Newsroom Stories

(From left) Heidi Klosterman, JD; Provost Edward S. Macias, PhD; and Mary Ann Anderson wait after evacuating Brookings Hall during a fire drill March 11. “Although drills can be an interruption, it’s crucial for the safety of all in the university community that we are prepared for emergency situations,” said Macias.

Washington University will test its emergency notification system, WUSTLAlerts, at approximately 12:05 p.m. Wednesday, March 24. The WUSTLAlerts test will take place unless there is the potential for severe weather that day or some other emergency is occurring at that time.

Journalist and activist Naomi Klein will deliver the annual Chancellor’s Fellowship Lecture for the Assembly Series at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 24, in Graham Chapel.

The School of Law’s Clinical Legal Education Program will host its 10th annual “Access to Equal Justice Colloquium: Challenging Structural Impediments to Substantive Justice” Friday, March 19 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall. The event is free and open to the public but registration is required.

Robert K. Jackler, MD, spoke at the School of Medicine March 9 about his exhibit that shows how the advertising industry used medical science to promote cigarette smoking in the 20th century.

McDonnell International Scholars Academy student Yu Sun Chung, a doctoral student in psychology in Arts & Sciences and a native of South Koreal, looks out over the New York Stock Exchange from the visitor’s gallery as the opening bell rings March 10. The McDonnell Scholars were in New York March 7-10 to experience firsthand American business and government.

David Frankfurter, PhD, professor of religious studies and history at the University of New Hampshire, will give the Weltin Lecture in Religious Studies at 4 p.m. Monday, March 22, in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge.

Mary K. Bryson is an acclaimed medical illustrator and founder of Bryson Biomedical Illustrations, Inc. Over the past 19 years she has collaborated with scores of scientists, physicians and other specialists to transform complex technical information into visual images that communicate with broad audiences. Born and raised in Atlanta, GA, Bryson was inspired to study […]

Micki Lippe is an acclaimed jewelry artist whose one-of-a-kind and production necklaces and earrings have been shown at galleries and museums across the United States. Her most recent work — frequently inspired by hikes through the great forests of the Pacific Northwest — finds her moving away from the elegant precision of previous pieces in […]

Jerome Sincoff is former president and CEO of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK), one of the world’s largest architecture firms, as well as former dean of the College of Architecture and the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design. A St. Louis native, Sincoff graduated from University City High School in 1951 and earned his […]