El Mercado delights visiting parents
El Mercado, a festival featuring salsa dancing and mariachi music, was one of the highlights of Parents Weekend.
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WUSTL’s Lifelong Learning Institute to host information session for prospective members
Washington University’s Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI) will host an information session titled “Show Me LLI” for prospective members from 1-3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, at the university’s West Campus. The LLI is at 9 N. Jackson Ave. in Clayton, Mo. The event, which will feature an overall orientation followed by several sample classes, is free and open to senior adults ages 55 and older.
Effects of tighter federal regulations on banks
By looking at what banks do rather than what they say, finance professors in the Olin Business School estimate that the effect on bank profitability of new regulations would be hardly noticeable.
Washington People: Cris Baldwin
Cris Baldwin, assistant dean of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, is five-term president of Women On Wheels, the nation’s largest female-focused motorcycling organization. She discusses long rides, wayward art students and the best way to jury-rig a busted shock absorber.
Autism and employment town hall meeting
A town hall meeting Wednesday, Nov. 6, at the School of Medicine will address employment needs of the autism community.
WUSTL gives applicants new option because of glitch-filled online Common Application
Applicants to Washington University in St. Louis now have an alternative to the trouble-plagued Common Application, which has been a source of frustration for prospective students, high school counselors, colleges and universities nationwide.
It’s time to donate new, used coats
The Washington University Police Department encourages the WUSTL community to support the 13th Annual Warners’ Warm-Up Coat Drive. From now until Nov. 14, you can bring new and gently used winter coats to the Police Department in Lien House.
The dynamic sky is topic of 2013 Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lecture Series
Faculty book celebration Nov. 7
In the age of e-readers, is the printed book obsolete? On Thursday, Nov. 7, cultural historian Robert Darnton—author of The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future—will present the keynote address for “Celebrating Our Books, Recognizing Our Authors,” Washington University in St. Louis’ 12th annual faculty book colloquium.
Beyond Glory at Edison Nov. 16
The Congressional Medal of Honor is the United States’ highest award for valor in combat. It is very hard to get. Since being signed into law by Abraham Lincoln, only 3,468 medals have been awarded — 70 percent of them posthumously. In Beyond Glory, actor and playwright Stephen Lang — perhaps best known as Colonel Quaritch in Avatar — presents eight of these stories in the words of the men who lived them.