Stuart Wolfer, an Olin Business School 1993 BSBA alumnus, was an Army reservist who was killed during a mortar attack in Iraq in 2008. The ROTC celebrated Wolfer’s life and commitment to his country with the unveiling and dedication of Major Stuart Adam Wolfer Hall at North Campus.
Washington University Libraries recently filled two associate university librarian (AUL) positions, a leadership level reporting directly to University Librarian Jeffrey Trzeciak. The new AULs are Trevor Dawes and Christopher Freeland, and along with Trzeciak and Associate University Librarians Virginia Toliver, Gail Oltmanns and Jeffrey Huestis, they form the Libraries’ senior management team.
The third annual PB&Joy food drive at Washington University in St. Louis yielded 8,372 pounds of food, compared to 4,686 pounds last year. The campaign also raised more than $3,800 in monetary contributions. This year’s total impact is enough to feed 3,042 people for a day.
Charles Ward Parker, MD, a Washington University faculty member whose pioneering research helped improve treatment of allergies and asthma, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013, from pancreatic cancer at his home in Webster Groves. He was 83.
The “Pina Colada Song” guy wrote a musical? Yes, he did, and a good one, too. In 1986, Rupert Holmes’ The Mystery of Edwin Drood won the Tony Award “triple crown” of best musical, best book and best score. This week, the WUSTL Opera Workshop will present experts from Drood and five other works as part of its semester’s-end performance.
Rising seniors can start earning credits toward a
Master of Science in Finance degree this July with the launch of a new
Master of Finance Accelerated program from Olin Business School’s
Specialized Masters Programs.
As students begin to leave campus for the summer, many will head off to internships, hoping to add to their classroom experiences and enhance their future opportunities by immersing themselves in the real world of work. But to get the most out of the experience, it’s imperative that they have a clear plan.
In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings,
some people are calling for an increase in surveillance cameras
throughout U.S. cities. “This would be a mistake,” says Neil
Richards, JD, privacy law expert and professor of law at Washington
University in St. Louis. “It would be dangerous to our civil liberties,
and it would be bad policy.” Richards
gives his personal reaction to the Boston bombings and offers three
reasons why increasing the number of surveillance cameras would be an
unnecessary response to recent events in a CNN opinion piece, “Surveillance State No Answer to Terror.”
Pleasant weather meant big crowds for Thurtene Carnival on WUSTL’s Danforth Campus during the past weekend. The annual student-run carnival brings WUSTL members together with the greater St. Louis community for a weekend of fun and delighted children, as seen here. The event also raises money for charity.