Newsroom Stories

Joe Deal, who died last summer following a long battle with cancer, was among the most influential American landscape photographers of the latter 20th century, known for austere, almost abstract images that balance depictions of the natural and man-made worlds. Deal also had a profound impact at Washington University, where he served as dean of the School of Art from 1989-1999. This fall, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will celebrate Deal’s life and art with the exhibition Joe Deal: West and West.

Larry J. Shapiro, MD, executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been elected chair of the board of directors of the Association of Academic Health Centers.

Participants in the Oct. 21 Second Annual Fall Arbor tour — led by Kent Theiling (right), grounds manager/horticulturist for the Danforth Campus — listen as Theiling points out distinguishing features of the different types of trees that dot the Danforth Campus. Arbor tours, which are led by Theiling, are held twice a year, in the spring and fall.

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton addresses the crowd at the Women’s Society of Washington University’s 45th anniversary celebration and Scholarship Initiative kickoff for the Elizabeth Gray Danforth Scholarship Oct. 21 at Brauer Hall. The society’s Elizabeth Gray Danforth Scholarship provides two-year, full-tuition scholarships for students from St. Louis Community College who transfer to Washington University.

The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District will hold a special session at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3, in the School of Law’s Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall.  

BBC News Humans got to Asia much earlier 10/26/2010 Modern humans could have reached East Asia much earlier than believed, according to new evidence. US scientist Erik Trinkaus from Washington University in St Louis explained to BBC News that the ancient remains mean modern humans co-existed with our closest relatives – Neanderthals and Neanderthal-like people […]

Influential sculptor Jessica Stockholder, director of graduate studies in sculpture at Yale University, will discuss her work for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ fall Public Lecture Series at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1. The talk, which is co-sponsored by Laumeier Sculpture Park, is free and open to the public and will take place in Steinberg Hall Auditorium.

Kenneth M. Ludmerer, MD, has been named the Mabel Dorn Reeder Distinguished Professor in the History of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Alan C. Braverman, a Washington University cardiologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, has been named Alumni Endowed Professor in Cardiovascular Diseases.

Elizabeth Fogt (left), director of advising and student services at University College, and Wendy Verhoff, adjunct professor of history, enjoy the laid-back groove at M.I.L.D. (Mosey In, Lie Down) Oct. 14 at Holmes Lounge. M.I.L.D. — an annual event sponsored by University College, the continuing education and professional studies division in Arts & Sciences — is a takeoff of the student event W.I.L.D. (Walk In, Lay Down).