Barrack named to Knight professorship
He will also serve as chief of the Adult Reconstructive Surgery Service for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Campus Watch
The following incidents were reported to University Police Sept. 1-8. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Sept. 1 5:50 p.m. — A student […]
Volunteers sought for two international programs
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to explain St. Louis Cardinals fever to someone of a different culture, or experience St. Louis from a fresh, international angle? If so, the Office for International Students and Scholars is looking for you. Volunteers are being sought to participate in a pair of community-connected programs […]
Dedication to service
Photo by Mary ButkusNearly 1,100 freshmen participated in Service First, volunteering their time to clean, landscape, paint and renovate 11 St. Louis public schools.
Jazz at Holmes
St. Louis guitarist Steve Schenkel will perform for Washington University Jazz at Holmes series from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23.
Study to determine if miscarriages can be prevented
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are seeking women who have had two or more unexplained first trimester miscarriages to evaluate an experimental treatment to help women carry babies to term.
The Rubber Frame: Culture and Comics
Original cover art, “Love and Rockets” #15There is no shortcut from popular art to cultural respectability, but few have wandered longer than comic book, which has only recently begun to receive its critical and scholarly due. In October, the School of Art at Washington University in St. Louis will present The Rubber Frame: Culture and Comics, a book and a pair of complementary exhibitions that together trace the evolution of comics from early precursors in 18th and 19th century England and Switzerland to turn-of-the-last-century newspapers, the raucous undergrounds of the 1960s and ’70s and the literary alternative comics of today.
Tango!
The Tango Group at Washington University will begin its fall season of dances and workshops Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 17, 18 and 19.
Political pundit and satirist Arianna Huffington to replace Seymour Hersh for Assembly Series lecture
Arianna Huffington combines humor with intelligence to expose what she sees as fanatics, fools, and pigs at the trough. When she speaks at Washington University on Sept. 15 for the Assembly Series, she will be “Handicapping the presidential race.”
WUSTL alumnuss new novel draws upon her exploits behind the Iron Curtain
Most students who go abroad to study have many interesting tales to tell when they get home. But few, if any, also come back with fantastic stories of smuggling and spying. Fewer still parlay those stories into a Cold War thriller.
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