Helping teachers teach

Photo by David KilperPatrick Gibbons, Ph.D. (center), professor of physics in Arts & Sciences, shows teachers how to make paper models showing differences in the sun’s rotation through the Department of Education’s Science Outreach program.

Of note

Ralph J. Damiano Jr., M.D., Jill B. Firszt, Ph.D., Tamara Hershey, Ph.D., Radhakrishna Sureshkumar, Ph.D., and more…

Campus Watch

The following incidents were reported to University Police Oct. 8-20. Readers who have information concerning these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. Oct. 8 10:27 a.m. — A person reported his laptop had been stolen while it was left unattended in the library in Anheuser-Busch Hall overnight. 1:17 p.m. — A student reported that his […]

United Way campaign still accepting donations

Washington University continues to accept donations to the annual United Way of Greater St. Louis campaign, which began Sept. 2. The University’s goal for this year’s drive is $600,000, and those who have not yet donated are encouraged to do so as soon as possible.

Creating dialogue through dance: Liz Lerman addresses the intersection of art and community

Dancer, choreographer, and creative/performance artist Liz Lerman, together with WUSTL faculty, will participate in a panel discussion on the intersection of art and community called “Still Crossing: Expressing Identities, Building Communities” for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. Thursday, October 30 in the Women’s Building Lounge, on the Danforth Campus. The panel discussion, free and open to the public, includes Sunita Parikh, Ph.D., associate professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, and Robert Hansman, associate professor of architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts. Lerman created the dance, “Still Crossing” to address issues of immigration, transition and the meaning of “home” and “community.” Lerman will be in residence at Washington University to restage this now-classic dance for a student performance in December as the end piece of this project (see accompanying announcement for details.)

Health Happening to focus on hypertension Oct. 24

About one-third of adults in the United States has high blood pressure, but because there are no outward symptoms, many people don’t know they have it. High blood pressure can lead to serious problems such as stroke, heart failure, heart attack and kidney failure. The School of Medicine is hosting free blood pressure screenings and […]
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