Washington Magazine

Following the global energy symposium in Mumbai, Chancellor Mark Wrighton and Washington University delegates moved on to a meeting of the International Advisory Council for Asia (IACA), which took place Dec. 12–15, 2012, in New Delhi.

The MySci Resource Center, the new hub of Washington University’s Institute for School Partnership, launched Feb. 18 in University City, Mo., to great fanfare.

Thorp succeeds Edward S. Macias, who has served as Washington University’s chief academic officer for the past 25 years.

Famed British archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson recently gave the Assembly Series Ferguson Science Lecture. He shared his research team’s amazing Stonehenge findings, including clarifying the monument’s significance as a burial ground.

Diana Barbosa, AB/BFA ’09, is director of volunteer engagement for Habitat for Humanity’s affiliate in South Palm Beach County, Fla. Her love of service work began while she was an Annika Rodriguez Scholar at Wash. U.

Christopher Brummer, JD/PhD, AB ’97, an expert in international finance and regulation, works on many hot-button issues at the epicenter of law, finance and politics.

The Washington University community has something great in common — a love of learning. It was never more evident than at the Jan. 19, 2013, WU Club event, “Picasso Black and White.”

Baseball season is now in full swing, and the Washington University Alumni Association is playing along offering another season of WU Club baseball events around the country.

Luce Scholar Jeremy Pivor, also a Rhodes and Marshall scholar finalist, sets course for his life’s work: becoming an international ocean policy expert.

At Washington University, broad efforts from a range of faculty are helping people understand — and act on — good science.