Castro named Wolff Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
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Heather Corcoran appointed director of art
Heather Corcoran, chair of the design program in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has been named director of the school’s College & Graduate School of Art.
Mardis, Wilson named to endowed professorships
Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, and Richard K. Wilson, PhD, both renowned for discoveries in the field of genomics, have been named to endowed professorships. They were installed by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton (far left), and Larry J. Shapiro, MD, executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine (far right).
Brown School honors distinguished alumni
The Brown School bestowed one Distinguished Faculty Award and five Distinguished Alumni Awards during its annual alumni awards celebration dinner March 26 at
the Palladium Saint Louis. Among the five, two alumni were selected as outstanding Graduates of the Last Decade.
Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ April 13
A mysterious stranger arrives with a mysterious commission. The fevered composer fears the work may foreshadow his own demise. Mozart’s “Requiem” in D minor is perhaps the most mythologized work by the most mythologized composer in classical music. On April 13, the WUSTL Choirs and Symphony Orchestra will perform the “Requiem” as part of the 2014 Chancellor’s Concert.
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum April 8 and 10
Ms. Beatrice Hempel, teacher of seventh grade, is new—new to teaching, new to the school, newly engaged, and newly bereft of her idiosyncratic father. Grappling awkwardly with her newness, she struggles to figure out what is expected of her in life and at work. So begins Ms. Hempel Chronicles, the acclaimed second novel by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum. On April 8 and 10, Bynum will present a pair of events for The Writing Program in Arts & Sciences.
Photo Opportunity: Relay for Life returns to Washington University’s Francis Field April 5-6
Students will walk historic Francis Field, play games and light luminaria during overnight benefit. Relay for Life kicks off at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 5, on Washington University’s Francis Field.
Boyle ramp to close through mid-May
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will close the ramp from westbound Interstate 64/Highway 40 to Boyle Avenue in St. Louis at 9 a.m. Monday, April 7. The ramp is expected to reopen by mid-May.
Robots on Mars
Our Washington: Providing resources
Growing up in the segregated South, Associate University Librarian Virginia Toliver was banned from her local library. But her school library opened her up to a world beyond Mississippi. She donates to WUSTL to build a stronger Olin Library.