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Danielle Hayes, research assistant in anthropology in Arts & Sciences, presents a poster at Faces of Hope March 26 at the Danforth University Center. Faces of Hope celebrates community engagement at WUSTL. The event is an opportunity to learn how faculty, staff and students are working with partners locally and around the world to make a difference.

Two WUSTL students have been selected as 2012 Truman Scholars: junior Arts & Science majors Madeleine Daepp and Ethan Lynch. WUSTL is one of six institutions nationwide to have multiple Truman Scholars. Because Lynch is studying abroad in Amman Jordan, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton (right) used Skype to share the good news.

Alaina Butler of Lawrence, Kan., dances during the 22nd annual Pow Wow March 31 in the Athletic Center. The Pow Wow, hosted by the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at the Brown School, offered visitors and participants a full day of dancing, singing, drumming, arts, crafts and food.

Virginia Burrus, PhD, professor of early church history and chair of the graduate division of religion at Drew University in Madison, N.J., will give the Weltin Lecture in Religious Studies Monday, April 9. Her talk, “St. Helia Talks Back:
 Christianity and the Feminization of Rhetorical Voice,” will take place at 4:30 p.m. in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge.

Dorothy Edwards, PhD, executive director of Green Dot, etc., a center dedicated to effective intervention and prevention of power-based personal violence, will be at Washington University in St. Louis at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in Lab Sciences Room 300, on the Danforth Campus to give the Rabbi Ferdinand Isserman/Helen Manley Memorial Lecture for the Assembly Series.

Arts & Sciences recognized the achievements of six alumni during the 15th Annual Arts & Sciences Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony, held March 22 at the Crowne Plaza Clayton. Five alumni received the Distinguished Alumni Award and Robert L. Virgil, (MBA ’60, DBA ’67, honorary doctor of laws ’09), dean emeritus of Olin Business School and a WUSTL emeritus trustee, received the Dean’s Medal.

Students perform the traditional Bolivian dance Caporales during “Carnaval,” a yearly cultural show organized by the Association of Latin American Students. More than 130 students participated in skits, dances and musical acts to highlight the beauty, creativity and richness of Latin American culture. 

Students competed in tug-of-war during the 2012 Residential College Olympics March 31 on the South 40. This popular, annual event pits all of the residential colleges against each other in a day filled with fun activities. This year, Park/Mudd Residential College took first place overall.

Washington University’s academic programs in Washington, D.C., now are being led by the provost’s office, under the oversight of Priscilla Stone, PhD, assistant provost for international education. Kent D. Syverud, JD, dean of the School of Law and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor, has led the D.C. initiative since its 2009 launch.

University Libraries and the Alumni Association are hosting a “WUSTL Tweets, Tweetup” at 3 p.m. Friday, April 27, in Olin Library’s Ginkgo Reading Room (Level 1). A tweetup is an in-person networking event for Twitter users to meet their friends/followers in real life.