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The Interfaculty Initiative for American Indian Affairs (IIAA) is sponsoring the Witaya Lecture Series, a program that focuses on topics related to American Indian and Alaskan Native studies. Witaya means “coming together as a community” in the Lakota language. The series was scheduled to begin March 4 with a lecture by Puneet Sahota, an M.D./Ph.D. […]

Stephen D. Williamson, Ph.D., has been named the Robert S. Brookings Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences. Robert McCarter has been installed as the Ruth & Norman Moore Professor of Architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.

Ahh … spring break. A time for relaxation, rejuvenation and fun. Or, for many WUSTL students, a time for hard work, reflection and a greater sense of purpose. Hundreds of students will spend the break, March 10-16, on service trips in places as far away as Buenos Aires, Argentina and as close as downtown St. Louis.

A better drug for osteoporosis could be on the horizon because of research at the School of Medicine that has uncovered new information.

Photo by Mary ButkusJusten Yao, 14, puts on a table tennis exhibition during Eliot Society Family Night at the women’s basketball game Feb. 22.

Willie Cole, *Sole Brother 1*The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will host a daylong symposium on Architecture, Art and the Experience of Blackness Thursday, March 6, in Steinberg Auditorium. The symposium will bring together more than a dozen speakers whose creative and scholarly works intersect with issues of race and identity.

School of Medicine physicians and glaucoma researchers will join eye-care professionals around the world March 6 to observe the first World Glaucoma Day.

Photo by David KilperPeter J. Kastor, Ph.D., associate professor of history and of American culture studies, both in Arts & Sciences. He’s been known to launch a lecture with the “Davy Crockett” theme song, tap academic potential in students before they realize it in themselves and convert physics majors to scholars of the American frontier.

The following incidents were reported to University Police Feb. 20-26. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Feb. 21 4:02 p.m. — A man […]

Slovenian philosophers Mladen Dolar and Slavoj Zizek will be in residence at the Department of English in Arts & Sciences March 3 – 6, during which time they will deliver a pair of joint lectures.