WUSTL hosts conference blending art, architecture in November
World-renowned artist and computer scientist John Maeda will serve as opening speaker for “Economies: Art + Architecture,” the first joint conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and the National Council of Art Administrators.
New Web site launches to assist WUSTL families
The new WUSTL Family Network Web site — WUSTLfamily.net — provides an online forum where members of the WUSTL community can exchange information about parenting, events and the St. Louis area.
Dodge, professor emeritus of pediatrics and of neurology, 86
Philip R. Dodge, M.D., one of the founders of pediatric neurology and head of the Department of Pediatrics for 21 years, died Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009, of heart failure at Barnes-Jewish Extended Care in St. Louis. He was 86.
Model professor
Photo by David KilperCindy Grimm, Ph.D., associate professor, is director of the Department of Computer Science & Engineering’s Media and Machines Laboratory. Projects range from computer graphics to computer vision to machine learning, which includes robotics.
Skandalaris Center welcomes renewed funding for entrepreneurial contest
The YouthBridge Community Foundation has renewed its partnership with the Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies to fund the annual Social Entrepreneur and Innovation Competition (SEIC) with an initial $450,000 pledge over the next three years. YouthBridge has been a major sponsor of the competition for nonprofit, community-based ventures since its inception in 2005. The newly […]
Trustees grant faculty promotions, tenure
At recent Board of Trustees meetings, the following faculty members were appointed with tenure, promoted with tenure or granted tenure effective July 1, 2009, unless otherwise noted. Appointment with tenure Robert Richard Kuehn, J.D., as professor of law William J. Maxwell, Ph.D., as associate professor of English in Arts & Sciences John Wiggs Patty, Ph.D., […]
Quilters of Gee’s Bend to sing, talk about craft
Photo by Missouri Historical SocietySeveral quilters from Gee’s Bend, a rural Alabama community famous for its distinctive quilting style, will sing and talk about their craft for the program “The Women of Gee’s Bend” at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, in January Hall, Room 110.
A unique way to learn about St. Louis
Courtesy PhotoFor some freshmen, service in the community started even before classes began. Arts & Sciences sophomore Tobi Lee (standing), a counselor with the Leadership Through Service program, guides freshman participants in the program as they prepare to paint murals at Hamilton Elementary School in St. Louis last month.
School of Law celebrates service of adjunct professors
The School of Law held a celebration Aug. 25 to express its appreciation for the work of its adjunct professors, particularly those with 10 or more years of service. “Adjuncts bring to our students a number of things that our full-time faculty cannot: namely, specialized expertise in a given practice area and the kind of […]
Students give back during Service First
The 11th annual Service First will be held Saturday, Sept. 5, at 12 St. Louis area schools. Approximately 90 students will head to each school, helping paint indoor and outdoor murals and activities and maps on the playground and creating bulletin boards and preparing classrooms.
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