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Joyce Carol Oates, one of America’s most distinguished authors, will deliver the keynote address, “The Writer’s (Secret) Life: Woundedness, Rejection, and Inspiration,” as part of Washington University’s sixth annual faculty book colloquium “Celebrating Our Books, Recognizing Our Authors.” Her talk will be held at 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, in Holmes Lounge.

Photo by Robert BostonSchool of Medicine students honored their teachers Nov. 8 at the annual Distinguished Service Teaching Awards.

Photo by Bill StoverWashington University alumnus and philanthropist Harry Seigle, and his wife, Susan, have made a $10 million commitment to WUSTL as the lead gift for the building currently under construction on the Danforth Campus that will serve academic functions for the three social science departments in Arts & Sciences and for the School of Law. When it opens for the fall 2008 semester, the building will be known as Harry and Susan Seigle Hall.

James S. Kemp, M.D., will co-lead a campaign to prevent infant death due to unsafe sleep practices with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Jose L. Bermudez, Ph.D., Christina L. Fales, Ph.D., Robert H. Koff, Ph.D., Anna MacKay, And more…

Jeff Gill, Ph.D., Caitlin Kelleher, Ph.D., Peter Schmelz, Ph.D., Roya Beheshti Zavareh, Ph.D.

The Washington University Police Department and Parking Services, in partnership with Hartmann’s Towing, will sponsor a free vehicle inspection service to students, faculty and staff Saturday, Dec. 1. Persons anticipating traveling by car for winter break can bring their vehicle to the parking lot outside the Police Department office on the South 40 between noon-3 […]

Parents of school-aged children might consider giving their children an enduring holiday gift this year: enrollment in a supplemental mathematics program. Dan Kimura, Ph.D., senior professor of computer science and engineering, opened St. Louis’ first Kumon center in 1984 in large part because of his disappointment in the math education his sons were getting.

Washington University alumna Kathleen Finneran, author of the memoir “The Tender Land: A Family Love Story” (2003), will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, in Duncker Hall, Room 201, Hurst Lounge. The talk, part of The Writing Program in Arts & Sciences’ fall Reading Series, is free and open to the […]

Fengtao Wu, a senior lecturer in Chinese in Arts & Sciences, offers one of the nation’s “very best” university courses in Chinese, according to a recent College Board Advanced Placement World Languages Best Practices Course Study.