido L. Weiss Deborah L. Lerner Christine Floss Colin G. Nichols Tuan-hua David Ho Kenneth F. Kelton John K. McGuire Rachel D. Roberts Dennis E. Hourcade Ronald S. Indeck Richard K. Wilson James E. Galvin Steven G. Krantz Alexis M. Elward Rebecca Treiman Angela Miller Shankar M. Sastry and Richard LaForest

With more than 200 activities and events planned, the 150th Birthday Pary Sept. 14 will offer something of interest to everyone.