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WUSTL hires Walby as head volleyball coach
Class of 2018 selection is underway
Washington University expects to have more than 29,000 applications for the class that will enter in August and admitted more than 630 students in the early decision round (a little more than 35 percent of the expected freshman class). While the total number of applications received is down slightly this year, the Admissions Office reports another strong and talented group of applicants.
Mosaic Project to host forum to introduce Bias Report and Support System
The Mosaic Project will host a forum to introduce the Bias Report and Support System and to share updates about other projects, including efforts to a create a center for diversity and inclusion. The forum will be 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, in Umrath Hall Lounge.
Nominate someone you admire for service award
The Community Service Office wants to know who you think exemplifies a character of service and contribution. The Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award recognizes a few members of the WUSTL community every year. The deadline is Feb. 7.
Law lecture series continues with leaders in racial justice and immigration
Federal appellate judge Bernice Donald, JD, president
of the American Bar Foundation, and Thomas Saenz, JD, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational
Fund, will be the next speakers for the 16th annual School of
Law Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series.
Cordells endow visiting professorship in School of Law
Business schools in St. Louis, South Korea launch global finance program
Washington University in St. Louis and Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea are partnering to offer a unique learning experience to master the complex world of business by earning two degrees on two continents in their new Global Master of Finance Dual Degree program.
Medical Center and CORTEX traffic updates, webcam offered online
Washington University Medical Center and the CORTEX district just east of the Medical Campus are evolving daily. A webpage has been created to keep visitors, employees and residents informed about street-improvement projects and traffic flow in the area.Views from a live webcam showing the progress also are available via this link.
Virginia Terpening, rediscovered
Virginia Terpening was an accomplished painter and an important regional artist. Yet by the time of her death, in 2007, Terpening’s work had been largely forgotten; hundreds of paintings languished in a rusty trailer in northeastern Missouri. Yet now a reappraisal is underway, thanks in large part to The Hinge, a nonprofit gallery cofounded by Eileen G’Sell, lecturer in The Writing Program in Arts & Sciences.