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Washington University is home to many distinguished writers, and the Feb. 5 Assembly Series will feature three of them in a Writers Forum presenting the poetry of Mary Jo Bang and Carl Phillips, and the prose of Richard Watson. The reading, free and open to the public, will be held at 11 a.m. in Graham […]

Patricia Hill Collins, Charles Phelps Taft Professor of Sociology and Chair of the African American studies department at the University of Cincinnati will deliver the annual Chancellor’s Fellowship Lecture as part of the university’s Assembly Series. Hill’s talk will take place at 11 a.m., Jan. 29th. The lecture is free and open to the public […]

Carole Counihan, anthropologist and women’s studies expert, will discuss women and food at the Olin Conference lecture at 11 a.m. Wed, October 2. The lecture is part of the Washington University Assembly Series, which is free and open to the public. It will be held in Graham Chapel, located just north of Mallinckrodt Center (6445 […]

Philosopher of science John Beatty will deliver the Thomas Hall Lecture titled “Genetics, the Atomic Age and the Cold War” at 4 p.m. on Thurs., Sept. 26, as part of the university’s Assembly Series. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held in Rebstock Hall, Room 215, located just east […]

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who directed his paper’s coverage of September 11, and a “Ground Zero” volunteer will share the podium during a special Washington University Assembly Series event marking the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States. The event, which is the first lecture of the Assembly Series’ fall 2002 season, […]

David KilperAmy Walker and Amy Shen are winners of the highly competitive, peer-evaluated Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Achievement Award.

Mary ButkusFreshmen moved into their new homes Aug. 21 in the midst of 104-degree heat, a record high. For more on the freshman class, click here.

Development of a gel-like material might eventually mean the end of bifocals and contact lenses for people who suffer from presbyopia.

She was extremely effective in increasing the number of minorities and women at the University during her 30-year career.