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Severe weather information for faculty, staff and students
In the unlikely event that WUSTL alters the normal work and/or class schedule, an announcement will be posted on the university’s home page, and a number of media outlets also will air an announcement.
University College Preview Night Dec. 12
University College — the professional and continuing education division in Arts & Sciences — is hosting Preview Night for the spring 2014 semester at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, in Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall, on the Danforth Campus. Doors open at 6 p.m.; a light dinner will be served.
Great chemistry, choreography and costumes make the Stereotypes a hit
The members of the Stereotypes, Washington University’s all-male a cappella ensemble, compete Friday, Dec. 6, for the title (and the tiara) of the Mr. Stereotype pageant. Music director and junior Kevin Vondrak talks about the group’s repertoire and new four-song EP.
Amazon drones: Technology almost there, insurance and regulation still far off
For Amazon’s recently announced drone delivery system
to get off the ground, the company will have to solve numerous
difficult technological challenges. Chief among them will be increasing
battery life, getting the drones to work without a central command and
to “think” on their own, and determining what kind of navigation sensors
they will use. As complicated as those tasks may be, says a WUSTL robotics expert, they will be much more easily solved than the
seemingly more simple issues of regulation and insurance.
Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Brahms Dec. 9
The hope was to repair a friendship. The result was a masterwork. On Dec. 9, the St. Louis Symphony’s Bjorn Ranheim and Shawn Weil will join the Washington University Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Johannes Brahms’ “Double Concerto in A for Violin and Cello.”
Holtzman, Bateman win Chancellor’s Innovation Award
David M. Holtzman, MD, and Randall J. Bateman, MD, have been chosen as co-recipients of the Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Washington University in St. Louis.
Bear Necessities holds annual holiday sale
Bear Necessities, the nonprofit gift store operated by the Women’s Society of Washington University, will hold its annual holiday sale Dec. 10 and 11.
Listeners can distinguish voices of tall versus short people, study finds
A new study by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, University of California, Los Angeles, and Indiana University found that listeners can accurately determine the relative heights of speakers just by listening to them talk. The key clue may be contained in a particular type of sound produced in the lower airways of the lungs, known as a subglottal resonance.
Washington University among top Fulbright producers
Washington University in St. Louis has been recognized as one of the top institutions in the nation for producing Fulbright students for 2013-14. Twelve Fulbright grants were awarded to current or recent WUSTL students for this academic year to fund various international educational exchange endeavors.