Commuter fair, bike tuneups Thursday
A commuter resource fair, complete with bike tuneups, will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, on the north side of the Danforth University Center.
Chen presents lecture at the University of Hong Kong
Letty Chen, associate professor of modern Chinese language and literature in Arts & Sciences, delivered a lecture titled “Technology of Memory: How We Remember and How We Forget” in late June at the University of Hong Kong.
The View From Here: Special St. Louis Millennial Edition
A national survey ranks St. Louis as the No. 1 city for millennials. In this special edition of The View, we take a look at the reasons why.
Graduate student wins fellowship, poem gets notice
“Too Far North,” a poem written by Aaron Coleman, a PhD candidate in comparative literature in Arts & Sciences, was published recently in The New York Times Magazine. Coleman also recently received a Philip K. Jansen Memorial Fellowship from the American Literary Translators Association.
Who Knew WashU? 8.1.17
Question: Washington University is affiliated with 24 Nobel laureates. From which academic discipline does our most recent Nobel Prize winner hail?
Join in reading, discussion of ‘Frankenstein’
Faculty and staff are invited to take part in this year’s Common Reading Program. First-year students are reading “Frankenstein,” by Mary Shelley. Faculty and staff may register to download the book and take part in staff discussions, starting in mid-August.
Moore delivers paper on music in ancient Rome
Timothy Moore, the John and Penelope Biggs Distinguished Professor of Classics and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Classics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, recently delivered a paper titled “Meter, Music and Memory in Roman Theater” at a workshop on “Music and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean World,” sponsored by the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University.
AI Genomics Hackathon champions include engineering student
Brett Teng Gao, an incoming senior at Washington University in St. Louis, recently was part of a team that won the Google-sponsored Artificial Intelligence Genomics Hackathon.
The View From Here 8.1.17
Images from in and around the Washington University campuses.
Social enterprise applications sought, kickoff planned
The university’s Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Community is now accepting applications for its 2017-18 cohort. The SEIC will host its 2017 kick-off event Sept 15.
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