American Indian Awareness Week April 5-10
A powwow, traditional cuisine and crafts are among the highlights; the theme is “Bringing Nations Together Through Education, Community and Culture.”
Picturing our Past
In 1871, Calvin Woodward, one of the developers of the Manual Training School, asked his applied mechanics students to build some models for the class. He was shocked when they turned him down because they didn’t know how to use the appropriate tools. So Woodward asked Noah Dean, the University carpenter and mechanic, to outfit […]
Poet Laureate Glück to present for The Writing Program
U.S. Poet Laureate Louise Glück will present a talk on poetry at 8 p.m. April 6 and will read from her work at 8 p.m. April 8 as part of the Spring Reading Series 2004, offered by The Writing Program and the Department of English, both in Arts & Sciences. Both events are free and […]
Obituary: Perlstein, 82
She taught in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work for more than 30 years and also was an alumna of the school.
Obituary: Harrison, 97
He was a medical technician in the pathology department and a teacher in the School of Medicine from 1934-1941.
Softball team moves to record 21-0
The softball team posted five wins to improve to 21-0. Washington U. swept a doubleheader with the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point March 24 at WUSTL Field, then won three games in the 4th Annual Lee’s Sports Midwest Region Invitational. Freshman Laurel Sagartz and sophomore Ashley Johnson combined to throw the first no-hitter in school history […]
Weinrich is new director of planned giving
He had been a planned giving officer in Special Development Programs; he succeeds Paul Schoon, who retired.
Nobel-winning economist to visit
Myron S. Scholes, co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, will speak on “Financial Innovation in a Chaotic Environment” at 11:30 a.m. April 8 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. Scholes, the Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance Emeritus at Stanford University, authored the “Black-Scholes Options Pricing Model,” which […]
Ervin Scholars Program guidelines to be revised
The new program will be open to all applicants; the changes should not affect current Ervin Scholarships.
Washington statue to find home near renovated library
As part of the recognition of the Sesquicentennial, a statue of the University’s namesake will be placed adjacent to Olin Library.
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