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The Center for Research on Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Washington University School of Law will host a conference on “The Economics and Law of Innovation” on April 2-3 in Anheuser-Busch Hall. The conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. each day, with the keynote presentation at 12:20 p.m. on Thursday. The goal of the conference is to stimulate interdisciplinary dialogue and scholarship on innovation. As part of the conference, leading scholars in economics and the law will examine and discuss the provocative book, Against Intellectual Monopoly, by Michele Boldrin, Ph.D., the Joseph Gibson Hoyt Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences and chair of the economics department, and David Levine, Ph.D., the John H. Biggs Distinguished Professor of Economics in Arts & Sciences.

Senior Tyler Nading scored a game-high 20 points as the Washington University in St. Louis men’s basketball team repeated as NCAA Division III National Champions with a 61-52 victory over No. 6 Richard Stockton College on Saturday at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Va. The WUSTL women’s basketball team staged a frenzied second-half comeback attempt that fell just short as the Bears lost, 60-53, to No. 3 George Fox University in a national championship game played Saturday at the DeVos Fieldhouse in Holland, Mich.

For filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, “keeping it real” is more than just a phrase — it’s the philosophy that drives him to write, direct and star in his documentaries. Spurlock will be the featured speaker for an Assembly Series program at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 1 in Graham Chapel. The event, sponsored by Congress of the South 40, is free and open to the public. No tickets are required.

A memorial service for WUSTL senior Anthony Olasov will be held at 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 27, in Graham Chapel.

A memorial service for Herbert F. Hitzeman Jr., senior vice chancellor emeritus, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 29, in Graham Chapel and will be led by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. A reception will follow in Holmes Lounge.

Janine Benyus, one of the pre-eminent practitioners of biomimicry, will speak for the Assembly Series at 5:30 p.m. March 19 in Graham Chapel.

A March 30th symposium will commemorate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth by bringing together four leading geneticists whose research focuses on defining the DNA changes that distinguish humans from our closest evolutionary relatives, the non-human primates.

I. Jerome Flance, M.D., emeritus professor of clinical medicine, has received the Ralph O. Claypoole Sr. Memorial Award from the American College of Physicians. The award recognizes an outstanding practitioner of internal medicine who has devoted his or her career to the care of patients. The recipient is a clinician highly respected by colleagues for […]

WUSTL physics professors will explore the genius of Galileo during the Saturday Science seminar series, sponsored by the De-partment of Physics and Uni-versity College in Arts & Sciences. Born in 1564, Galileo Galilei was the first to understand the role of controlled experiments in science. His methods of reasoning represent a sharp break from those […]

Photo by Whitney CurtisCheryl Waites (left) and Rhonda Garver admire the paintings during the annual Washington University Nursery School gallery night fundraiser March 7 at the Shearburn William Gallery in St. Louis. Each nursery school child created an original acrylic “masterpiece” on canvas for the event.