Newsroom Stories

From a former U.S. secretary of state to a former head of a university, the six notable people selected to receive honorary degrees from Washington University in St. Louis at its 142nd Commencement all stand out in their respective fields. During the ceremony, which begins at 8:30 a.m. May 16 in Brookings Quadrangle, the university will also bestow academic degrees on more than 2,300 students. Madeleine K. Albright, Ph.D., former U.S. secretary of state, will deliver the Commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of humanities degree.

SadatInternational lawyers, human rights advocates, top government officials and, most recently, the U.S. House of Representatives have urged that Saddam Hussein and other top Iraqi leaders be indicted for the massive atrocities they have committed during the past two decades. Leila Nadya Sadat, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and an expert on international war crimes tribunals, notes that the current military action could make effective and legitimate war crimes prosecutions much more difficult.

Culture & Living Tip Sheet

Charles Mee’s *Big Love*Classical drama collides with modern-day excess in Charles Mee’s Big Love, a fiercely extravagant adaptation of Aeschylus’ The Suppliant Maidens that The New York Times describes as “an MGM musical in Technicolor, a circus and, believe it, a Greek tragedy.”

Stephanie Habif speaks with members of the University community during her recent “StressLESS Work Days” presentation.

The University’s Chromalloy American Kidney Center has moved to newly renovated and expanded ground-floor space in the former location of the Barnes-Jewish Hospital South Emergency Department.

Kelsey Kindbom follows the lead of sophomore Andrea Marks during a cheerleading clinic.

Three unners, jumpers qualify for D-III meet

Outstanding teachers were recognized at the recent Distinguished Service Teaching Awards ceremony.

Awards recognized graduates who have demonstrated exceptional creativity, innovation, leadership and vision through their contributions to both the school and the practice of architecture.