Campus Author: Richard A. Watson
The court ballet “La Naissance de la Paix” (“The Birth of Peace”) has been translated to English for the first time in a book by Richard A. Watson, Ph.D., professor emeritus of philosophy in Arts & Sciences.
Along with providing the translation, the book, “Descartes’s Ballet: His Doctrine of the Will and His Political Philosophy,” demonstrates that the ballet, commissioned by Queen Christina of Sweden in 1650 and long attributed to French philosopher Rene Descartes, was almost certainly not written by him.
University switches to ‘green’ products
As part of Washington University’s initiative to enhance campus sustainability, Resource Management has partnered with WUSTL’s office products contractor, Corporate Express, to encourage the University’s use of “green,” environmentally friendly products. WUSTL has asked Corporate Express to automatically substitute the equivalent green, environmentally friendly item when certain items, such as paper, are requisitioned or ordered. […]
Freshman Reading Program book chosen
The Freshman Reading Program steering committee has announced that the Class of 2012 will be reading and studying “Field Notes From a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change” by Elizabeth Kolbert. Over the summer, incoming freshmen will receive copies of the book along with a reader’s guide and are expected to have completed the book […]
Grant recipients
Fifteen projects from a wide range of fields received more than $800,000 in research funds.
The age of science
Photo by Whitney CurtisNearly 100 scholars from 70 institutions in Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and across the United States gathered March 14 – 15 at the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center for the annual meeting of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes.
School of Medicine to lead pediatric lung transplant research
The School of Medicine has received a five-year, $3.9 million grant to lead research to improve outcomes for children undergoing lung transplants.
Meet your match
Photo by Robert BostonGraduating medical students learn where they will do their residencies at Match Day March 20 in Moore Auditorium.
Of note
Katherine M. Grillo,
Kenneth Harrington,
Samuel L. Stanley Jr.,
Samuel A. Wickline, M.D.,
William A. Peck, M.D.,
and more …
Clinical depression raises risk of death for heart attack patients
School of Medicine researchers found that depressed heart attack patients have a higher risk for sudden death for years following a heart attack.
Washington University Code of Conduct
The Code of Conduct governs “members of the University community”: employees, volunteers and those who do business with the University. It states the ethical and legal standards that guide their decisions and actions as community members. The Code of Conduct is revised from time to time. An updated version of the code is always available […]
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