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Of note Frederick Eberhardt, PhD, assistant professor of philosophy-neuroscience-psychology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $6,500 subaward from the University of California, Berkeley, for research titled “Causal Learning: Interventions and Decisions.” … Michael D. Frachetti, PhD, assistant professor of anthropology in Arts & Sciences, has received a one-year, $35,000 grant from the National […]

Tiffany Stern, PhD, professor of English at Oxford University, is the visiting Hurst Professor in the Department of English in Arts & Sciences the week of Oct. 18. Stern, whose expertise is in Early Modern theatrical practice, will give three presentations in Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall, Oct. 19, 21 and 22.

CLTV/Chicagoland Television News ChicagoLand News at 2 Another Chicago establishment is now saying sorry to students from Washington University in St. Louis over problems that arose as part lodging arrangements for the student’s senior class trip to Chicago. But in this case, Chicago’s Fairmont Hotel is paying big money to respond to the student’s complaints […]

High Performing Buildings Magazine Nature’s way: Tyson Living Learning Center Fall 2010 Washington University’s research and education center outside of St. Louis aims to meet goals of net zero energy and water use. Composting toilets require no water for flushing, and a rainwater harvesting and treatment system provides potable water. The building nearly reached net […]

Washington University’s Film & Media Archive will host Home Movie Day Saturday, Oct. 16, from noon-4 p.m. at the West Campus Library and Conference Center. Home Movie Day is an annual event that invites the public to share and learn to care for their home movies shot on Regular 8mm, Super 8mm or 16mm film.

CNN.com Family says it has Michelangelo work 10/13/2010 A painting that hung for years in the family living room of a retired Air Force officer may be the lost work of Italian master Michelangelo, according to at least one expert. Others are skeptical. Michelangelo expert and Washington University art history professor, William Wallace, who saw […]

The Washington University Human Research Protection Office has launched an Internet-based submission system that will allow researchers to submit human research studies to the Institutional Review Board (IRB) electronically.

International Herald Tribune Hungarian start-ups compete against giants 10/11/2010 Michael Simon is very much a Midwestern American, with degrees from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Yet he has carved out a most unusual niche in the software industry as the purveyor of blockbuster Hungarian start-ups, including […]

WUSTL will celebrate Campus Sustainability Day Wednesday, Oct. 20, and many sustainability-themed events will be held in late October throughout the Danforth and Medical campuses. Campus Sustainability Day is held to bring attention to the achievements and challenges for students, faculty and staff in working to instill sustainability principles in higher education institutions.