Environmental initiative continues with program on plant sciences

The next Environmental Initiative Colloquium will explore “Plant Sciences: The Environment and Sustainability.” From 2-5 p.m. Feb. 26 in Room 300 of the Arts & Sciences Laboratory Science Building, four eminent scientists will discuss phytoremidiation, the inorganic carbon cycle, carbon sesquestration, the impact of genetically modified crops on the environment and the issue of sustainability. […]

An inspirational leader

First there was HEAO, then SOFIE, then CRIS and now TIGER. For an astrophysicist whose major research projects over the past 36 years have had these acronyms, it is only fitting that Martin H. Israel, Ph.D., drives a car with license plates that read “COSMC” — as in cosmic rays. Since he arrived at the […]

State of the art

Photo by Bob BostonMedical students admire the sculpture Techno-Primitive by Ralph Paquin, on display in front of Olin Residence Hall on Scott Avenue.

Hillel symposium: ‘Gateways to Social Justice’ March 21

St. Louis Hillel at Washington University will host a symposium titled “Gateways to Social Justice” from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 21 in Brown Hall, Room 100, and Holmes Lounge. The symposium is a component of the Hillel’s Social Justice Institute. The opening keynote addresses will be presented in Brown Hall, Room 100, by Mark Pelavin, […]
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