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Yahoo! Canada Global leadership: Voters launch a power surge of women 11/14/2010 The face of global power is clearly changing, and it is looking far more feminine. To understand this shift, you need to go back to a 1995 United Nations’ Bejing conference report calling for governments to restructure their electoral and political party systems […]

Mark Alford, PhD, professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, is a co-recipient of five-year, $150,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for research titled “Neutrinos and Nucleosynthesis in Hot Dense Matter.” … Brian D. Carpenter, PhD, associate professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $1,980 grant from the Missouri […]

Members of the Alpha Omega Pi sorority let loose on the dance floor in the Field House of the Athletic Complex during the annual 12-hour Dance Marathon Nov. 6. More than 1,000 students from WUSTL and local colleges and high schools helped raise $166,807.65 for the Children’s Miracle Network, bringing the event’s 12-year fundraising total to more than $1 million.

CNN International / Health.com Aging workforce means dementia on the job could rise 11/12/2010 Given the aging population and the weak economy – which is prompting older people who do have jobs to stay in them – the problem of Alzheimer’s Disease in the workplace is likely to get worse. The warning signs may differ […]

Faculty, staff and students can recycle burned out or unwanted holiday light strings before, during and after the holidays at the Danforth University Center, the South 40 House and North Campus beginning Monday, Nov. 15. WUSTL’s Office of Sustainability is partnering with Green Earth Waste Recovery Inc. and Operation Food Search on the initiative, which runs through Saturday, Jan. 15.

Fast Company / FC Expert Blog Turnaround built on non-stop unrelenting change 11/10/2010 Bob Weidner has been CEO of the Metal Service Center Institute (MSCI) for nine years. When he was recruited for the position the organization was in need of a turnaround. He has been more than successful. Early on they attacked cost structure. […]

Three new student residential buildings on the Danforth Campus — the South 40 House (Phase 2), College Hall and Eliot B — have received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold rating from the U.S. Green Building Council. All three buildings are located on the South 40 area of campus. 

Timothy Barrett, an internationally recognized papermaker, conservator and educator, will discuss “14th- to 19th-Century Handmade Papers: Recent Aesthetic and Scientific Investigations” at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, at Steinberg Hall Auditorium. Historical and contemporary paper specimens and artists’ books also will be on display at Steinberg.

Irish Times Anniversary of Centre for Human Rights 11/08/2010 The 10th anniversary celebrations of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway will take place on November 19th and 20th. Speakers at the two-day event will include Leila Nadya Sadat, professor at Washington University’s school of law. Link to Article CBS News Georgina Bloomberg’s […]

Acclaimed actress and human rights advocate Mia Farrow will appear on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, in Graham Chapel for the Assembly Series. Farrow’s talk, the annual Elliot Stein Lecture in Ethics, will center on the need for universal human rights and justice and is free and open to the public.