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Elouise Burrell (standing), a member of the Cultural Heritage Choir, leads members of WUSTL’s Visions Gospel Choir during a rehearsal last Friday. The student group performed with the professional vocal/percussion ensemble at the 560 Music Center April 10 as part of the “Celebration of Women and Diversity,” presented by the Woman’s Club of Washington University.

WUSTL students prepare materials with Admissions Officer Gina Golliday (right) for the university’s Multicultural Celebration Weekend, which begins Thursday, April 15.

The Graduate Professional Council’s 2010 Bridging GAPS Awards were announced during a ceremony April 7 in the Jane Goldberg Formal Lounge in the Danforth University Center.

Visitors to the annual Pow Wow Apri 10 at the Field House enjoyed a daylong celebration of dancing, singing, drumming, arts, crafts and food. Sponsored by the Brown School’s Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies, it is the only Pow Wow within 100 miles of St. Louis.  

John Stern, PhD, a pioneering psychophysiologist who conducted research at Washington University for nearly 60 years, died April 3, 2010 in St. Louis. He was 85.

Susan Wightman (right) receives a wrapped silver platter from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton April 7 in recognition of her 25 years of service to Washington University. The 2010 25th Anniversary Reception, held at Harbison House, honored Wightman and 92 other faculty and staff members for their quarter-century of dedication to Washington University.

Community Counts was one of the featured projects at Faces of Hope, an annual celebration of civic engagement and community service April 8 at Whitaker Hall.

Robert Salisbury, PhD, professor emeritus of political science in Arts & Sciences and an expert on how lobbyists and interest groups work inside the Beltway, died April 9, 2010. He was 79.

WHAT: The 20th annual Pow Wow at Washington University, a festival of American Indian cultures WHEN: Saturday, April 10 from noon to 10 p.m. Grand entries of dancers will be showcased at 1 and 6 p.m. Arts & crafts booths will open at 10 a.m. WHERE: Washington University’s Athletic Center, near the intersection of Forsyth […]

As told by WUSTL alumna Stacey Robertson Maurice And then John Evans, the brave man that he is, walked out on the spit to one side of the cove, the waves crashing over his legs. He got out far enough that he was past the worst of the breakers, and then the Zodiac with the […]