Law Dean Syverud named Syracuse University’s next chancellor
Kent D. Syverud, JD, dean of Washington University’s School of Law and the Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor since 2006, has been selected as the 12th chancellor and president of Syracuse University. He will begin his tenure as chancellor Jan. 13.
MFA student wins Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship
Phillip B. Williams, a student in the Master of Fine
Arts creative writing program at Washington University in St. Louis, is
one of five young poets awarded a $15,000 scholarship from the Poetry
Foundation and Poetry Magazine.
New video explores university’s academic integrity policy
No student arrives at Washington University planning to
cheat. And yet, 15 to 40 academic integrity cases are adjudicated every
semester. A new video produced by the Office of Student Conduct explores the university’s academic integrity policy and why such a policy matters.
WUSTL’s United Way campaign kicks off with $700,000 goal
WUSTL community members can help the United Way
of Greater St. Louis support local organizations by contributing
to the university’s 2013 United Way campaign, which began Aug. 29 with a
kickoff breakfast at the Whittemore House. The university’s United Way campaign goal is $700,000 to support nearly 170 United Way of Greater St. Louis agencies.
12 students, graduates receive Fulbright scholarships
Washington University in St. Louis once again has strong representation in the prestigious Fulbright program, with 12 current or recent students receiving Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships to teach English or to conduct research abroad during the 2013-14 academic year. The students share their thoughts and plans, in their own words.
Brown School student one of eight nationally selected for EPA’s TRI Challenge
The Brown School’s Rebecca Gernes has been chosen as the only student among eight academic partners selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the 2013-14 school year. Gernes, a native of Des Moines, Ia., is studying the relationship between air pollution and asthma in East St. Louis, Ill., and its surrounding areas – including the city of St. Louis.
Next up for Assembly Series: Bilal Bomani on developing next generation of sustainable biofuels at NASA GreenLab Research Facility
Bilal Mark McDowell Bomani, senior research scientist at the NASA Glenn Research Center, will deliver the 17th annual Chancellor’s Fellowship Conference Lecture for Washington University’s Assembly Series. His talk, which will focus on the research he leads in developing the next generation of biofuels that are sustainable, renewable and safe, will be 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 20, in Whitaker Hall, Room 100, on the Danforth Campus.
New website spotlights St. Louis’ attractions, neighborhoods and culture
The website My St. Louis encourages students to get off campus and explore St. Louis’ neigborhoods and attractions. The site also offers a look at St. Louis politics, history and culture.
Poet Mónica de la Torre to read Sept. 12
Who is Mónica de la Torre? A disappeared subversive? A funk-dancing cheerleader? In “Doubles,” the poet and visiting Hurst Professor of Creative Writing asks that very question, in the form of a sly email exchange.
Ian Greenlaw presents Liederabend Sept. 29
In 1840, finally free to marry the love of his life, composer Robert Schumann was inspired to a creative frenzy, writing 168 songs. On Sept. 29, baritone Ian Greenlaw will perform 16 of them—from the celebrated Dichterliebe cycle—as part of WUSTL’s annual Liederabend concert.
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