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• Before reaching 30 years old, Robert S. Brookings transformed a small St. Louis business, Cupples & Marston, into the nation’s largest distributor of household products. At 35, he conceived and created a central warehousing terminal that revolutionized the cost structure for wholesale merchants in St. Louis and became the model for the nation’s freight […]

Jackson Nickerson Jackson Nickerson is the Frahm Family Professor of Organization and Strategy at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. He joined the University in 1996 and teaches strategic management courses on innovation, management of life science, organizational strategy, and critical thinking. His research focuses on why firms choose different organizational […]

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The Bear Necessities store in Wohl Student Center will be having a final sale April 22 in its current location. The store will be moving this summer to the new Umrath residence hall.

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will give a “State of the University” address at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, April 23, in Edison Theatre. For those unable to attend, the presentation will be broadcast live via a link at wustl.edu.

The Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis has been selected to host USA TODAY’s 10th CEO Forum. The Forum will feature an interview with IAC CEO and media veteran, Barry Diller. USA TODAY’s senior media reporter David Lieberman will moderate the event. The Forum, which will take place on campus before an audience of 300 select guests, will be followed by a question and answer period, allowing attendees direct interaction with Mr. Diller and Mr. Lieberman.

The George Warren Brown School of Social Work will honor five distinguished individuals for outstanding service to their profession during its annual Alumni Awards celebration at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 28 in Whitaker Hall Auditorium. Three alumni will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards and two faculty members will receive Distinguished Faculty Awards.

Born and raised in New York, Ann Fertig Freedman received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1971 from Washington University, where she was inspired by the modern collection built by art historian H.W. Janson. Upon graduation Freedman returned to New York and began her career at the front desk of the André Emmerich Gallery. […]

Ralph Cunningham is a founding principal of Cunningham | Quill Architects in Washington, DC. He has worked in residential, in-fill mixed-use, institutional and commercial architecture for more than 20 years. A native of Washington, DC, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Architecture from Washington University in 1983 and a Master of Architecture from […]

Judy Pfaff is one of the most celebrated artists of her generation, known for crafting large-scale installations that combine local materials with elements of painting, sculpture and architecture. Born in London, Pfaff moved to the United States at the age of 13 and studied in Michigan and Illinois before receiving her BFA degree from Washington […]