Timeline on the Student Worker Alliance Sit-In
April 22 Chancellor Wrighton responds to the SWA students in a letter outlining all the steps the University is planning to take to address mutual concerns about lower-paid workers and what additional steps could be taken if they end the sit-in. He asks them to end the sit-in and take part in the implementation process. […]
Media Advisory
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and members of the Student Worker Alliance will announce at a media briefing that Washington University and the Student Worker Alliance have reached an agreement and the students will end their occupation of Brookings Hall and the Quadrangle.
Social work school to host festival
This year’s theme is “Crossroads: Celebrating One World”; the event will begin with an international banquet and art exhibition.
Sports
Softball team wins 22nd-straight game The top-ranked softball team tied a school record by winning its 22nd-straight game with six wins last week. The Bears swept a doubleheader, 8-0 and 10-2, at Greenville College on April 15, then posted four wins at the Illinois Wesleyan University Invitational. On April 16, WUSTL posted a school-record 22nd […]
Obituary: Popkin, professor emeritus of philosophy
He was appointed as a visiting professor at the University in 1972 and became a regular member of the Department of Philosophy in 1973.
Hotchner winner Six Seconds in Charlack to debut April 28
“It’s a play about someone trying to remember who they are,” said playwright Brian Golden, a 2004 WUSTL graduate.
Diverse appeal
Photo by Robert BostonWill Ross visits with Kari Wanat & Noopur Gangorpadyay at the Office of Diversity’s annual ice cream social for prospective students.
McDonnell, Fox receive Search Award
Photo by Joe AngelesJohn F. McDonnell, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and Sam Fox share a laugh at the 38th annual William Greenleaf Eliot Society dinner.The Search Award is presented to outstanding citizens of the University community in appreciation for their contributions to Washington University.
An amazing medical ability
Although he was born in the Far East, Dan Riew grew up in the Midwest. He lived in Korea until he was 7, when his parents brought their family to the United States because they felt it would be a better place to get an education. “When we first came, it was difficult because we […]
Weil to be honored in symposium today
The event is called “Exploring the History of Art”; Weil has been associated with the University for 47 years.
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