Classics’ Moore gives talk on Greek tragedy, Ferguson
Timothy Moore, John and Penelope Biggs Distinguished Professor of Classics and chair of the Department of Classics in Arts & Sciences, recently delivered a lecture titled “Greek Tragedy after Ferguson” at Butler University in Indianapolis.
Davis memorial service set for June 6
A campus memorial service for James W. Davis, professor emeritus of political science in Arts & Sciences, will be held at 4 p.m. June 6 in Graham Chapel. Davis died April 27.
Who Knew WashU? 5.10.16
Question: Which campus building includes a public display of fossils from creatures that lived long ago, including a 12-foot crocodile?
WUSM Secure wireless network extended
Washington University Information Technology has extended the WUSM Secure wireless network to enable better collaboration and access. Medical school faculty, staff and students now can connect to the encrypted WUSM Secure wireless network when visiting the Danforth Campus.
Women’s Society presents 2016 awards, scholarships
Leaders of the Women’s Society of Washington University announced the winners of the Harriet K. Switzer Leadership Award and the Elizabeth Gray Danforth Scholarship during the group’s annual membership meeting April 19.
Strunk memorial service planned May 21
A memorial service for Robert Charles Strunk, MD, a pediatric allergist at the School of Medicine, will be held from 6:30-9 p.m. Saturday, May 21, in the Living World at the Saint Louis Zoo. Strunk died April 28.
Free rowing classes offered this month
The Washington University Crew Club will host free “learn to row” classes on May 14 and 21, both Saturdays, at Creve Coeur Lake.
Classics’ Keane gives presentations on satire, intertextuality
Catherine Keane, associate professor and director of graduate studies of classics in Arts & Sciences, recently presented a discussion, “The Frank, the Friendly, and the Fictional: Speech in the Fragments of Lucilius’ Satires” at Williams College in Massachusetts.
Graduate student McDonald finalist in primatology competition
Monica McDonald, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences, is a finalist in a 2016 student competition sponsored by the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists.
Who Knew WashU? 5.4.16
Which university building, whose cornerstone was laid in May 1901, is named after a businessman who helped open a preparatory school for the university?
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